What is the "winlogon.exe" ? Variant 502180

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 2 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:
6.0.6002.18005
MD5:
898e7c06a350d4a1a64a9ea264d55452
SHA1:
6d63303f3912633c8a9a6e2b3cb74d60220cf7a2
SHA256:
0530b49018b59d4dcd3ecbc19e95b81438208af34bc876bd07129a79896b4d7e
Size:
314368
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows Vista
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-07 21:31:12
Kaspersky Total Security2016-09-07 18:21:12
Avira Antivirus2016-09-07 16:01:06
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-09-07 14:22:25
avast! Antivirus2016-09-06 20:34:12
Kaspersky Internet Security2016-09-06 20:29:50
Avast Antivirus2016-09-06 15:17:13
ESET Endpoint Security 6.2.2033.12016-09-06 07:45:11
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: 502180)

    Windows Logon Application

  • SAFErating from user Admin for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe