Estimated safety rating

winlogon.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers many of the "possible danger" criteria described in this document. It is not yet known if winlogon.exe is malware or not which doesn't cause harm the computer. We recommend you to be careful with this application.

Executable file path

Usually, the default name and directory where the program is stored is
C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is 1562571d6b1541098e677c3bb78709a0.

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 exe runs in 32-bit mode. It can not exploit the full set of features of nowadays' PC processors. This ordinarily happens because the makers did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description written in the program is Windows Logon Application.

File version

File version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255).

Manufacturer

Producer Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright

Legal copyright notice © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..

Potentially dangerous functions

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

Digitally signed

The digital signature is missing from this program. The maker did not bother to sign it. This is probably bad.

Can be uninstalled

This application does NOT have an uninstall command stored in registry.