What is the "wmiprvse.exe" ? Variant 537681

Our database contains 1788 different files for filename wmiprvse.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the wmiprvse.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name wmiprvse.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description WMI Provider Host. 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 wmiprvse.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: WMI Provider Host
Version:: 6.1.7600.16385
MD5:: 203c3380a744ca5b9b1a9caeb57f7d57
SHA1:: cc9550792d5ef0711b92923b762db1ad40ca6065
SHA256:: 43907909f307fada0a748ace0363aa82768bad3f9107b0dc524ed2bd4205360a
Size:: 254976
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32\wbem
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: High

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This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-07 22:38:09
ESET Smart Security 9.0.349.0	2016-09-07 21:48:51
360 Total Security	2016-09-06 04:19:03
avast! Antivirus	2016-09-06 01:19:50
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-09-05 20:31:58
V3 Lite	2016-09-04 10:52:45
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0	2016-09-04 10:02:47
Panda Free Antivirus	2016-09-04 00:06:23

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SAFErating from user Tony for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
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SAFErating from user Mindconnect2020 for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe (Variant: 46589332)
Windows internal. - Look at MikeOne's comment
SAFErating from user volk_of for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
SAFErating from user TK for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe (Variant: 675043)
This is a safe file
SAFErating from user libor420 for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
SAFErating from user CommTruk for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
SAFErating from user Simon for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe (Variant: 29009489)
It does chew up a lot of CPU cycles but it cannot be uninstalled.
SAFErating from user tratru for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
SAFErating from user Dam for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
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SAFErating from user Ghost for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe (Variant: 675043)
It's safe but very annoying and a resource hog.
SAFErating from user Mikel for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
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SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe (Variant: 19503553)
The wmiprvse.exe file is otherwise known as Windows Management Instrumentation. It is a Microsoft Windows-based component that provides control and information about management in an enterprise environment. Check the info for Windows Management Instrumentation overview on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc736575(v=ws.10).aspx
Generally speaking, Windows Management Instrumentation is a MS Windows OS component that provides management information and control in an enterprise environment. Most of developpers can use WMI to create event monitoring applications that can alert users when important incidents occur - e.g. check the WMI Browser sheet in the SE application with help for it on http://systemexplorer.net/onlinehelp.php?t=wmi.
Previously in older versions, MS Windows providers were loaded in-process with the Windows Management service (WinMgmt.exe). This service was running under the LocalSystem security account. If there was a failure of the provider, such failure caused the entire WMI service to fail and then the next request to WMI restarted the service. Beginning with Windows XP, WMI resides in a shared service host with several other services. To avoid stopping all the services when a provider fails, providers are loaded into a separate host process named Wmiprvse.exe.
Multiple instances of Wmiprvse.exe can run at the same time under different accounts: LocalSystem, NetworkService or LocalService. The WMI core WinMgmt.exe is loaded into the shared Local Service host named Svchost.exe.
SAFErating from user rots for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe