MSHTA.exe
Windows Internet Explorer by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
mshta.exe has 23 known versions, the most recent one is 9.00.8112.16443 (WIN7_IE9_GDR.120227-1545). mshta.exe is run as a standard windows process in the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges. During installation the program adds a job to the Task Scheduler. The average file size is about 53.96 KB. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Windows Internet Explorer 8 from Microsoft Corporation. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0001% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 4.89 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 9.18 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 29 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
 Details
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| File name: | mshta.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows® Internet Explorer |
| Description: | Microsoft (R) HTML Application host |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Windows® Internet Explorer.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of mshta.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Shell open commands
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'At9' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At9.job'
- The task 'At8' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At8.job'
- The job 'At7' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At7.job'
- The task 'At6' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At6.job'
- The job 'At5' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At5.job'
- The task 'At4' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At4.job'
- The job 'At3' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At3.job'
- The task 'At24' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At24.job'
- The job 'At23' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At23.job'
- The task 'At22' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At22.job'
- The job 'At21' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At21.job'
- The task 'At20' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At20.job'
- The job 'At2' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At2.job'
- The task 'At19' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At19.job'
- The job 'At18' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At18.job'
- The task 'At17' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At17.job'
- The job 'At16' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At16.job'
- The task 'At15' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At15.job'
- The job 'At14' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At14.job'
- The task 'At13' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At13.job'
- The job 'At12' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At12.job'
- The task 'At11' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At11.job'
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\mshta.exe'
All file variations of mshta.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
40.25% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
26.25% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.25% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.25% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
0.75% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.75% |
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| Windows Developer Preview |
0.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 38.38% of Windows® Internet Explorer.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
20.50% |
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| ASUS |
13.54% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
13.54% |
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| Toshiba |
11.22% |
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| Acer |
10.64% |
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| Intel |
5.03% |
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| Lenovo |
5.03% |
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| GIGABYTE |
4.64% |
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| Sony |
3.48% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.09% |
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| Compaq |
2.71% |
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| Samsung |
1.93% |
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| Alienware |
0.97% |
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| Sahara |
0.97% |
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| MSI |
0.77% |
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| Medion |
0.77% |
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| NEC |
0.39% |
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| Apple |
0.39% |
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| Gateway |
0.39% |
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