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Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

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Process Library

  
PC Pitstop Libraries > Process Library > msseces.exe

msseces.exe (Microsoft Security Essentials)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 1.96%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 6 MB

PC Pitstop Analysis

According to Microsoft:

Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

Recommendation

Win Patrol

msseces.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


Identification

In addition to the file name, msseces.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:Microsoft Corporation
Product contains:Microsoft Security Essentials
File name contains:\Microsoft Security Essentials\

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.

MD5 Hashes

MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called msseces.exe, we have detected 5 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
msseces.exe5
#MD5Size
10x469f36d9f49ec64f9513288a4b06d8451046840 bytes
20xcf04196deccac8551e4f7eee5060b03f1048392 bytes
30x54c305c0c3cd7b3501359057a521fbc3769232 bytes
40x35bc37e35734babf5c8ad0ff241d9c9d771288 bytes
50xae139881b895ece672faf5ef2186b61c1048376 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. msseces.exe (Microsoft Security Essentials) has been seen on 1.96% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 6 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.

Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials/

Important note: A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory. If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.