What is the "winlogon.exe" ? Variant 12228908

Our database contains 3174 different files for filename winlogon.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the winlogon.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name winlogon.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Windows Logon Application. 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 winlogon.exe.

winlogon.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows Logon Application
Version:
6.2.9200.16384
MD5:
93ab226c07a9789b2ec7b41f73602f76
SHA1:
6cb925a64dbd8225ed9c309ce89ea4f476a1792a
SHA256:
8137bd5ab81842460d413d6efc24844e179e810196525800180076cae8002222
Size:
516608
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 8
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Windows Defender2016-09-05 15:37:17
Trend Micro Maximum Security2016-09-05 14:28:36
Avast Antivirus2016-09-05 14:03:45
Avira Antivirus2016-09-04 18:09:04
avast! Antivirus2016-09-02 17:18:25
AVG Internet Security2016-09-02 16:29:39
ESET Smart Security 6.02016-08-31 09:06:24
360 Total Security2016-08-27 20:59:54
Kaspersky Internet Security2016-08-26 20:23:03
Kaspersky Free2016-08-26 06:28:02
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

Is the Process "winlogon.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 "winlogon.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.

96% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Safe .
68% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .
32% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "winlogon.exe"

  • SAFErating from user Admin (Variant: 12228908)

    Windows 8 Logon component