How to remove an unsecapp error

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Unsecapp.exe file information

The process known as WMI or Sink to receive asynchronous callbacks for WMI client application belongs to software Microsoft Windows Operating System by Microsoft (www.microsoft.com).

Description: The file unsecapp.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows\System32 or sometimes in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 16,896 bytes (67% of all occurrences), 37,888 bytes and 6 more variants.
File unsecapp.exe is a Windows core system file. The program has no visible window. It is a trustworthy file from Microsoft. There is no information about the author of the file. Therefore the technical security rating is 7% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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If unsecapp.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows, the security rating is 16% dangerous. The file size is 47,104 bytes. The file is a Microsoft signed file. The program has no visible window. The file is not a Windows core file.

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as unsecapp.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the unsecapp.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

Showed up after installing uTorrent. Then, several incidents of Windows Explorer crashing. Restarts & registry cleaning needed after each time using uTorrent. Still not sure if this process pertains to issues...
LiLetea

Secure program, part of Windows WMI subsistem. Unsecapp is part of the system WMI provider interface structure. It is a Sink (callback validator) to receive asynchronous callbacks for WMI client application running in different processes. WMI, Windows Management Instrumentation, enables software developers to write scripts and programs for the management or querying of devices, user accounts, Windows services, running programs, networking, and many other internal technical aspects of Windows. This particular task, UNSECAPP.EXE, is started by Windows when a program needs to use WMI programming - it provides programs with a conduit (sink) to receive from Windows the results of their WMI queries and commands. Leave alone - if this program is running it is because Windows started it automatically in order to support a program that is using WMI. To go more deep in knowing it's use, go to this link: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10539/Making-WMI-Queries-In-C
Bert It 64 (further information)

Process Explorer verifies this as a genuine Microsoft file (XP SP3) and PC Pitstop verifies that it is "a process found on Microsoft Windows server and workstation suites which offers support towards compatibility issues". PCPitstop offers verification MD5 hashes to help determine if the file is legitimate. Mine runs all the time, using only 2MB of my 4GB of RAM. It passes triple AV scans and spyware scans, so I'm not worried.
Iman Oldgeek (further information)

got two error messages from ad aware stating that it had to shut down. System crashed blue screen. this time when i got the error the first time i quit everything i was running to do a bit of diagnostics and found unsecapp in task manager. ended the program and nothing has happened. thanks for your help
brian

It looks like a back door to unsecured appartment: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa392289%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
Alex

Since installing version 8, and now updated to 8.2.3, I notice that whenever I enable Ad-Aware it (or Windows XP SP3) invokes a Windows (application or program) process named unsecapp.exe The best Microsoft explanation that I have found, thus far, states that "The Unsecapp.exe application is used to send results back to a client in a process that may not have permissions to be a DCOM service."
Jean

I saw unsecapp.exe for the first time in my task manager AFTER I installed Ad-Aware. I ended the process & nothing happened. It was taking up too much procesing power.
men

Part of Windows Media Edition
Jonathan

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Summary: Average user rating of unsecapp.exe: based on 19 votes with 9 reviews.

9 users think unsecapp.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's probably harmless. 7 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user think unsecapp.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 9 users doesn't grade unsecapp.exe ("not sure about it").

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