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Windows Processes

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ou may find all basic and important windows processes in this article, after check the description of these windows processes, you will full understand them.



A – F

absr.exe
Process File: absr or absr.exe
Process name: Backdoor.Autoupder Virus
Description: This process is Backdoor.Autoupder backdoor virus program was created.
Does the system process: No

acrobat.exe
Process File: acrobat or acrobat.exe
Process Name: Adobe Acrobat
Description: Acrobat Writer to create PDF documents.
Does the system process: No

acrord32.exe
Process File: acrord32 or acrord32.exe
Process name: Acrobat Reader
Description: Acrobat Reader is a software for reading PDF documents.
Does the system process: No

agentsvr.exe
Process File: agentsvr or agentsvr.exe
Process name: OLE automation server
Description: OLE Automation Server is part of Microsoft Agent.
Does the system process: No

aim.exe
Process File: aim or aim.exe
Process Name: AOL Instant Messenger
Description: AOL Instant Messenger is an online chat and instant messaging IM software client.
Does the system process: No

airsvcu.exe
Process File: airsvcu or airsvcu.exe
Process name: Microsoft Media Manager
Description: OLE this is a hard disk for the index files and folders in Microsoft Media Manager Media Manager processes running at startup. It can be disabled in the Control Panel.
Does the system process: No

alogserv.exe
Process File: alogserv or alogserv.exe
Process name: McAfee VirusScan
Description: McAfee VirusScan is an anti-virus software to scan your documents and E-mail of the virus.
Does the system process: No

avconsol.exe
Process File: avconsol or avconsol.exe
Process name: McAfee VirusScan
Description: McAfee VirusScan is an anti-virus software to scan your documents and E-mail for viruses.
Does the system process: No

avsynmgr.exe
Process File: avsynmgr or avsynmgr.exe
Process name: McAfee VirusScan
Description: McAfee VirusScan is a anti-virus software to scan your documents and E-mail for viruses.
Does the system process: No

backWeb.exe
Process File: backWeb or backWeb.exe
Process Name: Backweb Adware
Description: Backweb is an Adware (advertising plug, generally due to some free software installed with installation of the program) from Backweb Technologies.
Does the system process: No

bcb.exe
Process File: bcb or bcb.exe
Process Name: Borland C + + Builder
Description: Borland C + + Builder
Does the system process: No

calc.exe
Process File: calc or calc.exe
Process name: Calculator
Description: Microsoft Windows calculator program
Does the system process: No

ccapp.exe
Process File: ccapp or ccapp.exe
Process name: Symantec Common Client
Description: Symantec Common Client Application is included in Norton AntiVirus 2003 and Norton Personal Firewall 2003.
Does the system process: No

cdplayer.exe
Process File: cdplayer or cdplayer.exe
Process name: CD Player
Description: Microsoft Windows contains a CD player
Does the system process: No

charmap.exe
Process File: charmap or charmap.exe
Process Name: Windows Character Map
Description: Windows Character Map to help you find unusual characters.
Does the system process: No

idaemon.exe
Process File: cidaemon or cidaemon.exe
Process Name: Microsoft Indexing Service
Description: running in the background of the Windows Indexing Service, to help you search for files faster next time.
Does the system process:

cisvc.exe
Process File: cisvc or cisvc.exe
Process name: Microsoft Index Service Helper
Description: Microsoft Index Service Helper monitor Microsoft Indexing Service (cidaemon.exe) memory footprint, and if cidaemon.exe memory usage than 40M, then automatically restarts the process.
Does the system process: No

cmd.exe
Process File: cmd or cmd.exe
Process Name: Windows Command Prompt
Description: Windows console application. Unlike the old command.com, cmd.exe is a 32-bit command-line use in WinNT/2000/XP.
Does the system process: No

cmesys.exe
Process File: cmesys or cmesys.exe
Process name: Gator GAIN Adware
Description: Gator GAIN Adware is a plugin (adware, generally due to some free software installed with installation of the program).
Does the system process: No

ctfmon.exe
Process File: ctfmon or ctfmon.exe
Process Name: Alternative User Input Services
Description: Control of Alternative User Input Text Processor (TIP) and the Microsoft Office Language article. Ctfmon.exe to provide speech recognition, handwriting recognition, keyboard, translation and other user input technology support.
Does the system process: No

ctsvccda.exe
Process File: ctsvccda or ctsvccda.exe
Process name: Create CD-ROM Services
Description: Create CD-ROM in the Win9X access services.
Does the system process: No

cutftp.exe
Process File: cutftp or cutftp.exe
Process name: CuteFTP
Description: CuteFTP is a popular FTP client from the FTP server for upload / download files.
Does the system process: No

defwatch.exe
Process File: defwatch or defwatch.exe
Process name: Norton AntiVirus
Description: Norton Anti-Virus to scan your documents and email to check for viruses.
Does the system process: No

devldr32.exe
Process File: devldr32 or devldr32.exe
Process name: Create Device Loader
Description: Creative Device Loader belongs to Create Soundblaster drivers.
Does the system process: No

directcd.exe
Process File: directcd or directcd.exe
Process name: Adaptec DirectCD
Description: Adaptec DirectCD is a type with a file manager interface, burn files to CD-ROM software.
Does the system process: No

dreamweaver.exe
Process File: dreamweaver or dreamweaver.exe
Process Name: Macromedia DreamWeaver
Description: Macromedia DreamWeaver is an HTML editor used to create sites and other types of HTML documents.
Does the system process: No

em_exec.exe
Process File: em_exec or em_exec.exe
Process name: Logitech Mouse Settings
Description: This is a status bar icon Logitech MouseWare process for user access control mouse properties and look MouseWare help.
Whether a system process: No

excel.exe
Process File: excel or excel.exe
Process Name: Microsoft Excel
Description: Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program included in Microsoft Office.
Does the system process: No

findfast.exe
Process File: findfast or findfast.exe
Process Name: Microsoft Office Indexing
Description: Microsoft Office Indexing process used to enhance the Microsoft Office Office documents indexed rate.
Does the system process: No

frontpage.exe
Process File: frontpage or frontpage.exe
Process name: Microsoft FrontPage
Description: Microsoft FrontPage HTML editor is used to create sites and other types of HTML documents.
Does the system process: No

G – O

gmt.exe
Process File: gmt or gmt.exe
Process Name: Gator Spyware Component
Description: Gator Spyware is an advertising plug-in, install and start with the Gator.
Does the system process: No

hh.exe
Process File: hh or hh.exe
Process name: Gator Windows Help
Description: Windows Help program to open the help files and documentation, including many Windows programs.
Does the system process: No

hidserv.exe
Process File: hidserv or hidserv.exe
Process name: Microsoft Human Interface Device Audio Service
Description: behind the scenes to support USB audio and USB multimedia keyboard parts.
Does the system process: No

QQ.exe
Process File: QQ or QQ.exe
Process Name: QQ
Description: QQ is an online chat and instant messaging clients.
Does the system process: No

iexplore.exe
Process File: iexplore or iexplore.exe
Process Name: Internet Explorer
Description: Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser to access via HTTP WWW World Wide Web.
Does the system process: No

kodakimage.exe
Process File: kodakimage or kodakimage.exe
Process name: Imaging
Description: Kodak Imaging is a photo View software. Included in Windows, used to open the image files.
Does the system process: No

loadqm.exe
Process File: loadqm or loadqm.exe
Process Name: MSN Queue Manager Loader
Description: MSN Queue Manager Loader was with MSN Explorer and MSN Messenger installed. He will take up a lot of time in some system resources.
Does the system process: No

loadwc.exe
Process File: loadwc or loadwc.exe
Process name: Load WebCheck
Description: Load WebCheck to customize the number of Internet Explorer’s settings, add, delete or update user profiles settings.
Does the system process: No

mad.exe
Process File: mad or mad.exe
Process name: System Attendant Service
Description: System Attendant Service is a Microsoft Exchange Server daemon. It used to read the DLLs files Microsoft Exchange to write log information and generate offline address book.
Does the system process: No

mcshield.exe
Process File: mcshield or mcshield.exe
Process name: McAfee VirusScan
Description: McAfee VirusScan is an anti-virus software to scan your documents and email for viruses.
Does the system process: No

mgabg.exe
Process File: mgabg or mgabg.exe
Process Name: Matrox BIOS Guard
Description: Matrox BIOS daemon.
Does the system process: No

mmc.exe
Process File: mmmc or mmc.exe
Process name: Microsoft Management Console
Description: Microsoft Management Console management control program integrates a lot of system control options. Such as device management (system, hardware
) Or computer access control (Administrative Manager).
Does the system process: No

mobsync.exe
Process File: mobsync or mobsync.exe
Process name: Microsoft Synchronization Manager
Description: Internet Explorer is an integral part of, to look page offline synchronization in the background.
Does the system process: No

mplayer.exe
Process File: mplayer or mplayer.exe
Process name: Windows Media Player
Description: Windows Media Player is used to open the music, sound and video files.
Does the system process: No

mplayer2.exe
Process File: mplayer2 or mplayer2.exe
Process name: Windows Media Player
Description: Windows Media Player is used to open the music, sound and video files.
Does the system process: No

msaccess.exe
Process File: msaccess or msaccess.exe
Process Name: Microsoft Access
Description: Microsoft Access is a database software included in Microsoft Office.
Does the system process: No

msbb.exe
Process File: msbb or msbb.exe
Process Name: MSBB Web3000 Spyware Application
Description: MSBB Web3000 Spyware adware is included in some products, the use of the registry with Windows.
Does the system process: No

msdtc.exe
Process File: msdtc or msdtc.exe
Process name: Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Description: Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator control the transmission of multiple servers, is installed in the Microsoft Personal Web Server and Microsoft SQL Server.
Does the system process: No

msiexec.exe
Process File: msiexec or msiexec.exe
Process name: Windows Installer Component
Description: Windows Installer part. Used to help the Windows Installer package files (MSI) installation file format.
Does the system process: No

msimn.exe
Process File: msimn or msimn.exe
Process name: Microsoft Outlook Express
Description: Microsoft Outlook Express is an Email and newsgroup client included in Microsoft Windows.
Does the system process: No

msmsgs.exe
Process File: msmsgs or msmsgs.exe
Process name: MSN Messenger Traybar Process
Description: MSN Messenger is an online chat and instant messaging clients.
Does the system process: No

msoobe.exe
Process File: msoobe or msoobe.exe
Process name: Windows Product Activation
Description: Windows XP License the Product Activation Product Activation process.
Does the system process: No

mspaint.exe
Process file: mspaint or mspaint.exe
Process name: Microsoft Paint
Description: Microsoft Paint Paint is an image editor included in Microsoft Windows, it can edit bmp images.
Does the system process: No

mspmspsv.exe
Process File: mspmspsv or mspmspsv.exe
Process name: WMDM PMSP Service
Description: Windows Media Player 7 will need to install the Helper Service.
Does the system process: No

mysqld-nt.exe
Process File: mysqld-nt or mysqld-nt.exe
Process name: MySQL Daemon
Description: MySQL Daemon to control access to MySQL database.
Does the system process: No

navapsvc.exe
Process File: navapsvc or navapsvc.exe
Process Name: Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect Service
Description: Norton Anti-Virus to scan your documents and email for viruses.
Does the system process: No

navapw32.exe
Process file: navapw32 or navapw32.exe
Process Name: Norton AntiVirus Agent
Description: Norton Anti-Virus to scan your documents and email for viruses.
Whether the system process: No

ndetect.exe
Process File: ndetect or ndetect.exe
Process name: ICQ Ndetect Agent
Description: ICQ Ndetect Agent is used to detect the network connection ICQ program.
Does the system process: No

netscape.exe
Process File: netscape or netscape.exe
Process name: Netscape
Description: Netscape Web browser, visit the WWW World Wide Web via HTTP.
Does the system process: No

notepad.exe
Process File: notepad or notepad.exe
Process name: Notepad
Description: Notepad Text Editor to open the document. Included in Windows.
Does the system process: No

ntbackup.exe
Process File: ntbackup or ntbackup.exe
Process name: Windows Backup
Description: Windows Backup Utility for backup files and folders.
Does the system process: No

ntvdm.exe
Process File: ntvdm or ntvdm.exe
Process Name: Windows 16-bit Virtual Machine
Description: Windows Virtual Machine is for compatibility with older 16-bit Windows and DOS programs and set the virtual machine.
Does the system process: No

nvsvc32.exe
Process File: nvsvc32 or nvsvc32.exe
Process name: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service
Description: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service in the NVIDA graphics drivers were installed.
Does the system process: No

nwiz.exe
Process File: nwiz or nwiz.exe
Process name: NVIDIA nView Control Panel
Description: NVIDIA nView Control Panel in the NVIDA graphics drivers were installed for the adjustments and settings.
Does the system process: No

osa.exe
Process File: osa or osa.exe
Process Name: Office Startup Assistant
Description: Microsoft Office Startup Assistant, with the Windows startup, enhanced start, Office fonts, commands and features such as Outlook Affairs reminder.
Does the system process: No

outlook.exe
Process File: outlook or outlook.exe
Process Name: Microsoft Outlook
Description: Microsoft Outlook is an Email client including Microsoft Office.
Does the system process: No

P – Z

photoshop.exe
Process File: photoshop or photoshop.exe
Process name: Adobe Photoshop
Description: Adobe Photoshop is an image editing software that can open and edit photos and other more types of format.
Does the system process: No

point32.exe
Process File: point32 or point32.exe
Process Name: Microsoft Intellimouse Monitor
Description: Microsoft Intellimouse Monitor set to add a mouse icon in the toolbar.
Does the system process: No

powerpnt.exe
Process File: powerpnt or powerpnt.exe
Process Name: Microsoft PowerPoint
Description: Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation software included in Microsoft Office.
Does the system process: No

pstores.exe
Process File: pstores or pstores.exe
Process Name: Protected Storage Service
Description: Microsoft Protected Storage service control the contents of a confidential password.
Does the system process: No

qttask.exe
Process files: qttask or qttask.exe
Process name: Quick Time Tray Icon
Description: Quick Time icon in the taskbar when you start to run Quick Time.
Does the system process: No

realplay.exe
Process File: realplay or realplay.exe
Process name: Real Player
Description: Real Player is a media player to turn on and play music, sound and video file formats Real Media.
Does the system process: No

realsched.exe
Description: realone/realplayer10 process, start realone and then select [Tools] – [Preferences]
In Category find Automatic Service option to cancel the right of all the four check mark and select Auto Update to Automatic Update under the check mark is also canceled on OK to restart the
Does the system process: No

rnaapp.exe
Process File: rnaapp or rnaapp.exe
Process Name: Windows Modem Connection
Description: Windows Modem Connection Control to control the dial modem connection.
Does the system process: No

rtvscan.exe
Process File: rtvscan or rtvscan.exe
Process name: Norton AntiVirus
Description: Norton Anti-Virus to scan your documents and email for viruses.
Does the system process: No

rundll32.exe
Process File: rundll32 or rundll32.exe
Process Name: Windows RUNDLL32 Helper
Description: Windows Rundll32 program to call the DLLs.
Does the system process: No

sndrec32.exe
Process File: sndrec32 or sndrec32.exe
Process name: Windows Sound Recorder
Description: Windows Sound Recorder to play and record sound files (. Wav).
Does the system process: No

sndvol32.exe
Process File: sndvol32 or sndvol32.exe
Process Name: Windows Volume Control
Description: Windows sound control of the process resides in the taskbar to control the volume and sound card related.
Does the system process: No

spoolss.exe
Process File: spoolss or spoolss.exe
Process Name: Printer Spooler Subsystem
Description: Windows printer control subroutine calls for the need to print the content from the disk to the printer.
Does the system process: No

starter.exe
Process File: starter or starter.exe
Process name: Creative Labs Ensoniq Mixer Tray icon
Description: The status bar icon in the Creative Sound Mixer has been installed. For Creative sound card (Soundblaster).
Does the system process: No

system
Process File: [system process] or [system process]
Process name: Windows memory handling system processes
Description: Windows page memory management process, with 0 priority.
Does the system process:

systray.exe
Process File: systray or systray.exe
Process name: Windows Power Management
Description: Windows Power Management program to control the energy-saving and recovery starts.
Does the system process: No

tapisrv.exe
Process File: tapisrv or tapisrv.exe
Process name: TAPI Service
Description: Windows Telephony (TAPI) of the background service program.
Does the system process: No

userinit.exe
Process File: userinit or userinit.exe
Process name: UserInit Process
Description: UserInit program runs login script, network connection and start the Shell shell.
Does the system process: No

visio.exe
Process File: visio or visio.exe
Process name: Microsoft Visio
Description: Microsoft Visio is a graphical management software.
Does the system process: No

vptray.exe
Process File: vptray or vptray.exe
Process name: Norton AntiVirus
Description: Norton Anti-Virus to scan your documents and email for viruses.
Does the system process: No

vshwin32.exe
Process File: vshwin32 or vshwin32.exe
Process Name: McAfee VirusScan
Description: McAfee VirusScan is an anti-virus software to scan your files and email for viruses.
Does the system process: No

vsmon.exe
Process File: vsmon or vsmon.exe
Process Name: True Vector Internet Monitor
Description: True Vector Internet Monitor is part of ZoneAlarm personal firewall, to monitor the network through the data and attacks.
Does the system process: No

vsstat.exe
Process File: vsstat or vsstat.exe
Process name: McAfee VirusScan
Description: McAfee VirusScan is an anti-virus software to scan your documents and email for viruses.
Does the system process: No

wab.exe
Process File: wab or wab.exe
Process Name: Address Book
Description: The address book in Outlook. Is used to store email addresses, contact information.
Does the system process: No

webscanx.exe
Process File: webscanx or webscanx.exe
Process Name: McAfee VirusScan
Description: McAfee VirusScan is an anti-virus software to scan your documents and email for viruses.
Does the system process: No

winamp.exe
Process File: winamp or winamp.exe
Process name: WinAmp
Description: WinAmp Media Player is used to open the music, sound and video files, and software to manage Mp3 file.
Does the system process: No

winhlp32.exe
Process File: winhlp32 or winhlp32.exe
Process name: Windows Help
Description: Windows help file to see the program, to open the help documentation. The program has been included in many Windows programs.
Does the system process: No

winoa386.mod
Process File: winoa386 or winoa386.mod
Process name: MS-DOS Console
Description: Windows MS-DOS console for DOS commands and scripts.
Does the system process: No

winproj.exe
Process File: winproj or winproj.exe
Process name: Microsoft Project
Description: Microsoft Project is a project planning process.
Does the system process: No

winroute.exe
Process File: winroute or winroute.exe
Process name: WinRoute
Description: WinRoute is a Windows-based firewall / router / connection sharing software.
Does the system process: No

winword.exe
Process File: winword or winword.exe
Process Name: Microsoft Word
Description: Microsoft Word is a word processing program included in Microsoft Office.
Does the system process: No

winzip32.exe
Process File: winzip32 or winzip32.exe
Process name: WinZip
Description: WinZip is a file compression tool, used to create, open and extract the zip file.
Does the system process: No

wkcalrem.exe
Process File: wkcalrem or wkcalrem.exe
Process name: Microsoft Works Calendar Reminder
Description: Microsoft Works Calendar Reminders schedule reminders, processing and display in the background pop-up program to remind the work of the log.
Does the system process: No

wkqkpick.exe
Process File: wkqkpick or wkqkpick.exe
Process name: WinZip traybar icon
Description: WinZip’s status bar icon, is allowed to Winzip startup.
Does the system process: No

wmplayer.exe
Process File: wmplayer or wmplayer.exe
Process name: Windows Media Player
Description: Windows Media Player is used to turn on and play music, voice and video software.
Does the system process: No

wordpad.exe
Process File: wordpad or wordpad.exe
Process name: Wordpad
Description: Wordpad was a character editor to open and edit txt and rtf files.
Does the system process: No

wowexec.exe
Process File: wowexec or wowexec.exe
Process Name: Windows On Windows Execution Process
Description: Windows On Windows Execution Support Process and ntvdm.exe role similar to compatible 16-bit applications.
Does the system process: No

ypager.exe
Process File: ypager or ypager.exe
Process name: Yahoo Messenger Helper
Description: Yahoo Messenger’s status bar icon, with the Yahoo Messenger is running, is a part.
Does the system process: No

Windows 2000/XP Task Manager is a very useful tool, it can provide us with a lot of information, such as the system is now running program (process), but the face of those who file the executable file name we may somewhat at a loss, do not know what they are doing, will have suspicious processes (viruses, Trojans, etc.). The purpose of this paper is to provide some commonly used Windows 2000 in the process name and brief description of their usefulness.

In WINDOWS 2000, the system contains the following default process:
Csrss.exe
Explorer.exe
Internat.exe
Lsass.exe
Mstask.exe
Smss.exe
Spoolsv.exe
Svchost.exe
Services.exe
System
System Idle Process
Taskmgr.exe
Winlogon.exe
Winmgmt.exe

More listed below a brief description of the process and their

Process name description

smss.exe Session Manager
csrss.exe subsystem server process
winlogon.exe Management Login
contains many system services services.exe
lsass.exe Management IP security policy and starts ISAKMP / Oakley (IKE) and IP security driver.
svchost.exe Windows 2000/XP file protection system
SPOOLSV.EXE file loaded into memory for later printing after. )
explorer.exe Explorer
pinyin internat.exe tray icon)
mstask.exe allowed to run in the specified time.
regsvc.exe allows remote registry manipulation. (System Services) -> remoteregister
winmgmt.exe provide management information system (system service).
inetinfo.exe msftpsvc, w3svc, iisadmn
tlntsvr.exe tlnrsvr
tftpd.exe realized TFTP Internet standards. The standard does not require a user name and password.
termsrv.exe termservice
dns.exe response to the Domain Name System (DNS) name queries and update requests.
tcpsvcs.exe provides PXE remote boot client computer can remotely install Windows 2000 Professional capabilities.
ismserv.exe allowed between Windows Advanced Server sites to send and receive messages.
ups.exe management connected to the computer’s uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
wins.exe to register and resolve NetBIOS-type names of TCP / IP NetBIOS name service clients.
llssrv.exe certificates of service
ntfrs.exe multiple servers to maintain file directory contents of the file synchronization.
RsSub.exe control to remote storage media.
locator.exe RPC name service database management.
lserver.exe registered client licenses.
dfssvc.exe management of distributed logical LAN or WAN.
clipsrv.exe support “Clipboard Viewer” so that you can access from a remote clipboard clip page.
msdtc.exe tie affairs, was distributed in two or more databases, message queues, file systems or other services to protect nursing Explorer.
faxsvc.exe help you send and receive faxes.
cisvc.exe Indexing Service
dmadmin.exe disk management requests systems management services.
mnmsrvc.exe allow privileged users to use NetMeeting Remote Access Windows Desktop.
netdde.exe provide dynamic data exchange (DDE) network transport and security features.
smlogsvc.exe Performance Logs and Alerts configuration.
rsvp.exe to rely on the quality of service (QoS) control the application procedures and provide network traffic control signal and the local install power function.
RsEng.exe coordination of data to store less frequently used services and management tools.
RsFsa.exe manage remote files stored on the operation.
grovel.exe scan Instance Storage (SIS) on the volume of duplicate files and duplicate files will point to a data storage point, to save disk space (NTFS file system only useful).
SCardSvr.ex computer smart card inserted in the smart card reader to manage and access control.
snmp.exe containing agent can monitor the activities of network devices and report to the network console workstation.
snmptrap.exe received by the local or remote SNMP traps generated by agents (trap) message, then the message is passed to the run on this computer SNMP management program.
UtilMan.exe from a window in the start-up and configuration aids.
msiexec.exe basis. MSI file contains the commands to install, repair and remove software.