Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	3.51%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	4.39%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	7.89%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	1.75%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)	0.88%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	1.75%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	17.54%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	41.23%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	5.26%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	3.51%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)	9.65%
5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)	2.63%

Relationships

Parent process

winlogon.exe (Windows Logon Application by Microsoft)

Related files

taskmgr.exe

Windows Task Manager by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove taskmgr.exe

Version:	6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
MD5:	71672bd4f035440e79dc50ea9a60166a
SHA1:	f486d830000842a2b435230d1ab24b49b6bb3ceb
SHA256:	0be126c381b0061170e340b9ac15a7d1c6c9a19d3fa385269f9b6c901ee5bc6b

This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is taskmgr.exe?

Windows Task Manager is a task manager application included with the Microsoft Windows that provides detailed information about computer performance and running applications, processes and CPU usage, commit charge and memory information, network activity and statistics, logged-in users, and system services.

About taskmgr.exe (from Microsoft Corporation)

“Task Manager provides information about programs and processes running on your computer. It also displays the most commonly used performance measures for processes. You can use Task Manager to monitor”

Details

File name:	taskmgr.exe
Publisher:	Microsoft Corporation
Product name:	Windows Task Manager
Description:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:	C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe
Original name:	taskmgr.exe.mui
File version:	6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Product version:	6.1.7600.16385
Size:	251 KB (257,024 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):	Microsoft Corporation
Expiration date:	Saturday, September 7, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
Entropy:	6.068908
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00556250%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00317966%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00238284%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	476,717,426 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	4,839,120/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	122/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	4.23 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	12.77 MB
Private (minimum):	11.62 MB
Non-paged memory:	4.23 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	103.94 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	144.49 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	11.98 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	12.83 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	6,693/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O other transfer:	319 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	14/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	6	12
Handles:	137	600
GUI GDI count:	125	103
GUI GDI peak:	153	142
GUI USER count:	106	49
GUI USER peak:	122	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command lines:	taskmgr.exe /3 taskmgr.exe /2 "C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe" /4
Owner:	User
Parent processes:	winlogon.exe (Windows Logon Application by Microsoft) Explorer.EXE (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

taskmgr.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.14952476%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.11840677%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.03111799%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	9,124,186/sec	5,741,424/sec
Context switches:	7/sec	79/sec
Memory:	276 KB	1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.01896322%
Kernel CPU:	0.01896322%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	166,737/sec
Memory:	1.67 MB

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Home Premium	34.02%
Windows 7 Ultimate	22.68%
Windows 7 Ultimate N	14.43%
Windows 7 Professional	6.19%
Windows 8	4.12%
Windows 8.1	4.12%
Windows 8.1 Pro	3.09%
Windows 8 Pro	3.09%
Windows Vista Home Premium	2.06%
Windows 8 Enterprise	2.06%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center	1.03%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise	1.03%
Windows Vista Business	1.03%
Microsoft Windows XP	1.03%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 60.67% of Windows Task Manager.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Dell	21.33%
ASUS	16.00%
Hewlett-Packard	16.00%
Toshiba	13.33%
Acer	10.67%
Lenovo	10.67%
GIGABYTE	5.33%
Sony	2.67%
Samsung	2.67%
Alienware	1.33%

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