What is the "lsass.exe" ? Variant 500670

Our database contains 1671 different files for filename lsass.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the lsass.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name lsass.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Local Security Authority Process. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 2 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process lsass.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Local Security Authority Process
Version:: 6.1.7600.16385
MD5:: 0793f40b9b8a1bdd266296409dbd91ea
SHA1:: f34bbe523cf4b187b2c27da2bcd267412301745d
SHA256:: 8a383fc9a66a327905c340d06138980f9e489479535a2c2aae5e8bb14a74826e
Size:: 31232
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 7
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
avast! Antivirus	2016-09-07 23:38:07
IObit Malware Fighter	2016-09-07 23:07:03
ESET Endpoint Security 6.1.2227.3	2016-09-07 23:07:03
AVG Internet Security	2016-09-07 22:49:48
360 Total Security	2016-09-07 22:13:22
Kaspersky Free	2016-09-07 22:13:21
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-09-07 21:32:04
Norton Internet Security Online	2016-09-07 21:06:18
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-07 19:52:13
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-09-07 19:23:30

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

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.

Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

Filename "lsass.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

52% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .
48% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "lsass.exe"

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SAFErating from user Moraxv
SAFErating from user CCW for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (Variant: 10728)
Windows 7 64-but German Fileversion: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

Reviews of all lsass.exe variants

Reviews for different files with filename "C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe"

SAFErating from user jimmybolts for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (Variant: 29678077)
they say its safe. i sasy its required.
SAFErating from user Timmyh13 for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (Variant: 34087591)
Necessary file for the operating system.
SAFErating from user ben for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (Variant: 40502485)
ok
SAFErating from user Ben for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (Variant: 40502485)
ok
SAFErating from user Serge for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe
SAFErating from user Alex for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe
SAFErating from user Tom for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe
SAFErating from user Doris for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe
SAFErating from user localhost for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (Variant: 24862899)
But this program why uses 50 % processor time approx 10-20 seconds long time after booting?
SAFErating from user loki for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe
SAFErating from user BlackRoby for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (Variant: 24851057)
IS OK,GOOD FILE,NO PROBLEM TO VIRUS
SAFErating from user Mikel for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (Variant: 18953017)
This file as a core Windows system process: The process lsass.exe is the Local Security Authentication Server. It is a safe file from Microsoft. Lsass.exe is responsible for security policy enforcement within the operating system, verifies users logging on to a Windows computer or server, handles password changes, and creates access tokens. It also writes to the Windows Security Log. In this case this file should be a target for lot of viruses.