Library / Windows

dwm.exe

Desktop Window Manager · Microsoft Corporation

WindowsSysmon-confirmedLOLRMM: TeramindSigma refs: 1

OriginalFilename

  • dwm.exe

Name reused by an RMM tool

Gotchas

  • LOLRMM lists Teramind as shipping a file named dwm.exe. That's a different binary reusing the name; this page covers the one parsed below. Rename detection on OriginalFilename separates them.

Query snippets

logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
detection:
  selection:
    - Image|endswith: '\dwm.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'dwm.exe'
  condition: selection

process_creation logsource. Sigma string matching is case-insensitive.

Values across builds

OriginalFilenameBuildsArchFile versionWindows releasesSourceSysmon
dwm.exe10x6410.0.10240.16384 → 10.0.28000.2804Win10 1507 → Win11 26H1 (15)Host scan, Winbindex✓ 1

InternalName: dwm.exe · Product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

All 10 parsed builds · 5 Windows release groups not verifiable
SHA256VersionArchOriginalFilenameWindows releasesSignatureSourceSysmon
f1f16efcf7a1…10.0.28000.2804x64dwm.exeWin11 26H1UnsignedWinbindex
7fb9981c5866…10.0.26100.9549x64dwm.exeWin11 24H2UnsignedHost scan, Winbindex✓
1c45a883a519…10.0.14393.9234x64dwm.exeWin10 1607UnsignedWinbindex
5954a267c8f2…10.0.17763.831x64dwm.exeWin10 1809UnsignedWinbindex
1f7dd1ce8234…10.0.26100.3624x64dwm.exeWin11 24H2, Win11 25H2UnsignedWinbindex
0ac827c9e35c…10.0.19041.746x64dwm.exeWin10 2004 … Win10 22H2 (5)UnsignedWinbindex
b39d76814ba9…10.0.18362.387x64dwm.exeWin10 1903, Win10 1909Signed (Catalog file)Winbindex
bcfed7d4aa09…10.0.17134.1098x64dwm.exeWin10 1803UnsignedWinbindex
48c9030acc22…10.0.10586.0x64dwm.exeWin10 1511UnsignedWinbindex
ebb4d57091f0…10.0.10240.16384x64dwm.exeWin10 1507UnsignedWinbindex

Winbindex builds link to the Microsoft symbol server copy that was hashed and parsed.