What is the "dwwin.exe" ? Variant 742422

Our database contains 201 different files for filename dwwin.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the dwwin.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name dwwin.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft Application Error Reporting and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft Application Error Reporting. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process dwwin.exe.

Product:: Microsoft Application Error Reporting
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft Application Error Reporting
Version:: 10.0.5815.0
MD5:: dfbe6bd019d88c4900594ee4bb2a4809
SHA1:: af59c705766229f5f60be1bb57691a57a848d82d
SHA256:: 7c36b066e5a79e8aa22cec1d8aa58b91d4b42a7028f4974c087ce8683a90983d
Size:: 180224
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: Low

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This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Microsoft Security Essentials	2013-02-01 11:57:54
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2013	2013-01-04 08:03:48
ESET Smart Security 3.0	2012-12-08 15:03:42

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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

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