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What is mdm.exe?

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The table below includes any processes that may be associated with mdm.exe, from which further information can be found by clicking on the process title. The icon beside the information can be used to quickly determine if this is a safe file in combination with the key below:


This file is normally safe to leave running.	In most cases, this file is not required to run on startup and can be run manually.	Warning, this file may be a virus, spyware, resource hog and running it is not recommended.	This file may or may not be necessary to load on startup, depending on your circumstances.	No information is available for this item.

mdm.exe Processes:

File Type	Process Name and Information
	load Added by the BINGHE TROJAN!
	Machine Debug Manager Used by developers for debugging. Those who have encountered it have unchecked it with no degradation in performance. May cause your computer to "hang" if you have MS Visual Studio installed and this disabled because it appears to take over error handling - hence the U recommendatioon. Can also be listed as MDM7. See here to disable
	mdm Added by the LYDRA-F TROJAN! Note - this is not the valid Machine Debug Manager which shares the same filename
	MDM7 Used by developers for debugging. Those who have encountered it have unchecked it with no degradation in performance. May cause your computer to "hang" if you have MS Visual Studio installed and this disabled because it appears to take over error handling - hence the U recommendatioon. Can also be listed as Machine Debug Manager. See here to disable
	Microsoft Office Added by the IBOT-A TROJAN! Note - this is not the Machine Debug Manager (also known as MDM7) which shares the same filename
	run= Added by the PROXY-GG TROJAN!
	SVCHOST Added by the LCJUMP-A WORM! Note - this is not the valid Machine Debug Manager which shares the same filename
	Windows Networking Monitor Added by a variant of the IRCBOT BACKDOOR! Note - this is not the legitimate Machine Debug Manager (mdm.exe) process which is always located in %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared. This one is located in %System%
	Windows Networking Monitoring Added by the IRCBOT.AKZ WORM!

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