What is the "wmiprvse.exe" ? Variant 598029

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. 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
Version:: 5.1.2600.2180
MD5:: 855b7c984b32827aa8c379774ea11037
SHA1:: bec776dbab0e3806e5f1479c7ab6f35237863db4
SHA256:: fa66e57b79401e85e3ab5c60e12b6c76d17ce7c28f4615265911e469475fa4d5
Size:: 218112
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32\wbem
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
IObit Malware Fighter	2016-09-06 14:44:50
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-06 14:44:50
avast! Antivirus	2016-09-04 11:15:21
360 Total Security	2016-07-01 19:10:18
Baidu Antivirus	2016-06-13 14:16:01
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition	2016-04-16 13:16:18
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 7.0	2016-02-09 12:33:44
Symantec Endpoint Protection	2016-02-09 10:38:19
COMODO Antivirus	2015-07-11 02:30:08
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate	2015-06-02 06:47:32

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

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
SAFErating from user Tony for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
SAFErating from user a for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
SAFErating from user Sergej Nefjodov for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
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
SAFErating from user lucien for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
SAFErating from user al3x for file C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
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