Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
msnmsgr.exe
MSN Messenger by Microsoft
| Version: | 7.5.0311 |
| MD5: | 55406c4b910c174cdf36f66afca1a18c |
| SHA1: | 97b3093e937d4b782b85c068771f2083ede36a25 |
| SHA256: | 12b02a6961b09c36c832589800b10a4a9bd3dcc3d92c6567ec1c9d8850cb7908 |
Overview
msnmsgr.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked.
Details
| File name: | msnmsgr.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | MSN Messenger |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\msn messenger\msnmsgr.exe |
| File version: | 7.5.0311 |
| Size: | 6.76 MB (7,086,080 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
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'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009676% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002774% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006902% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,326 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,895/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 7.57 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 11.92 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 11.43 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 7.57 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 106.46 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 117.48 MB | |
| Working set: | 11.87 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 13.11 MB | |
| Page faults: | 11,313/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 21 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 321 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 67 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 86 | |
| GUI USER count: | 29 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 49 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\msn messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background |
| Owner: | User |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
66.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.33% |
|
Distribution by country
Egypt installs about 33.33% of MSN Messenger.
