What is the "vssvc.exe" ? Variant 635858

Our database contains 625 different files for filename vssvc.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the vssvc.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name vssvc.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description MicrosoftR Volume Shadow Copy Service. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process vssvc.exe.

Product:: Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: MicrosoftR Volume Shadow Copy Service
Version:: 5.1.2600.5512
MD5:: 6a1ed907d8ebb85e29c9b24cfc2a4370
SHA1:: b43196ff6ae4dd94c8d43f31170a525274ba449f
SHA256:: 799399f0886515a7ba6c86e56aa20b666828af3ab391b652cef1f8cc3297ada0
Size:: 279552
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: Medium

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Avira Desktop	2016-04-10 06:10:51
Avira Antivirus	2016-04-10 06:10:51
avast! Antivirus	2015-02-07 12:05:01
360 Total Security	2014-11-11 09:23:01
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 7.0	2014-11-02 18:22:50
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2015	2014-10-22 11:31:11
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	2014-07-12 12:08:55
Symantec Endpoint Protection	2014-06-23 03:36:43
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2014	2014-05-21 09:12:49
Norton 360	2014-01-05 08:57:43

Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

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

There is no review for "vssvc.exe" with defined attributes. If you want to check MD5 of this file via public VirusTotal database, then press .

Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

Is this Process suspect for you? Is your computer running slow? Do you experiencing some suspicious behaviour in your computer? We recommends make free computer scan with our free award-winning tool .

96% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Safe .

100% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .

User Reviews of the "vssvc.exe"

This file has no approved reviews! If you know this file, you can add own review .

Reviews of all vssvc.exe variants

Reviews for different files with filename "C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe"

SAFErating from user Mindconnect2020 for file C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe (Variant: 46603215)
Look at MikeOne's comment
SAFErating from user Safeticaaa for file C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe
SAFErating from user Boris for file C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe
SAFErating from user Endy for file C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe
SAFErating from user 2472567@mail.ru for file C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe (Variant: 23943417)
vssvc.exe is a process belonging to the Volume Shadow Copy service implemented into Windows XP and onwards. This service allows files which are modified to be backed up automatically by the operating system.
This program is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be terminated. More info about this process can be found directly on MSDN pages :http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb968832(v=vs.85).aspx
"The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is a set of COM interfaces that implements a framework to allow volume backups to be performed while applications on a system continue to write to the volumes. VSS provides a consistent interface that allows coordination between user applications that update data on disk (writers) and those that back up applications (requesters)."
THREATrating from user O4karik for file C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe
SAFErating from user Mikel for file C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe