Estimated safety rating

mssecsvc.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers many of the "possible danger" criteria detailed in this document. It is not yet known if mssecsvc.exe is a virus or a legit program which doesn't cause harm your PC. We advise you to be careful with this application.

Executable file path

Usually, the default filename and folder where the program is stored is
C:\Windows\mssecsvc.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is e8089341ee0442a2ecf82e4b70829143.

Is running as a service

This program is registered as a Windows service. This means it runs on your system in background, usually without showing anything to you. Most Windows services are legit programs, which provide useful functions to other programs or to the Windows Operating System.

Accesses the internet

This executable uses the Internet to communicate. Today this is quite normal. For example, most of the apps on your computer check for updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This executable runs as a 32-bit program. It can not exploit the entire power of current computer CPUs. This ordinarily happens because the authors did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some insecure functions of the Operating System appear to be used, such as functions for intercepting the keyboard. We recommend you to read more about this program.

Digitally signed

A digital certificate is missing from this program. The publisher did not bother to sign it. This is usually bad.

Can be uninstalled

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