What is the "helpsvc.exe" ? Variant 835695

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:: 5.1.2600.5997
MD5:: b1df6a5e0cd2dde79750f23331ca1d10
SHA1:: 422509346028d4fafaae64ab24b3e3b4ed0ef801
SHA256:: ae8e5c78d916539feb1aa8bd3b6b2f822c7b8b488ec04e15d8b4cbb673e0ffae
Size:: 744448
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
360 Total Security	2016-06-18 09:30:13
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-06-18 09:30:13
ESET Smart Security 8.0	2016-05-30 20:52:41
avast! Antivirus	2015-12-14 15:57:11
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.318.24	2015-11-05 04:54:46
Kaspersky Internet Security	2015-10-12 21:28:01
Kaspersky Anti-Virus	2015-03-22 20:37:14
Avira Desktop	2015-03-17 17:04:57
ESET Endpoint Security 6.1.2222.1	2015-03-03 07:31:12
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.2	2014-11-23 08:45:21

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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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