consent.exe task purpose and description:

consent.exe is a software program which was most likely arrived on your computer without you even realizing it. The hard drive location for this consent.exe program is shown beloww, and should always be verified as spyware and virus writers will often use the same named file or like named files and just locate them elsewhere to fool you. This consent.exe file is part of the Windows 10 and its part of the UAC security, where during program installs it authorizes whether updates can be made to your computer. You most likely have seen the popup windows asking about permission to install. This will appear in your task list but this consent.exe process will not stay there, it will disappear shortly after. This is not related to spyware, malware, viruses, etc. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual process or task name: (You can view alphabetical task list here)
consent.exe

File type:
This is an executable program

Where is this file and folder located on my computer?
On my computer this program is located at : C:\Windows\System32\consent.exe

General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, consent.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of consent.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.

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