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What is winmgmt.exe? Windows Management?

Vendor:      Microsoft
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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.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
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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: winmgmt.exe processes requests for Windows Management Instrumentation services. Leave running.

winmgmt.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.


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winmgmt.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: 0.05%
Average CPU use for this program: 2%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
winmgmt.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x05b2001e1bc653fd6091e741b46f71b4 11/2/2016 7:12:00 PM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
2 Status 0x974ee1a488a7af678f84826b588d4af1 1/23/2012 9:53:00 PM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
3 Status 0x7e6161bb1ed846f0588bacf2b7d093fb 9/20/2011 6:02:00 AM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
4 Status 0x8edcfb61bdc3f5c72b9a47b4f2bd63d8 8/25/2011 11:35:00 PM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
5 Status 0x881b54a3cb9822c6fba9fa56b49a6030 8/8/2011 4:22:00 AM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
6 Status 0xb426e21b3192cc8f87c7ff74bf013645 7/3/2011 12:48:00 AM Unknown 1.50.1085.0070 Windows Management 192 KB
7 Status 0xb57b710f1859cfde2b6d158f7b2d13e7 4/19/2011 3:02:00 PM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
8 Status 0x453b0721be6d1db6b17b187ed13a016c 1/21/2011 8:45:00 AM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
9 Status 0x53e401eadfbf35cb634c1f747822ea65 1/7/2011 11:33:00 AM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
10 Status 0x07711a7d5c36815e31011a27c9b1bd2c 12/25/2010 1:26:00 PM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
11 Status 0x2baccb9264d2cf9171c38891baeaf41f 12/11/2010 1:37:00 PM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
12 Status 0x72ade16ada0e605f324af821d958cc03 9/25/2010 5:30:00 PM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
13 Status 0x8666e38abd56d9d325026c4d869ccdf7 8/15/2010 1:23:00 AM Unknown 1.50.1085.0029 Windows Management 192 KB
14 Status 0x3aab0a23bfdf4ca1a40553cfdba94315 7/12/2010 12:45:00 AM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
15 Status 0x06032f3c6108db42b91f94c57c6ef404 6/6/2010 7:04:00 PM Unknown 1.50.1085.0001 Windows Management 188 KB
16 Status 0xba200f7e84a0eba75185bd5a2ec7e813 5/12/2010 3:09:00 AM Unknown 1.50.1085.0009 Windows Management 192 KB
17 Status 0x26179b0a7c6bd0587df1d9dbfd156113 3/1/2010 7:03:00 PM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
18 Status 0x0adacf04de5ed785e0d8420515237962 11/30/2009 1:49:00 AM Unknown 1.50.1085.0100 Windows Management 192 KB
19 Status 0x0533ecdc7fceb913b38c3322921de2f9 11/11/2009 7:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Management 212 KB
20 Status 0x2ff6f5c4b84dc5bd0cec341854086670 10/6/2009 6:28:00 AM Unknown 1.50.1085.0001 Windows Management 188 KB
21 Status 0x9f4ed6f27b70e816891eb125e93718eb 8/13/2009 11:07:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Management 192 KB
22 Status 0xabfd4ac8529c15faa70056872fc3e272 8/12/2009 2:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Management 212 KB
23 Status 0x38811c50656b5cd453f5c37e80c1ddaf 7/13/2009 7:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Management 212 KB
24 Status 0x0d6001c1f5ec4b3beb91a554212801b2 7/5/2009 9:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Management 192 KB
25 Status 0x5367607c65dd3b96a2850836ae32b789 5/5/2009 10:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Management 192 KB


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