msseces.exe
Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
Overview
There are 19 versions of msseces.exe in the wild, the latest version being 4.5.0216.0. msseces.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 1.13 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation. The programs Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Security Client and MS Security Essentials have been observed as installing specific variations of msseces.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0033% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 7.47 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 14.17 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 216 Bytes per minute for reads and 2.38 KB per minute for writes.
What is msseces.exe?
Msseces.exe is the front-end GUI of MSE(Microsoft Security Essentials). If you have installed the latest antivirus from Microsoft, then this process keeps the program’s graphical interface running. Even if you end this process, MSE(Microsoft Security Essentials) will keep running in Windows background and will not actually shutdown. The downside would be that it will not be able to alert you of any new threat. If you are running MSE, then you should not worry about this process since it is not s
About msseces.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
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| File name: | msseces.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Microsoft Security Essentials |
| Description: | Microsoft Security Essentials User Interface |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\microsoft security essentials\msseces.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Monday, July 13, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, October 13, 2010 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Microsoft Security Essentials.)
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 Win...
Microsoft Security Client for Microsoft Security Essentials is an antivirus software product that provides protection against different types of malware such as computer viruses, spyware, rootkits and...
“Security and management have traditionally existed as two separate disciplines, yet both play a central role in keeping your users safe and productive. Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection...”
“Manage PCs and multiple types of mobile devices in one unified solution, either through the cloud or by extending your existing on-premises infrastructure. Whether using corporate or employee-owned de...”
“Endpoint Protection uses the monitoring and deployment capabilities of Configuration Manager to streamline the deployment of antimalware definitions and uses Configuration Manager to provide an in-con...”
The Microsoft Security Essentials Prerelease program allows users to run the latest & greatest versions of Security Essentials before they are publicy available.
Microsoft Forefront is a family of line-of-business security software that are designed to help protect computer networks, network servers (such as Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint ...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of msseces.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'MSC' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\msseces.exe" -hide -runkey
Scheduled tasks
- The task '{78A60C3B-CF1D-45F5-8EC3-1E561BEF8399}' runs on registration in the path '\{78A60C3B-CF1D-45F5-8EC3-1E561BEF8399}'
- The job '{D55655D6-E9EC-447C-81B0-00B37EA0220A}' runs on registration in the path '\{D55655D6-E9EC-447C-81B0-00B37EA0220A}'
- The task '{63A4C856-6693-4674-B519-A88D5817E50F}' runs on registration in the path '\{63A4C856-6693-4674-B519-A88D5817E50F}'
- Entry path '\{FA1ECE8C-686C-4C4E-A496-4B5D3AFA1040}'
All file variations of msseces.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
59.35% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
15.99% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
10.57% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.05% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.34% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.08% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
0.54% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.54% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium N |
0.54% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 59.17% of Microsoft Security Essentials.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
26.09% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
22.61% |
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| Acer |
10.87% |
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| ASUS |
8.70% |
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| Sony |
6.96% |
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| Lenovo |
5.65% |
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| Toshiba |
4.35% |
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| Intel |
3.48% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.61% |
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| Gateway |
2.61% |
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| Compaq |
1.74% |
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| MSI |
1.74% |
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| Samsung |
1.30% |
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| NEC |
0.87% |
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| Sahara |
0.43% |
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