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What is dwm.exe? Dwm.exe

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/
Last Seen by PC Pitstop:      No Data

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Pitstop Analysis

Purpose: Dwm.exe is Vista's Desktop Window Manager. Shutdown will cause loss of special effects.

dwm.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.

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dwm.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 6.97%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 27 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
dwm.exe

MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 File Info Last Seen Signed Day Week Month Threat info
1 Status 0x59903071d7ace6a02093c47e9e38af97 More File Information 6/14/2013 Unsigned 2 40 173 Not Applicable
2 Status 0x01dd1004181fd46ecdc3628228eb269d More File Information 6/14/2013 Unsigned 73 512 1883 Not Applicable
3 Status 0xe87b968f3d49117445893eb0503fe34f More File Information 6/14/2013 Unsigned 3 18 71 Not Applicable
4 Status 0x505bf4d1cadeb8d4f8bcd08d944de25d More File Information 6/14/2013 Unsigned 20 261 953 Not Applicable
5 Status 0xecdaaea5dee45f2e195202ef4ffe544e More File Information 6/10/2013 Signed 0 3 3 Not Applicable
6 Status 0x83863be5c992709747c61c5a36aa61e6 More File Information 6/10/2013 Unsigned 0 4 17 Not Applicable
7 Status 0x3b903da5e939b01492a7418e7fbb434a More File Information 9/20/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Backdoor.Win32.Cycbot.b (v)
8 Status 0xfd1c300f24bcbafd17c4998cd4a52c04 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
9 Status 0x749641703c8ab68b6a91733e620ebf43 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Sapik.a (v)
10 Status 0xde3039a91232be8945ff385c9863e81e More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
11 Status 0xae3edba6b796522e8c1966d07dfb4c94 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
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24 Status 0x6ed48bdc447fc7ba3af3d418ee2f6b6d More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
25 Status 0xff0c31bd5b9da9100bf52525bd9ace7e More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
26 Status 0x3ebd5f8e541ebe80a30b79cfed34f579 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
27 Status 0x1822bf83985b2d14603ee5301ac98098 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
28 Status 0xee2e7aa6f31b8aa793b1024f77a2c644 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
29 Status 0x59739e55716a9356612628c4fe6b238c More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
30 Status 0xfefc4069c4eb7c3c31381338ebdc868b More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
31 Status 0xb0f1ed14c966e14cc34b9bbcfed18553 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
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33 Status 0x8b64d93cbf472a2efd62e2da40ef48a5 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
34 Status 0xe17aab62081c5a7381a2efbccb4d1507 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Backdoor.Win32.Cycbot.b (v)
35 Status 0x803a4ef80b540c60feb461c6e44d6ef1 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
36 Status 0x17eec3d4b4547aff3892c65f51d6ed46 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
37 Status 0x8b4a25870eae053d233cc9944dff6674 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
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39 Status 0x01197b4d2aa384289dc67190112b39f1 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
40 Status 0x131d5cf50b48924c6cf5f61bf7084c07 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
41 Status 0xcfbf2c05f711eb4566b53c8ba6418f4e More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
42 Status 0x40df6a155636e199e5f7ff871db56836 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
43 Status 0x8e024c477bd6174717d9c5e201a9944f More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
44 Status 0x5209836df8ebd1321e81e406f8c4bd37 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
45 Status 0xa5d62f903dd8c279f58e88fecb9e26b8 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
46 Status 0xc57355f2260e0e94256ef6a740915129 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
47 Status 0x85f5d9a001a6d8dff795be0f87ba7968 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
48 Status 0x0da4cbecdaa4e99a38afbe0cbdc10bd9 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
49 Status 0xcc702158862b215ef2b35da7468b5a5a More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
50 Status 0x8564891f2f0d986f36e484d75385e072 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
51 Status 0xc37d68b7331750207e7c78f58f02592c More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
52 Status 0x41699b9918649a7e3725cd237f84876c More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
53 Status 0x583794a218aacd2952372047ade25d3a More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
54 Status 0x947a90bf413cce652ff14e8c674f53ec More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
55 Status 0x1009b8d17f4384b9b0e5b883457ab228 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
56 Status 0xeca5bc327507815c3337d3e4d789da87 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
57 Status 0x47631dfc24aa71832164ec285d6a6df9 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
58 Status 0x41d198e80308c2ae23f3027cd3504ac8 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
59 Status 0xbb3beb1981b552c1ac8d4ccd6fe6b8e6 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
60 Status 0xf162d5f5e845b9dc352dd1bad8cef1bc More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
61 Status 0xe88a4827d194f101890d6c2308185e89 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
62 Status 0xb58cd94d601c4966b20fde2f3d489be1 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
63 Status 0xccccd47c929aacf8f6afc5ab45549dcd More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
64 Status 0xa602df3e139cd4b1cc1c703e3f790241 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
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67 Status 0x7a101d9b943d9e013ac056985d3efaa7 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
68 Status 0x1bbc3a3e1b77578c5ec0798ec1861378 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
69 Status 0x0b6a96db04f25065c6a4a78b716ac0e0 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator.da!d (v)
70 Status 0x3bad0bb92f220bfba01b50345d8d7844 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
71 Status 0xde42ef48f4800f1b4604bba86e53dd9a More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
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76 Status 0x741f46b7873c31c86a050d72dface8c2 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
77 Status 0xd7ccfde73d2ca36c52d677c645006020 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
78 Status 0x7edb6a7c243e0cd0dd8c3e24c5753785 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
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84 Status 0x96a86fa6de08de17e474aa45a456afb7 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
85 Status 0x921ca0f0bc247365e3176f8190fae9dd More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
86 Status 0xd8de040281543a3eed1d27be50ef03f9 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator.da!d (v)
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88 Status 0xfd4c1b7137c91a3022ddaa702284758e More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
89 Status 0x391420bdb99151ae305b94b582828496 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
90 Status 0x3ee9003d9f3e6ebf0c8fb2290ef4405f More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
91 Status 0xd9a36f0e601c93be186856505c7cbcf5 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
92 Status 0x8c18d69192c604fa524563ce0d3041ca More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
93 Status 0xdf8ba9ad875cc9ca3da9fb98da7f7ad3 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
94 Status 0xa6e790dacddbcbf73366525c6a2c99c6 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
95 Status 0x89cac35dfa98f83799fd37df13f8fa2a More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
96 Status 0x5dca3458f609d7b83c8d791f321723a1 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
97 Status 0x7fbd000a63570593d882ba7ae83ffa0e More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
98 Status 0x23320b5fe215ec9bc5ce8270ef7e288b More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
99 Status 0xff4bd44807a7e6deeea73ae9d37dc1f4 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
100 Status 0x70fd6f1088b8cf69215325c8c8da2c04 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 Last Seen File Date Revision Common Name Size
1 Status 0xad28db60c648e419ba605080ad3098db 2/24/2013 12:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 117 KB
2 Status 0x0763007aa6f6a067f914e3e0fe16b18e 7/11/2012 5:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 90 KB
3 Status 0x0ea3485bf70ca74dde266a0f3745769f 5/25/2012 1:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 107 KB
4 Status 0x5928efd79247bc1dcafe5060a236418f 2/8/2012 10:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 117 KB
5 Status 0x505bf4d1cadeb8d4f8bcd08d944de25d 2/8/2012 4:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 90 KB
6 Status 0x01dd1004181fd46ecdc3628228eb269d 2/8/2012 3:52:00 AM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 80 KB
7 Status 0x59903071d7ace6a02093c47e9e38af97 2/8/2012 2:58:00 AM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) Dwm.exe 80 KB
8 Status 0x5374baa26a1cf28ae45446e2ccd1391e 2/8/2012 2:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 93 KB
9 Status 0xe87b968f3d49117445893eb0503fe34f 2/8/2012 2:21:00 AM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) Dwm.exe 81 KB
10 Status 0xdea87d1f171da986b343c36f773a477d 2/3/2012 11:27:00 AM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) Dwm.exe 81 KB
11 Status 0xa13f28ac30edceef74e7f0fe06724fbb 1/29/2012 6:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 90 KB
12 Status 0x46dca9d32a545fc96e5d2fca9b3c5f42 1/8/2012 8:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 91 KB
13 Status 0x07cfcf1de551b9bb740830ee458ad65a 1/2/2012 4:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 80 KB
14 Status 0x5bc888feb62915d68bad8928e0050537 11/24/2011 8:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 80 KB
15 Status 0xd4d06486d65ab16dfe57b69f72992921 9/9/2011 4:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 108 KB
16 Status 0xf8248796d64a7ecb3e6942cdbdec94d8 8/30/2011 7:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 139 KB
17 Status 0x0fd5f57f9a099c281b84a70363053435 8/21/2011 11:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 99 KB
18 Status 0x9bc42a03a71ddea7c66df15d00354af7 8/7/2011 5:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 93 KB
19 Status 0xe88a4827d194f101890d6c2308185e89 8/7/2011 12:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 91 KB
20 Status 0x7879899db29facffd158f95ae4ed81ed 7/18/2011 4:02:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) Dwm.exe 80 KB
21 Status 0x3bc2a179bc6c6b1b98c9282db3180aa4 5/3/2011 2:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 90 KB
22 Status 0xbc1a116f126e5c6c922622229e77d49e 4/16/2011 6:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 93 KB
23 Status 0xc0c206234e8db6275918e72c1426b6ff 3/26/2011 1:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 90 KB
24 Status 0x23aa45bc4f5388c29eedffa65e15cada 3/18/2011 8:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 80 KB
25 Status 0x3a262d6ee28c5196eee1689d7f36e4ac 3/5/2011 3:21:00 AM Unknown Unknown Dwm.exe 90 KB



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