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What is msdtc.exe? Distributed Transaction Coordinator?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: Msdtc.exe is loaded into the system by Microsoft Personal Web Server and Microsoft SQL Server. The service is used to manage transactions across multiple servers.

msdtc.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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msdtc.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.06%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
msdtc.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xa137f1470499a205abbb9aafb3b6f2b1 10/11/2016 11:43:00 AM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
2 Status 0xc7c3d89eb0a6f3dba622ea737fa335b1 10/5/2014 8:42:00 PM Unknown 2001.12.4414.258 Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
3 Status 0x21ea21984d7d1ad50db2e627020ab14c 9/23/2014 9:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
4 Status 0x1f968d92f452cd72c015182c34737c15 9/1/2014 12:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
5 Status 0x8648d670ae0d95c95e7bbb5b80661796 2/7/2012 9:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
6 Status 0x975bd2762bf355a572597cc54d97ba93 9/5/2011 10:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
7 Status 0xedc54e17cdf1811a472d518a82182449 9/1/2011 12:16:00 AM Unknown 1999.9.3421.3 Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
8 Status 0xc58e0367f951dacf32d801cf5f900ec5 8/19/2011 6:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
9 Status 0x073d2f5b53580583feb704084cba39ce 6/21/2011 4:46:00 PM Unknown 2001.12.4414.42 Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
10 Status 0x8df0d183bf3e67448cb117b94a2ce937 5/31/2011 2:08:00 AM Unknown 2001.12.4414.700 Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
11 Status 0x508ccba132de09156daabd5df141923e 5/22/2011 2:57:00 AM Unknown 2001.12.4414.700 Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
12 Status 0x0065a7a728683b1fe4bbec190b67023c 11/29/2010 4:36:00 PM Unknown 2001.12.4414.258 Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
13 Status 0x6a228b226da83f3243adc6f3f3f5c6ac 10/6/2010 6:51:00 PM Unknown 1999.9.3421.3 Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
14 Status 0x0458d6e05fc132e07eacbaf91fcb33dc 10/2/2010 11:29:00 PM Unknown 2001.12.4720.0 (srv03_rtm.030324-2048) Distributed Transaction Coordinator 5 KB
15 Status 0x5a26b895361dae4f7bc8c73f35976ae3 9/8/2010 2:44:00 PM Unknown 2000.2.3504.0 Distributed Transaction Coordinator 12 KB
16 Status 0x470cedadb723e7edccd4e731c828b83f 9/7/2010 5:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 20 KB
17 Status 0xaf70b5b3a6b302ff1651ae442e1d06cc 8/26/2010 7:35:00 PM Unknown 1999.9.3421.3 Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
18 Status 0xd189fdf74f7834e627e6993db3c2dffa 8/6/2010 1:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 30 KB
19 Status 0x5375122a1c3abf51a9dbe222398e3a25 6/5/2010 3:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
20 Status 0xcfd21255672b70d2f783f859eab43711 5/20/2010 10:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
21 Status 0x456213d53cd1c17f85dfe7bc1b3bf965 5/13/2010 9:32:00 AM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 30 KB
22 Status 0x35a031af38c55f92d28aa03ee9f12cc9 5/5/2010 3:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
23 Status 0x6483843bca357867a29eb0c6c1c00071 4/5/2010 8:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 30 KB
24 Status 0x205655108b84b4890a909f4fd47a0706 3/16/2010 12:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB
25 Status 0xceb4cf307a5d216d70a5c014561bfbff 3/11/2010 3:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown Distributed Transaction Coordinator 6 KB


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