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What is wmiprvse.exe? Windows Management
| Vendor: Microsoft |
| Product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Vendor Website: |
| Last Seen by PC Pitstop: No Data |
PC Pitstop has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
PC Pitstop has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
PC Pitstop has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.This process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.PC Pitstop Analysis
Purpose: wmiprvse.exe is a Microsoft component that handles Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) operations.
wmiprvse.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.
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wmiprvse.exe Technical Information
Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 1.52%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 7 MB
MD5 Hash Analysis
| Program Name | MD5 Count |
| wmiprvse.exe |
| MD5 Hashes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Status | MD5 | File Info | Last Seen | Signed | Day | Week | Month | Threat info | |||
| 1 |
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0x798a9e6828997eef4517ada8a2259831 |  |
6/15/2013 |  |
89887 | 631592 | 2570238 | Not Applicable | |||
| 2 |
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0x2bf54e692fc1292d182ed056faf8bea0 | |
6/15/2013 | |
31889 | 222256 | 851281 | Not Applicable | |||
| 3 |
|
0x32ef70e71bb451eeb23f18294d8027e7 | |
6/15/2013 | |
3988 | 24334 | 87627 | Not Applicable | |||
| 4 |
|
0x8339e480b3d4740404d8ee50d415935b | |
6/15/2013 | |
5093 | 34602 | 63664 | Not Applicable | |||
| 5 |
|
0x203c3380a744ca5b9b1a9caeb57f7d57 | |
6/15/2013 | |
13805 | 96745 | 429546 | Not Applicable | |||
| 6 |
|
0x51a548a604aec2c362ca503b0cb03831 | |
6/15/2013 | |
612 | 4165 | 16611 | Not Applicable | |||
| 7 |
|
0x9495fcc01d7ab7b60e5b8ba7aefe9e3d | |
6/15/2013 | |
102337 | 740281 | 3035688 | Not Applicable | |||
| 8 |
|
0x0ffae66e6d5b1c87cbd22d1f3b6079fd | |
6/15/2013 | |
463 | 3300 | 13300 | Not Applicable | |||
| 9 |
|
0x4fb491ac8d46aaf22ba8bc5c73dabef7 | |
6/15/2013 | |
273558 | 2021647 | 8339489 | Not Applicable | |||
| MD5 Hashes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Status | MD5 | Last Seen | File Date | Revision | Common Name | Size | ||
| 1 |
 |
0x6d8d523c3ef7ba03dea60e59d8a269e8 | 3/4/2013 5:35:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 414 KB | ||
| 2 |
|
0x20a4993fb68208bf5d95af96908fdae5 | 12/17/2012 4:25:00 AM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 239 KB | ||
| 3 |
|
0x025deb26c8ed9d046d6ca2b3d8baace7 | 7/16/2012 10:41:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 286 KB | ||
| 4 |
|
0xbb82ea18e59ab05291a3e25d8f65c51c | 7/15/2012 5:42:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 286 KB | ||
| 5 |
|
0x798a9e6828997eef4517ada8a2259831 | 2/7/2012 9:55:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 222 KB | ||
| 6 |
|
0x4fb491ac8d46aaf22ba8bc5c73dabef7 | 2/7/2012 7:29:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 0 KB | ||
| 7 |
|
0x9495fcc01d7ab7b60e5b8ba7aefe9e3d | 2/6/2012 8:29:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 241 KB | ||
| 8 |
|
0xf520ab392d58c0a1070268032d809382 | 2/6/2012 6:37:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 222 KB | ||
| 9 |
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0xa859852dea22d60295a69b8bf92928f1 | 2/5/2012 10:38:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 241 KB | ||
| 10 |
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0x203c3380a744ca5b9b1a9caeb57f7d57 | 2/2/2012 4:17:00 AM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 249 KB | ||
| 11 |
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0x0ffae66e6d5b1c87cbd22d1f3b6079fd | 1/29/2012 10:51:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 213 KB | ||
| 12 |
|
0xc9edbb99823e767c5b366a212a45d2b1 | 1/25/2012 8:43:00 PM | Unknown | 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920) | Windows Management | 199 KB | ||
| 13 |
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0x31fa172657e941e7cb15c5ccfe36a03e | 1/24/2012 8:58:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 222 KB | ||
| 14 |
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0x075ea6c849ab0fe416a3d6dd65c3cf41 | 1/24/2012 6:11:00 AM | Unknown | 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) | Windows Management | 213 KB | ||
| 15 |
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0x771355075eb6cf1890487c1ea8dfd715 | 1/24/2012 1:17:00 AM | Unknown | 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) | Windows Management | 213 KB | ||
| 16 |
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0x51a548a604aec2c362ca503b0cb03831 | 1/19/2012 9:44:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 222 KB | ||
| 17 |
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0x8339e480b3d4740404d8ee50d415935b | 1/19/2012 4:31:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 241 KB | ||
| 18 |
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0x43cad720773ade219fe49238475f7d60 | 1/17/2012 4:08:00 PM | Unknown | 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) | Windows Management | 198 KB | ||
| 19 |
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0x7e7b3eafe66ed06e558f56a60f6f7dda | 1/17/2012 8:51:00 AM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 213 KB | ||
| 20 |
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0x4fb464bd442b7ce2144320a02c366b42 | 1/9/2012 10:57:00 PM | Unknown | 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840) | Windows Management | 239 KB | ||
| 21 |
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0x9a8e9261a5a184b931470747612df6d2 | 9/16/2011 11:00:00 PM | Unknown | 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) | Windows Management | 213 KB | ||
| 22 |
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0x355e4bbe030b20b8a94a70c5ff271b2a | 9/12/2011 11:37:00 PM | Unknown | 5.1.2600.3264 (xpsp.071130-1425) | Windows Management | 213 KB | ||
| 23 |
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0xfbc5585f16bf265a3f831f8d07a3d10d | 7/31/2011 10:44:00 AM | Unknown | 5.1.2600.3311 (xpsp.080212-0003) | Windows Management | 213 KB | ||
| 24 |
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0xf95096ece2da109cc8d7f1f863a4209c | 7/25/2011 3:01:00 PM | Unknown | Unknown | Windows Management | 213 KB | ||
| 25 |
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0xdb493dd6bc2fa5b38811f2bcdcf03d2b | 7/24/2011 5:28:00 AM | Unknown | 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) | Windows Management | 213 KB | ||
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