Also I have noticed this twice in the past few days (might help in what you are tying to look for)
Norton is reporting a high computer usage of Windows Installer. Sadly I am not installing any programs at that time (nor have installed any programs in the past few hours either).
Clicked on the high alert notice from Norton, and here is the info from File Insight via copy to clipboard and pasted here :
Filename: msiexec.exe
Full Path: c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe
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Details
Reliable, Many Users, Mature, Trusted
Origin
Downloaded from
Unknown
Activity
Actions performed: 85
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Developers
Microsoft Corporation
Version
4.5.6002.18005
Identified
4/28/2014 at 4:58:30 PM
Last Used
5/15/2014 at 1:51:03 PM
Startup Item
Yes
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Reliable
With typical use this program crashes very infrequently.
Many Users
Millions of users in the Norton Community have used this file.
Mature
This file was released more than 31 days 4 years 9 months ago.
Trusted
Norton has given this file a trusted rating.
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Source File:
msiexec.exe
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Performance
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Avg. Resource Usage: Moderate
Avg. CPU Usage: Moderate
Avg. Memory Usage: Moderate
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Performance Alert
Process ID
13656
CPU
99% of at least one CPU.
Memory
Normal
Handles Count
Normal
Disk Read Activity
Normal
Disk Write Activity
Normal
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System Change
c:\windows\installer\427c25.ipi
\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress
c:\users\tom\appdata\local\temp\~df8fbb.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi1e3d.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi1eda.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi236d.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi2477.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi2514.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi2573.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi1e2c.tmp
c:\config.msi\427c26.rbs
\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback
\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts
C:\Config.Msi\427c26.rbs
C:\Config.Msi\427c26.rbsLow
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\ISDM.exe
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\_isusres.dll
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\agent.exe
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files\dwusplay.dll
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files\dwusplay.exe
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\issch.exe
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files\isusweb.dll
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
C59EB89BF67E64248B6EEB8BEE97D160
c:\windows\installer\msi25f2.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi2621.tmp
C:\Config.Msi\427c26.rbs
C:\Config.Msi\427c26.rbsLow
\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts
\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback
c:\users\tom\appdata\local\temp\~dff0e8.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi277b.tmp
RegFilesHash
RegFiles0000
Sequence
SessionHash
Owner
\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4257781629-3628011693-409112458-1002\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress
c:\windows\installer\427c27.mst
\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4257781629-3628011693-409112458-1002\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Owner
SessionHash
Sequence
c:\windows\installer\msi2950.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi2951.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi2f98.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi3026.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi3056.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi30e3.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi322c.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi326b.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi3411.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi3431.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi3599.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi3b93.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi3bc3.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi3c31.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi3c9f.tmp
RegFiles0000
RegFilesHash
c:\windows\installer\msi3ea3.tmp
c:\windows\installer\msi3f02.tmp
c:\windows\installer\4b4b259.ipi
c:\windows\installer\msi23ef.tmp
C:\Config.Msi\4b4b25a.rbs
C:\Config.Msi\4b4b25a.rbs
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File Thumbprint - SHA:
cf87a909560e59aede01d49dbaecb17c244f80f6b6afed37d8a8b0c1e1b00164
File Thumbprint - MD5:
ac545df9370a3e1bf538e403abe51cc0
Edited by tomvilfroy, 15 May 2014 - 01:58 PM.