dwm.exe Windows process description

dwm.exe popularity: Unknown

Windows 7, Windows XP or Windows Vista software, task, program or application with exename dwm.exe

Specific issues and troubleshooting:

What is dwm.exe - purpose and description:

dwm.exe is a feature found on newer Microsoft operating systems, such as Windows Vista and Windows 7, to create special graphics effects like live window previews and the Aero Glass effect on your windows.

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Ports opened by this process:

This process opens 0 ports. See details of ports opened by dwm.exe

dwm.exe Security risk rating: N/A
Trojan and malware info: N/A*
Typical errors: File not found, An error occurred in file, Not responding, Application Error 0x, Howto delete, stop, run, remove and find the file.
Note: N/A means "Not available". That means that now we have no information if this process is harmful or not.

Operating system distribution

dwm.exe was seen on this operating systems:

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Latest user reviews

Summary: 10 user(s) rated this process.
Average security risk: Low

Average user rating of dwm.exe: 2 2 based on 10 votes and/or 10 reviews.

Disclaimer: this user reviews are provided "as is" without any warranty. Reviews are uncensored opinions submitted by our users. We are not responsible for the content of these User Reviews.

User (IP) Security risk
183.83.43.* Average
it slow dowms d system..
202.70.54.* Very low
FINE
114.58.116.* High
BLOCKED
188.50.97.* Low
please u neede be check it out
114.79.23.* High
CAUSE SOME PROBLEM
115.133.122.* Low
best
188.2.92.* Average
SUSPICIOUS software
60.48.210.* Average
slow
125.162.228.* Very low
powernet
112.207.177.* Low
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dwm.exe version list:

The name dwm.exe can be used by many programs from different vendors. Also, the same vendor can create dwm.exe in more than one version. Thus, we distinguish between all such variants by so called "checksum". Checksum is unique number identifying particular version of dwm.exe:

Checksum (MD5) Version Size (bytes) Manufacturer

- Unknown -

8CD0AF25 6.0.6000.16386 83456

Microsoft Corporation

3148DD6F 6.0.6000.16386 83456

- Unknown -

41F9BAD2 6.0.6000.16386 83456

- Unknown -

e607cd2c

Microsoft Corporation

94e1dd73

- Unknown -

2c5d00f1

Microsoft Corporation

33ab6ee3

- Unknown -

e0a0155b

- Unknown -

78bb4ecb 10.0.10240.16384

Microsoft Corporation

81c0bed0 6.1.7600.16385

Microsoft Corporation

f162d5f5e845b9dc352dd1bad8cef1bc 6.1.7600.16385 120320

Microsoft Corporation

Help us: where is dwm.exe located on your harddisk?

"C:\Windows\system32\"
"C:\Windows\"
"C:\"
"C:\Program files\%subfolder%\"
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