What is Microsoft.Photos.exe?

Microsoft.Photos.exe is part of Microsoft Photos and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the Microsoft.Photos.exe version information.

Microsoft.Photos.exe's description is "Microsoft.Photos.exe"

Microsoft.Photos.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2020.19081.28230.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about Microsoft.Photos.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Microsoft.Photos.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft Photos
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft.Photos.exe
Internal nameMicrosoft.Photos
Original filenameMicrosoft.Photos.exe
Legal copyright©Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version2020.19081.2823000000-release2019.11
File version2020.19081.28230.00000

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameMicrosoft Photos
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft.Photos.exe
Internal nameMicrosoft.Photos
Original filenameMicrosoft.Photos.exe
Legal copyright©Microsoft Corporation. All rights..
Product version2020.19081.2823000000-release2019.11
File version2020.19081.28230.00000

Digital signatures [?]

Microsoft.Photos.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Microsoft.Photos.exe file.

None of the 73 anti-virus programs detected the Microsoft.Photos.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1585630385.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "NETNATIVEBUILDINFO",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 826,
            "time": 4.145030975341797,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1154,
            "time": 2.9861249923706055,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1482,
            "time": 4.168111085891724,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "0ab373b2f6dc52d078a7b7fc00f1c7452e767fe5c51695c96fba781e2235a989",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "b6a5663595014aa644377f1eaa0d81ecd6ecbba20619a5b66ca47d67ce561503",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD518b1682e57f7e41ae1b750d5b8d06067
SHA25657886c72ff778b8f548ba4ee77ce8e4be2b3dba664b5d3b44a0840dc09ac9403

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to microsoft.photos.exe:

microsoft.photos.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

microsoft.photos.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Microsoft.Photos.exe has stopped working.

End Program - microsoft.photos.exe. This program is not responding.

microsoft.photos.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

microsoft.photos.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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The MS Photo app was recently updated in one of the Windows patches.

# 21 Apr 2020, 22:11

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