What is the "dns.exe" ? Variant 7670897

Our database contains 207 different files for filename dns.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the dns.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name dns.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® operációs rendszer and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description DNS (Domain Name System) kiszolgáló. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process dns.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® operációs rendszer
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: DNS (Domain Name System) kiszolgáló
Version:: 5.2.3790.4957
MD5:: be8b3ad9a87f67afdcf4f850f64ed632
SHA1:: d8ab5de5ca14bd7ecc630b9ee546afdc5171ba20
SHA256:: 496ab9c51876c764d29774e0a82a0d48221a2b1f67af5cbedc33e41fc3036b52
Size:: 462848
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows Server 2003
Occurence:: Low

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SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\dns.exe (Variant: 17377799)
This file is the main excutable for DNSProxy application - generally speaking DNS proxy is a software acting as a middle body between the user's computer (client) and target computer (server), translates the requests from client to server and reads and translates the response (check more about Proxy server functionalities on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server) - where the DNS stands for Domain Name system : this executable works as a proxy translator of the DNS queries through the proxy.
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\dns.exe (Variant: 17661433)
This file is the main excutable for DNSProxy application - generally speaking DNS proxy is a software acting as a middle body between the user's computer (client) and target computer (server), translates the requests from client to server and reads and translates the response (check more about Proxy server functionalities on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server) - where the DNS stands for Domain Named system : this executable works as a proxy translator of the DNS queries through the proxy.