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"MsMpEng.exe" Process on Windows 7
What is the "MsMpEng.exe" process on windows 7? Is the "MsMpEng.exe" process a virus? Can I terminate the "MsMpEng.exe" process?
✍: FYIcenter.com
"MsMpEng.exe" process
represents "Antimalware Service Executable" program.
"MsMpEng.exe"
is a service that helps protect users from malware and other potentially unwanted software.
"MsMpEng.exe" process is normally running under the parent process "services" as shown in the process tree below:
Boot wininit services MsMpEng
On the Processes tab of "Task Manager", "MsMpEng.exe" process may be listed as:
Image Name Memory Description -------------------- ---------- ----------- MsMpEng.exe 186,668 K Antimalware Service Executable
Additional information about "MsMpEng.exe" process:
Command line: "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsMpEng.exe" Programe file information: Name: MsMpEng.exe Location: c:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsMpEng.exe Description: Antimalware Service Executable Version: 4.10.0207.0 Size: 120888 bytes Last modified: 10/19/2016 12:08:38 AM Company Name: Microsoft Corporation Some data files used: C:\Windows\System32 C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Support\MPDetection-12152016-115419.log C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Support\MPLog-12152016-115419.log C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Scans\History\CacheManager\8EBC9C90-6B27-472E-99BF-F378665755E7-0.bin C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Scans\MpDiag.bin \FileSystem\Filters\FltMgrMsg \FileSystem\Filters\FltMgrMsg C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\IMpServiceDDEFDD14-250E-4DC8-A0B3-9D667EC5D8EB.lock C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\DbgHelp.dll C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\NisWFP.dll Some registry keys used: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Versions HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SESSION MANAGER HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\WinSock2\Parameters\Protocol_Catalog9 HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\WinSock2\Parameters\NameSpace_Catalog5 Some DLL libraries used: C:\windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll C:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll C:\windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll C:\windows\system32\ADVAPI32.dll C:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll C:\windows\SYSTEM32\sechost.dll C:\windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll C:\windows\system32\CRYPT32.dll C:\windows\system32\MSASN1.dll C:\windows\system32\WINTRUST.dll
"MsMpEng.exe" process is not a virus. You can terminate "MsMpEng.exe" process, or disable the "Microsoft Antimalware Service". if it consumes too much CPU resources. And you enable and start "Microsoft Antimalware Service" later if you want it back.
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