What is the "mmc.exe" ? Variant 149348

Our database contains 700 different files for filename mmc.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the mmc.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name mmc.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft Management Console. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process mmc.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft Management Console
Version:: 5.2.3790.2843 (srv03_sp1_qfe.061130-2230)
MD5:: de4de429dfcf73027d2b0e91b0887fd6
SHA1:: 443ca14b28f549bd548b9d361fb3a8cf2393189d
SHA256:: 1b9881480bed6d7a005b05937f9bc62533160eac0db03d5d93dbf3048bf92224
Size:: 1354752
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: Low

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate	2014-09-03 06:42:22
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011	2014-09-03 06:42:22
Lavasoft Ad-Watch Live! Anti-Virus	2014-09-03 06:42:22
ESET Smart Security 4.2	2014-08-17 17:49:00

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Is the Process "mmc.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 "mmc.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.

86% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .
14% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "mmc.exe"

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SAFErating from user crawn (Variant: 149348)
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Reviews for different files with filename "C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe"

SAFErating from user Alex for file C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe (Variant: 29678505)
Directory: C:WindowsSystem32
SAFErating from user Nexagon for file C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe
SAFErating from user loki for file C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe (Variant: 18196655)
This file is the main executable for the Microsoft Management Console (both versions 2.0 and 3.0 use the same name) - this console is part of the programming SDK for MMC : "The MMC SDK can be used for writing tools called snap-ins for managing Windows-based environments." More info can be found at MMC pages, check http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms692740(v=vs.85).aspx
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe (Variant: 26023196)
This name is a bit generic, but in most cases this file is the main executable for the Microsoft Management Console (both versions 2.0 and 3.0 use the same name) - this console is part of the programming SDK for MMC : "The MMC SDK can be used for writing tools called snap-ins for managing Windows-based environments." More info can be found at MMC pages, check http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms692740(v=vs.85).aspx
SAFErating from user 2472567@mail.ru for file C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe
SAFErating from user Mikel for file C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe
SAFErating from user SD-564L for file C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe
SAFErating from user Jean for file C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe