What is the "dwm.exe" ? Variant 179671

Our database contains 886 different files for filename dwm.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the dwm.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name dwm.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Desktop Window Manager. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 6 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process dwm.exe.

dwm.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Desktop Window Manager
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
MD5:
f162d5f5e845b9dc352dd1bad8cef1bc
SHA1:
35bc294b7e1f062ef5cb5fa1bd3fc942a3e37ae2
SHA256:
8a7b7528db30ab123b060d8e41954d95913c07bb40cdae32e97f9edb0baf79c7
Size:
120320
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security Antivirus2016-09-07 23:40:38
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-07 23:24:40
avast! Antivirus2016-09-07 23:20:59
IObit Malware Fighter2016-09-07 23:07:03
ESET Endpoint Security 6.1.2227.32016-09-07 23:07:03
Avira Antivirus2016-09-07 22:55:23
AVG Internet Security2016-09-07 22:49:48
COMODO Antivirus2016-09-07 22:30:49
Norton AntiVirus2016-09-07 22:18:20
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

Is the Process "dwm.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
91% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .

User Reviews of the "dwm.exe"

  • SAFErating from user Fedor for file C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe

  • SAFErating from user tottili for file C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exeflag de

  • SAFErating from user S for file C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe

  • SAFErating from user vandamko for file C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe

  • SAFErating from user Moraxv for file C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe

  • SAFErating from user Max for file C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe (Variant: 179720)

    Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe) is the compositing window manager that gives you all those pretty effects in Windows Vista: Transparent windows, live taskbar thumbnails (that you can resize now), and even the Flip3D switcher that you can disable and replace with Switcher.