consent.exe
Consent UI for administrative applications by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version:    | 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) | 
| MD5:    | 3ac898e2b7c02cc26cd4ed52c68d870e | 
| SHA1:    | f0b680a8721fc0928bc79e5fcf50c6117e82726f | 
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
consent.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation. This version is installed on Windows 8 and is compiled as a 64 bit program.
Details
| File name: | consent.exe | 
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation | 
| Product name: | Consent UI for administrative applications | 
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\consent.exe | 
| Original name: | consent.exe.mui | 
| File version: | 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) | 
| Product version: | 6.2.9200.16384 | 
| Size: | 110.23 KB (112,880 bytes) | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation | 
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation | 
| Effective date: | Monday, April 9, 2012 | 
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, July 9, 2013 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET | 
| .NET CLR: | Yes | 
| .NET NGENed: | No | 
More details
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00009834% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00009834% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 661,866/sec |  | 
| Context switches: | 7/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 2.1 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 6.71 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 6.69 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 2.1 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 82.75 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 147.96 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 6.71 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 9.46 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 2,862/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 7.28 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 17 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 5 |  | 
| Handles: | 142 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 15 |  | 
| GUI GDI peak: | 17 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 9 |  | 
| GUI USER peak: | 9 |  | 
 
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command line: | consent.exe 348 466 000000a8eb0ddef0 | 
| Owner: | SYSTEM | 
| Parent process: | svchost.exe (by Microsoft) | 
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 
40.00% | 
 | 
| Windows 7 Professional | 
20.00% | 
 | 
| Windows 8.1 | 
20.00% | 
 | 
| Windows 8 | 
20.00% | 
 | 
Distribution by country
United States installs about 80.00% of Consent UI for administrative applications.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Dell | 
100.00% | 
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