winlogon.exe
Windows Logon Application by Microsoft
| Version: | 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) |
| MD5: | a3fea6ed9fd3cf07219a632e4a716226 |
| SHA1: | 38f49ae825d3f46ed86850dbd4e7db9a6b12a6f5 |
| SHA256: | 880f257a896f3ddcd6332bb443428c3df594a064ec677e57a6907821a2694226 |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is winlogon.exe?
Winlogon is the component of Windows that is responsible for handling the secure attention sequence, loading the user profile on logon, and optionally locking the computer when a screensaver is running (requiring another authentication step).
About winlogon.exe (from Microsoft)
“Winlogon handles interface functions that are independent of authentication policy. It creates the desktops for the window station, implements time-out operations, and provides a set of support functi”
Details
| File name: | winlogon.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Logon Application |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe |
| Original name: | WINLOGON.EXE.MUI |
| File version: | 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) |
| Product version: | 6.0.6000.16386 |
| Size: | 301 KB (308,224 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.338183 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Windows firewall allowed program
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Windows\system32\winlogon.exe'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00099610% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00086144% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00013465% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 499 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 31,249/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.95 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.27 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 152 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.95 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 37.54 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 58.47 MB | |
| Working set: | 660 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.39 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,418/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 35.2 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 40 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 5/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 128 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 25 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | winlogon.exe |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8.1 |
23.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
23.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
10.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.50% |
|
| Windows 8 |
5.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
5.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
3.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
3.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
2.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.50% |
|
| 23 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 39.50% of Windows Logon Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
19.62% |
|
| Dell |
18.11% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
14.72% |
|
| Lenovo |
12.08% |
|
| Acer |
11.70% |
|
| Toshiba |
9.06% |
|
| Intel |
3.02% |
|
| Sony |
3.02% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.64% |
|
| Alienware |
2.26% |
|
| Samsung |
1.89% |
|
| Medion |
1.51% |
|
| Sahara |
0.38% |
|
