What is the "winlogon.exe" ? Variant 550691

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 Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Application d'ouverture de session Windows NT. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process winlogon.exe.

Product:: Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows®
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Application d'ouverture de session Windows NT
Version:: 5.1.2600.2180
MD5:: d2de785aeab0bb8ca4c14a8a199dbe4e
SHA1:: b7fe2d6157df342cae94feafa0a302c9a89bd938
SHA256:: 742c9351ef19fa17b284f802f694ba9ce61e60bffaf3e612d7585b62b3679ab3
Size:: 506368
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	2016-09-02 15:11:07
Panda Free Antivirus	2016-06-01 20:15:00
AVG AntiVirus 2015	2015-10-04 12:43:19
AVG Internet Security 2015	2015-07-19 14:41:40
Norton AntiVirus	2015-06-18 14:15:49
Bitdefender Antivirus	2015-04-09 10:36:37
Kaspersky Internet Security	2015-04-05 10:32:29
ESET Endpoint Antivirus 5.0	2015-01-29 01:36:20
Antivirus Trend Micro OfficeScan	2015-01-20 17:48:35
avast! antivirus 4.7.1043 [VPS 150117-0]	2015-01-19 18:17:19

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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