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.
Ports opened by this process:
This process opens 0 ports. See details of ports opened by 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

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 |
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 | |
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 - |
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b2f7d109 | |||
59df2810 |
- Unknown - |
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89dd5852 | 4.1.0522.0 | ||
4cf1ec01 | 4.2.0223.0 | ||
60c619d9 | 4.3.0215.0 | ||
167939d3 | 4.3.0216.0 | ||
1fc3b3e9 | |||
39b7e34f | 4.4.0304.0 | ||
2240bc8f | 4.5.0216.0 |
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