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What is taskeng.exe? taskeng.exe?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/
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.

Purpose: taskeng.exe is the task scheduler engine.

taskeng.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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taskeng.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 4.54%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 7 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
taskeng.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x3d50c4b10352367d5cb20ed1f50f8da2 11/17/2021 11:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 0 KB
2 Status 0xeafb5897ac9cd84890171ac38862320f 8/7/2018 9:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 167 KB
3 Status 0x325538729ca86734c07c3ae042e57e9b 1/22/2017 11:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 0 KB
4 Status 0x60e0b06751af183bdcf3b2ff7bed98c3 11/6/2016 10:07:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 0 KB
5 Status 0x3855639bbcb0fddc4186dbe89f4e0d8d 8/11/2015 10:00:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 0 KB
6 Status 0x0a0255602f523f20daa44058295588b2 5/30/2015 8:30:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 0 KB
7 Status 0x0c693364cfe8d3823be9debac9a58c74 3/30/2015 9:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 0 KB
8 Status 0xc9bbd30fca3b9a0d4e06ced956b84882 12/30/2014 10:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 0 KB
9 Status 0xc5fdda67d76a291cf8f795d9c61e3c67 2/24/2013 12:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 214 KB
10 Status 0x81fd74d0b89b01651343b707643a17ed 2/20/2013 2:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 379 KB
11 Status 0x96b8122738e02c3ae8f553b7980b4c91 10/6/2012 9:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 196 KB
12 Status 0xb3099b1d0410d76a9c0e5c0028e3c292 11/24/2011 8:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 167 KB
13 Status 0x186f316874a1861b7a335fcb4b498108 9/9/2011 4:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 189 KB
14 Status 0x761cb3f1e1f4dd568d46386527d78908 8/21/2011 11:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 187 KB
15 Status 0x525fb5925154a0e4262e50cab037b6ab 7/18/2011 4:02:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) taskeng.exe 165 KB
16 Status 0xa84ec25447c101ca11442416e6f9dea4 5/20/2011 10:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 186 KB
17 Status 0xe9215ab6dd662914812b483e667c4a66 4/2/2011 5:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 186 KB
18 Status 0xe6c4769ccd443082d22494496fd0164b 3/18/2011 8:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 166 KB
19 Status 0xbe231cc04e496ea165dde9ee9f1f0ff6 8/7/2010 2:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 206 KB
20 Status 0x56c432627910fd08c7b5dba383ecb0a3 8/3/2010 7:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 183 KB
21 Status 0x51e0b5e3fe5fae451caf089ede4239f1 6/16/2010 8:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 166 KB
22 Status 0xb15352b5d2e5ed9fc7c4702c3adb63a8 5/25/2010 1:30:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 185 KB
23 Status 0x3c3b8899e61c6722719bb6787f70e580 5/23/2010 6:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 186 KB
24 Status 0x302d508c77895bfc1fb82547e097427c 5/21/2010 4:32:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 186 KB
25 Status 0x6a096f3306d9a2fccae8c9a894d77608 5/14/2010 5:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskeng.exe 189 KB


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