What is the "lsass.exe" ? Variant 516233

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. 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:: 6.0.6001.18000
MD5:: dcf733788c7d088d814e5f80eb4b3e0f
SHA1:: 955b80a25007919348a2ccc5d682ff0fbc2cab88
SHA256:: 48dfe6c7a8119e5232b6f8be63f2d6b24c01fdc88ce0ae0817127c7f8c0b72ac
Size:: 9728
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows Vista
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Avira Antivirus	2016-09-06 13:14:07
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.402.1	2016-09-05 16:40:43
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-04 20:28:50
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition	2016-08-30 06:58:34
360 Total Security	2016-08-26 16:36:03
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-08-26 16:36:03
avast! Antivirus	2016-07-28 06:40:56
Rising Antivirus	2016-07-18 20:34:03
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2013	2016-07-04 11:57:26
Panda Free Antivirus	2016-07-03 14:21:09

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

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

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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.