What is the "smss.exe" ? Variant 638223

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 Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows® and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Windows NT-Sitzungs-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:
Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows®
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows NT-Sitzungs-Manager
Version:
5.1.2600.5512
MD5:
b3efde4b2cc3ac949bcde7a89712afcf
SHA1:
b786d64cb24367e1e03bbc6fd00c4d0defacc911
SHA256:
ee1a3e5f7324e0169f42683e698b74aa72459be817e5512bd7319f488e39d3b8
Size:
50688
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows XP
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 21:59:52
Avira Antivirus2016-09-07 13:46:25
AVG Internet Security2016-09-06 13:32:05
AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic Virensch2016-09-06 13:04:08
AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic Virenschutz2016-09-06 13:04:08
Avira Desktop2016-09-06 12:03:58
360 Total Security2016-09-05 19:22:38
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-01 11:50:49
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-08-30 20:40:23
G DATA INTERNET SECURITY2016-08-29 17:04:15
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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 teglen (Variant: 638223)

    Windows Session Manager for XP SP3

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