Preparation.exe
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 file version info
Program on Windows 3 known copies with hashes
Is it the real Preparation.exe?
C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\packages\patch_KB3110221\C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\packages\vsupdate_KB3022398\C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\packages\wdexpress_full\3 known copies
14.0.24730.2 built by: D14VSULDR · C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\packages\patch_KB3110221\Preparation.exe · signed by Microsoft Corporation
fe5e41220930ac6db6c7413a1f62835a5c5eff9eefb2083f813aa91270a63ca514.0.24720.0 built by: D14REL · C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\packages\vsupdate_KB3022398\Preparation.exe · signed by Microsoft Corporation
d01ef8d4fb97d5f19bf0964e238daeabec5e85887d3cd933275718012a23970814.0.23107.0 built by: D14REL · C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\packages\wdexpress_full\Preparation.exe · signed by Microsoft Corporation
9107bb3c06902071f3bb94e6d9986a57d8bed01ef3074a9fcf11cae66952cbe5From 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.