What is the "winlogon.exe" ? Variant 511939

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 Sistema operacional Microsoft® Windows® and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Aplicativo de logon do Windows NT. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process winlogon.exe.

Product:: Sistema operacional Microsoft® Windows®
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Aplicativo de logon do Windows NT
Version:: 5.1.2600.5512
MD5:: 71d440f79b711627b12b567fb2eadb42
SHA1:: 239e2c05bc3249e4b4d0ab53fdf039ab0df4559e
SHA256:: ce9ce80a4f0a5fa8562e1acb2c10921f1ee49574404e63c6b1291b7f207dc787
Size:: 509952
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
avast! Antivirus	2016-09-07 10:16:13
Panda Free Antivirus	2016-09-07 10:16:13
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition	2016-09-07 10:16:13
360 Total Security	2016-09-07 10:16:13
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-07 00:01:51
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-09-04 23:29:47
Kaspersky Total Security	2016-09-04 23:29:47
COMODO Cloud Antivirus	2016-09-03 21:06:18
Baidu Antivirus	2016-08-29 19:59:22
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 6.0	2016-08-29 19:02:29

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

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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 .

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Reviews of all winlogon.exe variants

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

SAFErating from user Yo for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe (Variant: 41881675)
Safe as long as it is part of System32
SAFErating from user ben for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe (Variant: 41170491)
ok
SAFErating from user Ben for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe (Variant: 41170491)
ok
SAFErating from user roofjunkie for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe (Variant: 40502443)
OK
THREATrating from user Stiv for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe
SAFErating from user street for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe
SAFErating from user Bert for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe
SAFErating from user noviczky for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe (Variant: 24851054)
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%
SAFErating from user 3hlav for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe
SAFErating from user Mikel for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe
SAFErating from user Олег Разин for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe (Variant: 19528110)
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%
"Winlogon is the component of Microsoft Windows operating systems that is responsible for handling the secure attention sequence, loading the user profile on logon, and optionally locking the computer when a screensaver is running (requiring another authentication step)." - see more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winlogon.exe