How to Remove lsass Error (lsass.exe)

This post helps you to recognize whether the lsass.exe file is a virus, trojan, spyware, adware which you can remove, or a file belonging to a Windows system or an application you can trust.

lsass.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32 Known file sizes on Windows XP are 13312 bytes (84% of all occurrence), 11776 bytes, 7680 bytes, 14848 bytes, 16384 bytes.

It is a Windows core system file. The program is not visible. File lsass.exe is a trustworthy file from Microsoft. Program listens for or sends data on open ports to LAN or Internet. Therefore the technical security rating is 8% dangerous.

Here are the possibilities to be a dangerous file :

• lsass.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows then the security rating is 83% dangerous. File size can be any of the followings. (253952 bytes (21% of all occurrence), 225280 bytes, 258048 bytes, 229376 bytes, 296462 bytes, 25600 bytes, 373774 bytes, 234512 bytes, 264192 bytes, 213842 bytes, 1223670 bytes, 262144 bytes, 64858 bytes, 213854 bytes, 884726 bytes, 22061 bytes, 678117 bytes, 107520 bytes, 766464 bytes, 1078463 bytes, 578510 bytes, 163781 bytes, 122368 bytes, 1930240 bytes, 205547 bytes, 965587 bytes, 996200 bytes, 622592 bytes, 830991 bytes, 94208 bytes, 106496 bytes, 389751 bytes, 1173471 bytes, 943295 bytes, 840936 bytes, 182732 bytes, 1220801 bytes, 227519 bytes, 1046915 bytes, 1145807 bytes, 432655 bytes, 20057 bytes, 812558 bytes, 1198096 bytes, 891976 bytes, 215265 bytes, 109056 bytes, 61952 bytes, 1163513 bytes, 285154 bytes, 109568 bytes, 478440 bytes, 532470 bytes, 1290240 bytes, 365797 bytes, 665590 bytes, 107008 bytes, 223464 bytes, 1107135 bytes)
• lsass.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows then the security rating is 80% dangerous. File Size can be any of the followings. (34992 bytes (30% of all occurrence), 385536 bytes, 46592 bytes, 51254 bytes, 979968 bytes, 6049 bytes, 107520 bytes, 45568 bytes, 11264 bytes, 982528 bytes, 3732 bytes, 3908 bytes, 53675 bytes, 45861 bytes, 108032 bytes, 977920 bytes, 69632 bytes, 146944 bytes, 46123 bytes, 29853 bytes, 27136 bytes, 960512 bytes, 3724 bytes, 46170 bytes, 981190 bytes, 92785 bytes, 47206 bytes, 13312 bytes, 51310 bytes, 51339 bytes, 198144 bytes, 32858 bytes, 42301 bytes, 84992 bytes, 49152 bytes, 52177 bytes, 999110 bytes, 89895 bytes, 114321 bytes, 124542 bytes, 70059 bytes, 109568 bytes, 29941 bytes, 146432 bytes, 39424 bytes, 107008 bytes, 26624 bytes, 974848 bytes)
• lsass.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows\System32 then the security rating is 84% dangerous. File size can be any of the followings. (102400 bytes (11% of all occurrence), 731136 bytes, 241664 bytes, 76800 bytes, 736256 bytes, 94208 bytes, 4672 bytes, 1016832 bytes, 339456 bytes, 2072064 bytes, 731648 bytes, 718848 bytes, 83976 bytes, 735744 bytes, 1789952 bytes, 80896 bytes, 84484 bytes, 240640 bytes, 18472 bytes, 74752 bytes, 170537 bytes, 732160 bytes, 40960 bytes, 282185 bytes)
• If lsass.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows\System32\drivers then the security rating is 43% dangerous. File size can be any of the followings. (29696 bytes (44% of all occurrence), 24724 bytes, 17408 bytes, 138752 bytes)
• If lsass.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings" then the security rating is 49% dangerous. File size can be any of the followings. (229621 bytes (23% of all occurrence), 229888 bytes, 42065 bytes, 81920 bytes, 45373 bytes, 42639 bytes, 589312 bytes, 44401 bytes, 40928 bytes, 42692 bytes)
• If lsass.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files\Common Files" then the security rating is 34% dangerous. File size can be any of the followings. (39109 bytes (22% of all occurrence), 41210 bytes, 38130 bytes, 38139 bytes, 41472 bytes, 33792 bytes, 34304 bytes)
• If lsass.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" then the security rating is 59% dangerous. File size can be any of the followings. (94208 bytes (33% of all occurrence), 76800 bytes, 245624 bytes, 13069 bytes)
• If lsass.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\ then the security rating is 46% dangerous. File size can be any of the followings. (279552 bytes (50% of all occurrence), 50151 bytes)
• If lsass.exe is located in C:\ then the security rating is 73% dangerous. File size can be any of the followings. (69900 bytes (50% of all occurrence), 8726 bytes)
• File size can be any of the followings. (238173 bytes (50% of all occurrence), 731136 bytes)
• If lsass.exe is located in the folder "C:\Program Files" then the security rating is 42% dangerous. File size can be any of the followings. (76965 bytes)