What is the "helpsvc.exe" ? Variant 1031982

Our database contains 107 different files for filename helpsvc.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the helpsvc.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name helpsvc.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft Help Center Service. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process helpsvc.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft Help Center Service
Version:: 5.1.2600.2180
MD5:: b719c7d08847d3c9efd63732e1072a40
SHA1:: 640caa062078f2e0714ea703fc7614b2d7d1f969
SHA256:: faf7d57e723687fa3e336c0a08318cb845d513d1ccc45c8270c3f9d07f185e83
Size:: 743936
Directory:: C:\Windows\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: Medium

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
avast! Antivirus	2015-10-26 07:54:05
ESET Smart Security 7.0	2014-10-09 22:03:34
Kaspersky Internet Security	2013-01-15 08:04:14
Bkav Pro Internet Security	2013-01-12 11:22:59
AntiVir Desktop	2013-01-11 15:45:46
Kaspersky Anti-Virus	2012-12-26 12:54:27
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5.2	2012-12-16 00:59:25
Norton Internet Security	2012-12-13 10:44:24

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SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\helpsvc.exe (Variant: 17782170)
This executable is the classical MS Windows help service - it navigates the user to help for or opens the support connection (on http://support.microsoft.com/). This process is a genuine part of MS Windows, it runs in the memory every time the help is invoked. It can be attached to many different applications, in most cases comes as a part of the PC Health from Microsoft (check the http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375032(v=vs.85).aspx - PC Health pages)

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