What is the "lsass.exe" ? Variant 506498

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). 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:: 1e5f363f023bc4861f44bfcabf4cbea1
SHA1:: acf325ba4c9d5644659f979e52133cf071e3240d
SHA256:: 28719c0eeeccf7c8f0d5ffb8ccd0d7161a3ced9bac0a941870215fd9f6328d77
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
Avira Antivirus	2016-09-07 11:44:47
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-09-05 03:25:56
IObit Malware Fighter	2016-09-05 03:25:56
avast! Antivirus	2016-08-30 16:50:29
Avast Antivirus	2016-08-30 15:17:22
avast! antivirus 4.8.1368 [VPS 160829-1]	2016-08-30 02:41:03
avast! antivirus 4.8.1368 [VPS 150116-0]	2016-08-29 16:44:56
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.2	2016-08-26 05:11:07
Sophos Anti-Virus	2016-08-24 03:49:11

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

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100% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Safe .

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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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.