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aeinv.dll

Application Inventory Component file version info

Library on Windows 2 known copies with hashes

Is it the real aeinv.dll?

file version info and known copies

Installed inC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\App Certification Kit\
C:\Windows\system32\

Signed byMicrosoft Windows

ProductMicrosoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Corporation

DescriptionApplication Inventory Component

2 known copies

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\system32\aeinv.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows

6358c8043137c26a5b45b45f1c6bc6aa3889ba96ce1c9384de9a7709977a67c9

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\App Certification Kit\aeinv.dll · not signed

a5dd946f5050a270292e732267a9d93b200cdedb46d7708ece19f9b56e1f3cb2

From the file’s version info and the copies recorded by xCyclopedia (MIT). A copy in another folder, signed by someone else or with another hash is not necessarily malicious, but it is worth a closer look. In Ceplin, "<sha256>".whatis() says which known copy a hash is.