What is the "sppsvc.exe" ? Variant 1922620
Our database contains 535 different files for filename sppsvc.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the sppsvc.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name sppsvc.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft Software Protection Platform Service. 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 sppsvc.exe.
- Product:
- Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
- Company:
- Microsoft Corporation
- Description:
- Microsoft Software Protection Platform Service
- Version:
- 6.1.7260.0
- MD5:
- 5d817b11d9f58495833b59935b47f083
- SHA1:
- c5314687527b8da4a51b5d20d8f5ff83ae59f7ef
- SHA256:
- c794381ab7b4d18cceccd8439205ec6fde5cd778bca00cf7a699c6ad144b7afb
- Size:
- 3524608
- Directory:
- C:\Windows\System32
- Operating System:
- Windows 7
- Occurence:
- Low
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| Antivirus Name | Latest Toleration |
|---|---|
| ESET Smart Security 8.0 | 2015-03-16 22:28:27 |
| ESET Smart Security 5.0 | 2014-08-19 21:20:11 |
Is the Process "sppsvc.exe" Safe or Threat ?
22% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Threat
User Reviews of the "sppsvc.exe"
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SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe (Variant: 97845)
This executable is part of the Microsoft Software Protection Platform Service - anti-piracy security check utility, which is activated for licensing check after starting any Office application.
"This application is part of innovative set of technologies included from Windows Vista and Windows Server “Longhorn.” The technologies are aimed at helping prevent piracy and protect customers from software tampering while making licensing easier to manage. Collectively termed the Microsoft Software Protection Platform, the new technologies introduce improvements in how Microsoft software activates, is validated online and behaves when tampering or hacking is detected."
This functionality can be disabled, but in such case the licencing should not behave correctly (check more on http://forums.mydigitallife.inf o/threads/38979-Disable-SPP-Software-Protection-Platform-!)
Background information for this functionality can be found on Microsoft's bulletin : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2006/oct06/10-04softwareprotection.aspx
In case this platform is running constantly also after the licence check has finished, check this article : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/f1a1cc72-d835-4d1d-8fa5-0c0d298fe4bc/why-does-office-software-protection-platform-service-continue-to-run-after-completing-a-licensing
