msnmsgr.exe
MSN Messenger by Microsoft
Overview
There are 3 versions of msnmsgr.exe in the wild, the latest version being 7.5.0324. msnmsgr.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 6.69 MB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0010% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 7.72 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 11.57 MB and typical read I/O operations are around 21 Bytes per minute.
 Details
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| File name: | msnmsgr.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | MSN Messenger |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\msn messenger\msnmsgr.exe |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of msnmsgr.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'MsnMsgr' → "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe'
All file variations of msnmsgr.exe
