

Executable files may, in some cases, harm your computer. exe extension on a filename indicates an executable file. MsTSC stands for Micro soft Terminal Services Client It also enables a local computer to use Fast User Switching and Windows Remote Assistance. RDP creates a "thin client" connection where the remote client user logs into the "RDP server" and views its desktop and runs its applications, including their UIs, as if they were local.

It can only connect to a Windows system having RDP, which becomes the "RDP server". If found in "C:\Windows", it is most likely malware. (The name "RDP" was introduced for Server 2008 R2.) "Mstsc.exe" should occupy about 1 MB in "C:\Windows\System32" and should not be removed. Terminal Services was at first a separate "Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server" edition but in Win2000 it became part of all Windows NT client and server versions. Microsoft kept the name "mstsc.exe" for the "Terminal Services Client" process when they renamed its function as "Remote Desktop Connection" and Terminal Services became Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The genuine mstsc.exe file is a software component of Microsoft Windows Operating System by Microsoft Corporation.
