msmpeng.exe Windows process description

msmpeng.exe popularity: Unknown

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

Specific issues and troubleshooting:

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.

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Ports opened by this process:

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

msmpeng.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

msmpeng.exe was seen on this operating systems:

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Latest user reviews

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

Average user rating of msmpeng.exe: 1 1 based on 1 votes and/or 1 reviews.

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User (IP) Security risk
98.66.185.* Very low
part of windows defender - anti malware protection

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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 such variants by so called "checksum". Checksum is unique number identifying particular version of msmpeng.exe:

Checksum (MD5) Version Size (bytes) Manufacturer
4A13C236 1.1.1051.0 45840

- Unknown -

DABACBC6 1.1.1347.0 14032

- Unknown -

- Unknown -

86292449 1.1.1592.0 13592

- Unknown -

5CD93864 1.1.1593.0 13592

- Unknown -

95713865 1.1.1593.0 13592

Microsoft Corporation

B2650F06 1.1.1592.0 13592

- Unknown -

AB062196 1.1.1593.0 13592

- Unknown -

7E6375E1 1.5.1933.0 16200

- Unknown -

BCB1C9C9 1.1.1593.0 13592

- Unknown -

6cce631

- Unknown -

b2f7d109

Microsoft Corporation

59df2810

- Unknown -

89dd5852 4.1.0522.0

Microsoft Corporation

4cf1ec01 4.2.0223.0

Microsoft Corporation

60c619d9 4.3.0215.0

Microsoft Corporation

167939d3 4.3.0216.0

Microsoft Corporation

1fc3b3e9

Microsoft Corporation

39b7e34f 4.4.0304.0

Microsoft Corporation

2240bc8f 4.5.0216.0

Microsoft Corporation

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

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