What is the "dwwin.exe" ?

Our database contains 201 different files for filename dwwin.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name dwwin.exe. This files most often belongs to product Microsoft Application Error Reporting. and were most often developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This files most often have description Microsoft Application Error Reporting. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 11 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process dwwin.exe.

This executable is in most cases an integral part of the MS Windows, located in the System32 directory. This file servers as the Windows Error Reporting - a crash reporting technology introduced by Microsoft with Windows XP. 

From Microsoft MSDN pages :

"By using Windows Error Reporting, Windows can send descriptions of problems on your server to Microsoft and look for steps you can take to solve them. Windows Error Reporting is enabled by default." - check more on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754364.aspx

What Wikipedia states about this functionality : 

"Windows Error Reporting collects and offers to send post-error debug information (a memory dump) using the Internet to the developer of an application that crashes or stops responding on a user's desktop. No data is sent without the user's consent." - check more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Error_Reporting

This functionality can be configured and disabled, check the process on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/bb219076(v=office.12).aspx

dwwin.exe Process

File details of most used file with name "dwwin.exe"

Product:
Microsoft Application Error Reporting
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Microsoft Application Error Reporting
Version:
10.0.5815
MD5:
86042f6f6a5287eaf9379c91d0bf72b6
SHA1:
532bf74e6aead7438aa7264d01759a065410ee68
SHA256:
92e5974dfd91acebf5d8bd5f14361c0afd7528ef6503d1d8a8c26e64c115a0cb
Size:
180224
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
Medium oc1

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

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Latest new variant of the file with name "dwwin.exe" was discovered 4061 days ago. Our database contains 46 variants of the file "dwwin.exe" with final rating Safe and zero variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

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  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\dwwin.exe (Variant: 18583064)

    This executable is in most cases an integral part of the MS Windows, located in the System32 directory. This file servers as the Windows Error Reporting - a crash reporting technology introduced by Microsoft with Windows XP.
    From Microsoft MSDN pages :
    "By using Windows Error Reporting, Windows can send descriptions of problems on your server to Microsoft and look for steps you can take to solve them. Windows Error Reporting is enabled by default." - check more on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754364.aspx
    What Wikipedia states about this functionality :
    "Windows Error Reporting collects and offers to send post-error debug information (a memory dump) using the Internet to the developer of an application that crashes or stops responding on a user's desktop. No data is sent without the user's consent." - check more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Error_Reporting
    This functionality can be configured and disabled, check the process on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/bb219076(v=office.12).aspx