What is the "wmiprvse.exe" ? Variant 620119

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:: db493dd6bc2fa5b38811f2bcdcf03d2b
SHA1:: 95f6f43d2ce1b1ca08371ca1794eb5369726ada1
SHA256:: a6f757f35ebcd2dbb889da54ba6841b8d4122c26faa7918ad082142cfca5a27d
Size:: 218112
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32\wbem
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: Medium

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
AVG Internet Security 2015	2015-07-19 14:41:40
Bitdefender Antivirus	2015-04-09 10:36:37
Kaspersky Internet Security	2015-03-23 13:24:45
Antivirus Trend Micro OfficeScan	2015-01-20 17:48:35
AntiVir Desktop	2014-07-20 11:44:49
Kaspersky Small Office Security	2014-05-15 11:40:21
avast! antivirus 4.8.1368 [VPS 140505-0]	2014-05-05 18:16:27
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2014	2014-03-21 17:57:26
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 7.0	2013-12-14 01:23:32

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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