What is the "smss.exe" ? Variant 502627

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:
6.0.6002.18005
MD5:
98af15a94cd6ac37248e72e5fe789b35
SHA1:
348f0edf9ba670e3713223113ecc9c6c37a67dcc
SHA256:
38a8e453a11cde9fcd2eeb7b69b05c04e78452552a16ef93ebf315e970b8e4a9
Size:
64000
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows Vista
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Avira Antivirus2016-09-06 13:14:07
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.402.12016-09-05 16:40:43
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-04 04:31:11
Avira Desktop2016-08-28 22:23:35
Kaspersky Internet Security2016-08-27 01:36:21
360 Total Security2016-08-26 16:36:03
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-08-26 11:09:33
Avast Antivirus2016-08-25 23:12:03
avast! Antivirus2016-08-25 12:32:40
Rising Antivirus2016-07-18 20:34:03
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

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 808 for file C:\Windows\System32\smss.exe (Variant: 1141)

    Windows Session Manager for Vista sp2

  • SAFErating from user Tom for file C:\Windows\System32\smss.exe (Variant: 1141)

    Windows Session Manager, Windows Vista 32