msmpeng.exe Windows process description

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

Specific issues and troubleshooting:

• Is msmpeng.exe virus or not? And how you can recognize it.
• Solve problems with msmpeng.exe error.
• A little bit more specific msmpeng.exe application error.
• Removal guide: How to remove msmpeng.exe.
• Solve problems with msmpeng.exe not responding.
• Windows performance problems: msmpeng.exe high cpu.
• File damaged: msmpeng.exe corrupted.

What is msmpeng.exe - purpose and description:

This file belongs to Windows Defender, or Microsoft Corporation’s antispyware software, and is used to monitor and scan incoming downloads for spyware or other harmful devices, prevent damage by tracking your system for suspicious programs, and remove any dangerous items that it finds.

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.

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Summary: 1 user rated this process. Average security risk: Very low

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msmpeng.exe version list:

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

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