wlmail.exe
Windows Live Mail by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
Overview
There are 15 versions of wlmail.exe in the wild, the latest version being 16.4.3508.0205. wlmail.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process displays a GUI (graphical user interface) which allows the user to interact with it as well as displays a notification icon in the taskbar. 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 106.37 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation. The programs Windows Live Essentials, Windows Live and OpenOffice.org 3.2 have been observed as installing specific variations of wlmail.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 162.03 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 169.89 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 202.69 KB per minute for reads and 62.63 KB per minute for writes.
What is wlmail.exe?
Windows Live Mail is a free of charge email client from Microsoft. It is the successor to Outlook Express on Windows XP and Windows Mail on Windows Vista. The application is available for download via the Windows Essentials suite.
 Details
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| File name: | wlmail.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Live Mail |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\windows live\mail\wlmail.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Monday, February 21, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, May 21, 2012 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Windows Live Mail.)
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Windows Live Mail is a free of charge email client from Microsoft. It is the successor to Outlook Express on Windows XP and Windows Mail on Windows Vista. The application is available for download vi...
Windows Live Essentials is a suite of freeware applications by Microsoft that aims to offer integrated and bundled e-mail, instant messaging, photo-sharing, blog publishing, and security services. Ess...
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of wlmail.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Shell open commands
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Windows Live Mail' → C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe
Scheduled tasks
- The job '{8E8A0A9E-6B3E-468D-ABF1-A2F245F9B403}' runs on registration in the path '\{8E8A0A9E-6B3E-468D-ABF1-A2F245F9B403}'
- The task '{488930AF-2100-439C-8177-8B4FDA606467}' runs on registration in the path '\{488930AF-2100-439C-8177-8B4FDA606467}'
- The job '{29F827DA-D5CA-4045-97E1-77B3129A1AB2}' runs on registration in the path '\{29F827DA-D5CA-4045-97E1-77B3129A1AB2}'
- The task '{1A7601CE-752B-42A2-8129-BCAA54D19329}' runs on registration in the path '\{1A7601CE-752B-42A2-8129-BCAA54D19329}'
- The task '{0687F5D5-BD6F-47E6-9E30-4241B8B5BD16}' runs on registration in the path '\{0687F5D5-BD6F-47E6-9E30-4241B8B5BD16}'
- Entry path '\{CF71FA47-D432-4462-9A5E-8992622CB2A0}'
- Entry path '\{9C677B34-88A5-43AC-8ADF-838CB5C8BC2E}'
All file variations of wlmail.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.00% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
27.36% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
8.96% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
5.19% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
3.77% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
2.83% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.89% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 59.91% of Windows Live Mail.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
28.29% |
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| Dell |
24.39% |
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| Toshiba |
19.51% |
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| Sony |
4.88% |
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| Intel |
3.90% |
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| ASUS |
3.90% |
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| Gateway |
3.90% |
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| Compaq |
2.93% |
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| Acer |
2.93% |
|
| Samsung |
1.95% |
|
| Sahara |
1.95% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.46% |
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