How to check which application is using MSXML4.DLL?

saliu maama 1 Reputation point
2021-10-17T21:27:02.213+00:00

My vulnerability scan has flagged MSXML4.dll on few servers and workstations as unsupported and therefore subject to vulnerabilities. I would like to simply delete them but I would like to know which application installed it and still using it ? Any ideas ? Is there a powershell script I can use to auto remove these dll files

BTW the MSXML4 appears on my supported OS - Win 10, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016 in the C:\Windows\SYSWOW64\ folder.

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2021-10-17T21:50:09.073+00:00

    As far as what installed it you may need to consult the application documentation. As to what uses it Procmon should help you.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon

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  2. Rich Matheisen 44,776 Reputation points
    2021-10-17T22:56:19.417+00:00

    That DLL is part of Microsoft's XML Core Services 4.0. There's version 6 of this DLL -- MSXML6, but it doesn't support everything that version 4 did. Check if your version is MSXML4.dll SP3.

    description-of-an-update-for-microsoft-xml-core-services-4-0-service-pack-2-171a0bd5-cb42-8d6a-5d43-08df0d54e23c
    ms06-071-security-update-for-microsoft-xml-core-services-4-0-134d3572-d605-89e8-d967-45327a1f846a

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