MpCmdRun.exe
Microsoft Malware Protection by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 4.1.0522.0 |
| MD5: | fc5372fd2deb28e847c8394c58bc76fa |
| SHA1: | 9054dceedb364f25767fdebe7ea4cdc556fe74b2 |
| SHA256: | 774aff617f009369d5c833f4ac1b236fc467084ad8ded356f192115fd1b30dba |
What is MpCmdRun.exe?
You can use this tool to automate and troubleshoot Microsoft Antimalware Service. So for instance if you wish to do a quick scan from the command line, you can use -Scan 1 parameter. Microsoft Security Essentials is efficient and compact. Scans and updates are scheduled to run when the PC is idle and the software works in a way that your PC is still snappy when you’re using it.
About MpCmdRun.exe (from Microsoft Corporation)
“Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home or small business PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Microsoft Security Essentials is a fr”
Details
| File name: | MpCmdRun.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Microsoft Malware Protection |
| Description: | Microsoft Malware Protection Command Line Utility |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\microsoft security essentials\mpcmdrun.exe |
| File version: | 4.1.0522.0 |
| Size: | 273.52 KB (280,088 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| Entropy: | 6.172840 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Microsoft Security Essentials is an antivirus software product that provides protection against different types of malware such as computer viruses, spyware, rootkits and Trojan horses. It runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, but not on Windows 8, which has a built-in AV component. Built upon the same virus definitions and scanning engine as other Microsoft antivirus products, MSE provides real-time protection, constantly mo...
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Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'MP Scheduled Scan' runs daily in the path '\Microsoft\Windows Defender\MP Scheduled Scan'
- The job 'Windows Defender Verification' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Verification'
- The task 'Windows Defender Scheduled Scan' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Scheduled Scan'
- The job 'Windows Defender Cleanup' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Cleanup'
- The task 'Windows Defender Cache Maintenance' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Cache Maintenance'
- The job 'MpIdleTask' in the path '\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\MpIdleTask'
- The task 'Microsoft Antimalware Scheduled Scan' runs weekly in the path '\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Microsoft Antimalware Scheduled Scan'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Microsoft Antimalware Scheduled Scan'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\MP Scheduled Scan'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\MpIdleTask'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.02718587% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01213990% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01504597% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 22 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 117,408/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.6 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.09 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.8 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.6 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 31.92 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 32.6 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.08 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.46 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,635/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 5.77 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 106 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 999 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 27/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 126 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 1 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\microsoft security client\mpcmdrun.exe" signaturesupdateservice -schedulejob -unmanagedupdate
- "C:\Program Files\microsoft security client\mpcmdrun.exe" signatureupdate -schedulejob -restrictprivileges -reinvoke
- "C:\Program Files\microsoft security client\mpcmdrun.exe" -idletask -taskname mpidletask
- "C:\Program Files\microsoft security client\mpcmdrun.exe" spynetservice -restrictprivileges -accesskey 1a2ab114-91c1-132a-287f-abc94fa0ac6e -reinvoke
- "C:\Program Files\microsoft security client\mpcmdrun.exe" spynetservice -restrictprivileges -accesskey ec447558-6ed4-7e48-9f49-27a396c879e7 -reinvoke
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| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
| MpCmdRun.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00971124% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00190893% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00780231% | |
| CPU cycles: | 35,693/sec | |
| Memory: | 268 KB | |
| msvcrt.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00335931% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00335931% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 42,878/sec | |
| Memory: | 688 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8.1 |
32.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
17.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
11.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
10.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
6.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
5.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
4.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
2.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
1.50% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
1.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.00% of Microsoft Malware Protection.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
25.83% |
|
| ASUS |
18.33% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
17.08% |
|
| Acer |
15.00% |
|
| Lenovo |
14.17% |
|
| Toshiba |
5.00% |
|
| Alienware |
1.67% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.25% |
|
| Sony |
0.83% |
|
| Compaq |
0.83% |
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