What is the "lsass.exe" ? Variant 505274

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 LSA Shell (Export Version). Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 5 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:: LSA Shell (Export Version)
Version:: 5.1.2600.5512
MD5:: bf2466b3e18e970d8a976fb95fc1ca85
SHA1:: de5a73cbb5f51f64c53fb4277ef2c23e70db123f
SHA256:: f7794b5d12dc5d820a162850f4388e2aa80426ad07cb221799cf941c682ab501
Size:: 13312
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Panda Free Antivirus	2016-09-07 23:19:16
Panda Antivirus Pro 2016	2016-09-07 22:57:52
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition	2016-09-07 18:39:01
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall Antivirus	2016-09-07 17:15:23
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-07 07:24:30
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012	2016-09-07 04:06:13
Norton Internet Security	2016-09-07 01:03:24
360 Total Security	2016-09-06 20:43:29
Sophos Anti-Virus	2016-09-06 20:42:44
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-09-06 07:03:39

Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

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 3hlav (Variant: 505274)
Safe, LSA Shell
SAFErating from user lfischl
SAFErating from user UPieper
SAFErating from user UPieper
SAFErating from user Admin for file C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe

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.