Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

4.5.0218.0	15.50%
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2.0.6212.0	0.73%

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Related files

PE file structure

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Import table

advapi32.dll

TraceEvent, GetTraceEnableFlags, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceLoggerHandle, RegisterTraceGuidsW, UnregisterTraceGuids, CreateProcessAsUserW, CreateRestrictedToken, LogonUserW, GetUserNameW, OpenProcessToken, RegCloseKey, ReadEventLogW, RegQueryValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW, CloseEventLog, GetNumberOfEventLogRecords, GetOldestEventLogRecord, OpenEventLogW, CloseServiceHandle, QueryServiceStatusEx, OpenServiceW, OpenSCManagerW, CheckTokenMembership, GetLengthSid, FreeSid, AllocateAndInitializeSid, RegEnumKeyExW, RegEnumValueW, CopySid, LookupPrivilegeValueW, AdjustTokenPrivileges, ConvertStringSidToSidW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, QueryServiceConfigW, QueryServiceStatus, ControlService, StartServiceW, ChangeServiceConfigW

kernel32.dll

LocalAlloc, LocalFree, GetProcAddress, LoadLibraryW, FreeLibrary, DeleteFileW, SetFileAttributesW, GetFileInformationByHandle, FileTimeToDosDateTime, GetSystemPowerStatus, MultiByteToWideChar, WideCharToMultiByte, CreateProcessW, GetModuleHandleW, GetFileAttributesW, CreateTimerQueueTimer, SetFilePointerEx, WriteFile, GetSystemDirectoryW, WaitForSingleObject, CreateEventW, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentThreadId, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetModuleHandleA, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, RtlUnwind, OutputDebugStringA, InterlockedCompareExchange, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, CompareFileTime, Sleep, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, LoadLibraryExW, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, FileTimeToSystemTime, InterlockedExchange, FindFirstFileW, FindNextFileW, FindClose, CopyFileW, CreateDirectoryW, CreateFileW, DeleteTimerQueueTimer, TerminateProcess, GetSystemTime, GetCurrentProcess, GetExitCodeProcess, SetEvent, FormatMessageW, SetErrorMode, CloseHandle, GetLastError, SetLastError, GetTimeFormatW, GetDateFormatW, GetLocalTime, GetTickCount, GetCommandLineW, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, GetTempPathW, GetFileSizeEx, DeviceIoControl, ConvertDefaultLocale, GetLocaleInfoW, IsValidLanguageGroup, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, HeapSetInformation, RemoveDirectoryW, GetNativeSystemInfo, SetEnvironmentVariableW, GetSystemDefaultUILanguage, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, MoveFileExW, DebugBreak

mpclient.dll

MpManagerVersionQuery, MpAddDynamicSignatureFile, MpRemoveDynamicSignatureFile, MpUpdateStart, MpConfigGetValueAlloc, MpConfigIteratorClose, MpConfigIteratorEnum, MpConfigIteratorOpen, MpConfigDelValue, MpManagerEnable, MpQuarantineRequest, MpThreatEnumerate, MpThreatOpen, MpUtilsExportFunctions, MpScanStart, MpCleanOpen, MpCleanStart, MpConfigOpen, MpConfigClose, MpScanResult, MpConfigGetValue, MpHandleClose, MpConfigUninitialize, MpConfigInitialize, MpFreeMemory, MpClientUtilExportFunctions, MpConfigSetValue, MpManagerOpen, MpTelemetrySetDWORD, MpUpdateStartEx, MpDynamicSignatureOpen, MpDynamicSignatureEnumerate, MpTelemetryInitialize, MpManagerStatusQuery, MpSampleSubmit, MpSampleQuery, WDEnable, MpAllocMemory, MpManagerStatusQueryEx, MpTelemetryUninitialize, MpTelemetryUpload

msvcrt.dll

DllMain

ole32.dll

CoInitializeEx, StringFromGUID2, CoUninitialize, CoCreateInstance, CoSetProxyBlanket, CoWaitForMultipleHandles, CoTaskMemAlloc

rpcrt4.dll

UuidFromStringW

secur32.dll

GetUserNameExW

setupapi.dll

SetupCloseInfFile, SetupCloseFileQueue, SetupPromptReboot, SetupInitDefaultQueueCallbackEx, SetupCommitFileQueueW, SetupInstallFilesFromInfSectionW, SetupOpenFileQueue, SetupInstallServicesFromInfSectionW, SetupInstallFromInfSectionW, SetupOpenAppendInfFileW, SetupOpenInfFileW, SetupDefaultQueueCallbackW, SetupTermDefaultQueueCallback

userenv.dll

LoadUserProfileW, CreateEnvironmentBlock, UnloadUserProfile, DestroyEnvironmentBlock

wintrust.dll

CryptCATAdminReleaseContext, CryptCATAdminAcquireContext, CryptCATAdminAddCatalog, CryptCATAdminReleaseCatalogContext

MpCmdRun.exe

Microsoft Malware Protection by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove MpCmdRun.exe

Version:	2.0.6212.0
MD5:	d0b88ddfe2bc592214521a602e2f0ba5
SHA1:	aa8280a302bac47ae13b04f3cb222d68fb5f64f0
SHA256:	78c7c6713674bc0957a5aaf20f21972f11000988e682d93526e162fbc0a96df4

What is MpCmdRun.exe?

You can use this tool to automate and troubleshoot Microsoft Antimalware Service. So for instance if you wish to do a quick scan from the command line, you can use -Scan 1 parameter. Microsoft Security Essentials is efficient and compact. Scans and updates are scheduled to run when the PC is idle and the software works in a way that your PC is still snappy when you’re using it.

About MpCmdRun.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

File name:	MpCmdRun.exe
Publisher:	Microsoft Corporation
Product name:	Microsoft Malware Protection
Description:	Microsoft Malware Protection Command Line Utility
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\microsoft security essentials\mpcmdrun.exe
File version:	2.0.6212.0
Size:	199.02 KB (203,800 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):	Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:	Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Expiration date:	Friday, January 22, 2010
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows Console
Entropy:	6.172840
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

Microsoft Security Essentials

Microsoft Corporation

8% remove

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 Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, but not on Windows 8, which has a built-in AV component. Built upon the same virus definitions and scanning engine as other Microsoft antivirus products, MSE provides real-time protection, constantly mo...

Behaviors

Scheduled tasks

The task 'MP Scheduled Scan' runs daily in the path '\Microsoft\Windows Defender\MP Scheduled Scan'
The job 'Windows Defender Verification' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Verification'
The task 'Windows Defender Scheduled Scan' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Scheduled Scan'
The job 'Windows Defender Cleanup' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Cleanup'
The task 'Windows Defender Cache Maintenance' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Cache Maintenance'
The job 'MpIdleTask' in the path '\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\MpIdleTask'
The task 'Microsoft Antimalware Scheduled Scan' runs weekly in the path '\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Microsoft Antimalware Scheduled Scan'
Entry path '\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Microsoft Antimalware Scheduled Scan'
Entry path '\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\MP Scheduled Scan'
Entry path '\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\MpIdleTask'

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00009315%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00005121%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00004194%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	1,258 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	32,198/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	1.58 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	1.8 MB
Private (minimum):	933.33 KB
Non-paged memory:	1.58 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	39.18 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	39.27 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	965.33 KB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	3.57 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	40,349/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	4 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:	0 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	6	12
Handles:	92	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\microsoft security essentials\mpcmdrun.exe" -idletask -taskname mpidletask
Owner:	SYSTEM
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

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