What is the "smss.exe" ? Variant 500663

Our database contains 1129 different files for filename smss.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the smss.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name smss.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Windows Session Manager. 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 smss.exe.

smss.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows Session Manager
Version:
6.1.7600.16385
MD5:
1911a3356fa3f77ccc825ccbac038c2a
SHA1:
706473ad489e5365af1e3431c4f8fe80a9139bc2
SHA256:
6ed135b792c81d78b33a57f0f4770db6105c9ed3e2193629cb3ec38bfd5b7e1b
Size:
112640
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
avast! Antivirus2016-09-07 23:38:07
IObit Malware Fighter2016-09-07 23:07:03
ESET Endpoint Security 6.1.2227.32016-09-07 23:07:03
AVG Internet Security2016-09-07 22:49:48
360 Total Security2016-09-07 22:13:22
Kaspersky Free2016-09-07 22:13:21
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-07 21:32:04
Norton Internet Security Online2016-09-07 21:06:18
Avast Antivirus2016-09-07 19:52:13
Kaspersky Internet Security2016-09-07 19:23:30
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Is the Process "smss.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 "smss.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.

80% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .
20% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "smss.exe"

  • SAFErating from user Moraxv

  • SAFErating from user gerald0811 for file C:\Windows\System32\smss.exe