What is the "winlogon.exe" ? Variant 15555714

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:
6.2.9200.16433
MD5:
87da6aca9af2f536c68471787d1b3f4a
SHA1:
1ac9bac8ff6be09d4ef6be1bb3eb1d8149d32665
SHA256:
4a36860e456e94480b44ec268aaec5936e01a2016ce61dba6e396a4724567738
Size:
411648
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 Defender2016-07-15 07:19:27
360 Total Security2016-04-16 03:50:16
avast! Antivirus2016-03-06 19:16:37
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2015-12-09 20:52:11
Kaspersky Internet Security2015-11-02 07:33:48
Panda Global Protection 20162015-10-28 08:19:26
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 8.02015-06-24 00:36:09
Bitdefender Antivirus2015-05-09 20:21:25
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 20152015-04-27 14:27:03
Kingsoft Antivirus System Defense2015-04-10 10:15:38
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 MikeOne (Variant: 15555714)

    winlogon.exe is a core process from Windows login manager. It handles both login and logout procedures on Windows system. This program is critically important for running of Windows system. Some antiviruses may mark it as a virus. Also as a key process for MS Windows, it can be a target for many viruses. Scan is recommended. Check the MD5 version and directory, it should be located in the %SYSDIR%