What is the "sppsvc.exe" ? Variant 860261

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 3 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process sppsvc.exe.

sppsvc.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Microsoft Software Protection Platform Service
Version:
6.1.7601.17514
MD5:
cf87a1de791347e75b98885214ced2b8
SHA1:
e37c4d715a3a6ae877e001ada718d98d963bc5de
SHA256:
7af4e03d751c951a4e5fba28200dabfe6b3bf055490163eeeea84eba4d0f368a
Size:
3179520
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
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 8.02016-09-07 21:37:24
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-07 20:44:01
avast! Antivirus2016-09-07 20:41:44
Avast Antivirus2016-09-07 19:12:17
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-09-07 14:49:03
AVG Internet Security 20132016-09-07 03:30:48
360 Total Security2016-09-07 03:30:48
ESET Smart Security 9.0.318.202016-09-06 19:43:05
IObit Malware Fighter2016-09-06 18:04:38
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

Is the Process "sppsvc.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
78% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Safe .
22% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Threat

User Reviews of the "sppsvc.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe (Variant: 676620)

    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

  • SAFErating from user 2472567@mail.ru for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe

  • SAFErating from user UPieper for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe