Defrag.exe
Windows Disk Defragmenter by Microsoft and Executive Software International
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
There are 3 versions of defrag.exe in the wild, the latest version being 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111). defrag.exe is run as a standard windows process in the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges. A job within the Windows Task Scheduler is added to execute this process of a specific schedule during installation of the program. The average file size is about 24.5 KB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0000% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1.09 MB.
 Details
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| File name: | defrag.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corp. and Executive Software International, Inc. |
| Product name: | Windows Disk Defragmenter |
| Description: | Disk Defragmenter Module |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\defrag.exe |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of defrag.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'defrag' runs daily in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\defrag.job'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\defrag.job'
All file variations of defrag.exe
