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What is wdfmgr.exe? Windows Driver Foundation?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Windows
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data
Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Matic Analysis

Purpose: wdfmgr.exe - Supports a new architecture for Windows drivers. First seen with Windows Media Player 10. Some people have reported incompatibilities with Nero when this program is running. For more information see http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/wdf/wdf-intro.mspx.

wdfmgr.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.


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wdfmgr.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.10%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
wdfmgr.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xc81b8635dee0d3ef5f64b3dd643023a5 5/8/2021 7:27:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.1230 built by: DNSRV(bld4act) Windows Driver Foundation 38 KB
2 Status 0xab0a7ca90d9e3d6a193905dc1715ded0 7/1/2015 1:33:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.1230 built by: DNSRV(bld4act) Windows Driver Foundation 38 KB
3 Status 0x1977313e362c8732c1af4d1bcb9c06b7 12/24/2014 1:08:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (private/xpsp_mce.040810-0205) Windows Driver Foundation 38 KB
4 Status 0x9651e5d850b6f6bd7c77c70aa06f02bf 11/7/2014 10:05:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.1230 built by: dnsrv(bld4act) Windows Driver Foundation 38 KB
5 Status 0x49501c6be752d5043ada8667ac774f7a 8/18/2011 11:08:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.1230 built by: DNSRV(bld4act) Windows Driver Foundation 38 KB
6 Status 0x83f4814e73420f5a50411fc550a23c81 6/28/2010 6:00:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 45 KB
7 Status 0x6634c460c56ec7e48d6be20b745dc03a 5/26/2010 11:27:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.1230 built by: dnsrv(bld4act) Windows Driver Foundation 38 KB
8 Status 0x997fe835c85d0fb0501df6664d6fd072 8/8/2009 3:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 38 KB
9 Status 0x7f3bb1755606e79028ae9b9fe33a3173 5/20/2009 10:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 58 KB
10 Status 0xa4acca07f00e18fc4ec2d06bee98a5ea 5/5/2009 6:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 58 KB
11 Status 0x8648f18b16fd10d0941163d692eb02b2 4/28/2009 12:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 57 KB
12 Status 0xd68e7da0f3b55978a6188f4479fe56c6 4/21/2009 10:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 56 KB
13 Status 0x886885bc1f88949d446f85b56ad88113 4/18/2009 7:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 57 KB
14 Status 0x1ef7d7ad0485f57310f08886402bc4e2 4/17/2009 8:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 38 KB
15 Status 0xcda48ca64310820d15bb52093d6ec3c3 4/15/2009 3:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 38 KB
16 Status 0x9ad3a59d74e01a8ffdc59f6a3e28af42 4/6/2009 3:52:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 54 KB
17 Status 0x70e938f5d9eaf1c6f19d6cbd67e94254 3/20/2009 2:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 55 KB
18 Status 0x37230e61af87c49fcbc7ae35ef08f155 3/14/2009 11:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 54 KB
19 Status 0x81096e9916512aed001944d78d933512 3/12/2009 11:21:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 38 KB
20 Status 0x8dfa7a9c5a72e9e38db222999c10af54 2/22/2009 4:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 54 KB
21 Status 0x56035088cd747dd971513d93f477b135 2/11/2009 10:40:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 55 KB
22 Status 0x0d7afbb9967257092b627f88d9649602 2/7/2009 5:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 55 KB
23 Status 0x3a8f61e819e997b4265685295c9686b5 2/3/2009 3:23:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.1196 built by: dnsrv(bld4act) Windows Driver Foundation 37 KB
24 Status 0x314c30f647ba2215c07ca3a53b84da33 12/9/2008 3:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 70 KB
25 Status 0xe70ccefa9963b9ae1470ff5177a09808 11/18/2008 5:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Driver Foundation 46 KB


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