Estimated safety rating

edict.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers many of the "probable danger" flags detailed in this document. It is not yet known if edict.exe is a virus or not which doesn't cause harm the computer. We recommend you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

Normally, this program is located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Encarta\Microsoft Encarta 2009 - CollecUserNameon DVD\EDICT.EXE.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is 850aaeb655ef793f82465fd67d459fc3.

Is running as a service

This application is NOT registered as a Windows service. This is very good.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This application runs as a 32-bit program. It can not benefit of the full power of modern PC processors. This ordinarily happens because the publishers did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description extracted from the file is Microsoft Encarta Dictionaries.

File version

File version extracted from the file 16.0.0.1117.

Manufacturer

Author Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright

Copyright notice Copyright © 2002-2007 Microsoft Corp..

Has valid windows

edict.exe appears to have a visible user interface. This is good because it doesn't operate in some kind of stealth mode. Its activity is clearly shown to the user.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some dangerous features of Windows appear to be used, such as functions for recording the keyboard. We advise you to be very careful regarding this program.

Digitally signed

edict.exe has a digital signature. Nowadays the large majority of serious software applications are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is invalid, which indicates the app may be malware and that somebody most likely changed some of its code after the signature was generated. Please be very careful regarding this!

Certifier name

Digitally signed by: Microsoft Corporation

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: Microsoft Code Signing PCA

Starts with windows

This program is set up to start when your PC starts. Yes

Can be uninstalled

This executable does NOT have an uninstall command set up in registry.