wmiprvse.exe

The wmiprvse.exe is a process belonging to Windows Management Instrumentation Provider Host program which provides management information and control in an enterprise environment. The program can notify users about important events related to network and file or application management right after each event occurs. With wmiprvse.exe, file managers in the enterprise environment are capable of configuring and searching for desktop system information or network and application information across the network. Multiple instances of Wmiprvse.exe can run at the same time under different accounts: LocalSystem, NetworkService or LocalService. The wmiprvse.exe file is placed with other services in the shared service host. This started to be applied with the release of MS Windows XP.

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The original file from Microsoft gets placed in the Located at C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem. If you find it anywhere else then you should be suspicious for sure.

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dr bits		Interface for programs to the WMI database. Signed by Microsoft. 0 0 Report Abuse
guys...		Windows Management Instrumentation 0 0 Report Abuse
Nicholas Joseph Romano		This is a part of Windows 7's Operating System and needs to be left running for proper functioning. WMI stands for Windows® Management Instrumentation and this is the running Service for programs that need it. It typically runs in multiple Svchost.exe events to protect your PC from crashing of a single instance fails. IGNORE AND REFERAL TO THIS BEING A VIRUS. 0 0 Report Abuse
n43		this processus suck 0 0 Report Abuse
CnC		The Wimprvse software is essential for security and stability of the operating system. The operating system requires this program to run smoothly. It is however important to see where the wimprse.exe is situated and what folder it is running from. A Windows operating system that is functioning normally often requires various accounts to run wmiprvse.exe. It is normal to see wmiprvse.exe simultaneously running in the LocalService, NetworkService, and the LocalSystem. Wmiprvse.exe application is always situated in the systems32 folder of the Windows operating system. The filename and path is C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem. If you happen to observe that wmiprvse.exe running from a different origin, meaning outside the systems32 folder, then there is a huge possibility that it is a Trojan, or a Virus.  More information 0 0 Report Abuse
JED		ok as long as it resides in the folder C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\. An easy way to see the location is to highlight it in the Glary Utilities Process Manager and hit the "Show Details" button. The folder is listed under the Process Information section. 0 0 Report Abuse
dna		is it goog or bad this file ?????????????????????????????????? 0 0 Report Abuse
churvanels		magkano yelo? 0 0 Report Abuse
Matt		yer i no its ms...but \"whenever software requirires its facilities\" doesn\'t happen, so you can safely end this process. 0 0 Report Abuse
yo what is it?		is it good or bad 0 0 Report Abuse
Ricky		essential 0 0 Report Abuse
John Martin		Essential 0 0 Report Abuse
Pedro Ortiz		Good! 0 0 Report Abuse
Ritch58		From Experience I have found that I can end this process without causing any instablity to my system or installed software. 0 0 Report Abuse
Koko		Kernel_check wmiprvse.exe X Added by the SONEBOT-B WORM! scApp wmiprvse.exe X Added by the W32/SillyFDC-AW worm. winmgmt wmiprvse.exe X Added by the Troj/Agent-GHP Trojan. 0 0 Report Abuse
Ryan		Don\'t listen to b. gates, he probably wants to make people destroy their own computers! 0 0 Report Abuse
FrEaKaZoId		Part of the esential windows process, dont touch it! 0 0 Report Abuse
HardUp		Essential Do Not Renove 0 0 Report Abuse
Eddy		It is Part Of Windows Operating System 0 0 Report Abuse
Eddy		It is the Windows Management Instrumentation Provider Service and it is an essential Windows XP/2003 service which will start whenever software requirires its facilities 0 0 Report Abuse
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