Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

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PE file structure

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Import table

gdi32.dll

GetStockObject

kernel32.dll

GetModuleHandleA, MultiByteToWideChar, SetErrorMode, LoadLibraryW, GetProcAddress, GetCurrentThreadId, FreeLibrary, GetStartupInfoA

msvcrt.dll

DllMain

user32.dll

SetTimer, CloseWindowStation, GetProcessWindowStation, PostQuitMessage, SetProcessWindowStation, OpenInputDesktop, OpenDesktopW, DestroyWindow, DefWindowProcW, DispatchMessageW, TranslateMessage, GetMessageW, UpdateWindow, ShowWindow, RegisterClassW, CreateWindowExW, OpenWindowStationW, KillTimer, MessageBoxW, GetFocus, LoadStringW, SetThreadDesktop, CloseDesktop, GetThreadDesktop

msswchx.exe

msswchx by Microsoft

Remove msswchx.exe

Version:	5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
MD5:	a595558277a088abb61295b5f075c743
SHA1:	79d4d2182b50cde62685ffe87827c88c304aec26
SHA256:	0d3cf5ace26d7548a6ef6ca12ab2cb5e3ccca391c7cc449d1295adba83971b33

This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

Overview

msswchx.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. This version is installed on Windows XP and is compiled as a 32 bit program.

Details

File name:	msswchx.exe
Publisher:	Microsoft Corporation
Product name:	msswchx
Description:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:	C:\Windows\System32\msswchx.exe
Original name:	msswch.exe
File version:	5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Product version:	5.1.2600.0
Size:	6.5 KB (6,656 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00112771%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00090362%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00022410%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	125 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	164/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	1.9 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	2.75 MB
Private (minimum):	2.74 MB
Non-paged memory:	1.9 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	31.52 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	34.36 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	2.75 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	2.75 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	726/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	17 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	2.39 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	581/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	1	12
Handles:	60	600
GUI GDI count:	8	103
GUI USER count:	1	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Undefined
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	msswchx.exe swch
Owner:	User
Parent process:	osk.exe (On-Screen Keyboard by Microsoft)

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Microsoft Windows XP	100.00%

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