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60%
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

7.3.117.0 8.33%
7.1.391.0 33.33%
7.1.362.0 16.67%
7.1.361.0 8.33%
7.0.831.0 8.33%
7.0.614.0 8.33%
7.0.610.0 16.67%

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PE structurePE file structure

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Import table
advapi32.dll
RegDeleteKeyW, RegDeleteValueW, RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegEnumKeyExW, TraceMessage, GetTraceEnableFlags, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceLoggerHandle, RegisterTraceGuidsW, UnregisterTraceGuids, RegQueryValueExW, RegEnumValueW, RegEnumKeyW, CryptGetHashParam, CryptAcquireContextW, CryptCreateHash, CryptDestroyHash, CryptReleaseContext, CryptHashData
crypt32.dll
CryptMsgGetParam, CryptMsgGetAndVerifySigner, CertFreeCertificateContext, CryptMsgClose, CryptUnprotectData, CryptProtectData, CertCloseStore, CertGetCertificateChain, CryptDecodeObject, CryptQueryObject, CertFreeCertificateChain, CryptHashPublicKeyInfo, CertVerifyCertificateChainPolicy
defmgr.dll
SetDefaultInfo
gdi32.dll
GetDeviceCaps
kernel32.dll
GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTime, GetWindowsDirectoryW, QueueUserWorkItem, UnregisterWait, RegisterWaitForSingleObject, OpenProcess, LockResource, FindResourceExW, SystemTimeToFileTime, DeleteTimerQueueTimer, WriteFile, CreateFileW, GetTempFileNameW, GetCurrentThreadId, CreateTimerQueueTimer, DeleteFileW, ReleaseActCtx, DeactivateActCtx, ActivateActCtx, CreateActCtxW, CreateTimerQueue, DeleteTimerQueueEx, WideCharToMultiByte, LocalFree, FileTimeToSystemTime, GetDateFormatW, GetTimeFormatW, DeleteCriticalSection, GetTempPathW, CreateEventW, CreateFileMappingW, MapViewOfFile, CreateMutexW, DuplicateHandle, CreateThread, ReleaseMutex, UnmapViewOfFile, GetVersionExW, GetUserGeoID, GetGeoInfoW, DosDateTimeToFileTime, LocalFileTimeToFileTime, SetFileTime, Sleep, SetEvent, WaitForSingleObject, GetProcessHeap, HeapSetInformation, GetCommandLineW, CloseHandle, LoadLibraryExW, FindResourceW, LoadResource, SizeofResource, ReadFile, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, MultiByteToWideChar, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryW, FlushFileBuffers, CreateFileA, WriteConsoleW, GetConsoleOutputCP, WriteConsoleA, SetStdHandle, GetUserDefaultLCID, GetStringTypeW, GetStringTypeA, LCMapStringA, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, lstrcmpA, LocalAlloc, GetModuleFileNameW, lstrcmpiW, GetModuleHandleW, GetProcAddress, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, SetFileAttributesW, CreateProcessW, GetLastError, InitializeCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, RaiseException, lstrlenW, HeapDestroy, HeapAlloc, HeapFree, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, GetStartupInfoW, VirtualProtect, VirtualAlloc, GetSystemInfo, VirtualQuery, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, ExitProcess, GetStdHandle, GetModuleFileNameA, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStringsW, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, GetStartupInfoA, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, SetLastError, HeapCreate, VirtualFree, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, RtlUnwind, GetModuleHandleA, GetCPInfo, GetACP, GetOEMCP, IsValidCodePage, LCMapStringW, LoadLibraryA, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, GetLocaleInfoA, SetFilePointer
ole32.dll
CoCreateFreeThreadedMarshaler, CoCreateGuid, CoDisconnectObject, CoInitialize, CoResumeClassObjects, CLSIDFromString, StringFromGUID2, CoRegisterClassObject, CoRevokeClassObject, CoSuspendClassObjects, CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize, CoFreeUnusedLibrariesEx, CoTaskMemFree, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoCreateInstance
shell32.dll
SHCreateDirectoryExW, SHGetFolderPathW, ShellExecuteW
shlwapi.dll
PathFindFileNameW, StrRChrW, PathRemoveFileSpecW
user32.dll
TranslateMessage, CharLowerBuffW, DispatchMessageW, CharNextW, GetDC, ReleaseDC, SystemParametersInfoW, CharUpperW, PostThreadMessageW, GetMessageW
wininet.dll
InternetOpenW, InternetConnectW, InternetCloseHandle, HttpOpenRequestW, HttpSendRequestW

BingBar.exe

Bing Bar by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove BingBar.exe
Version:   7.0.831.0
MD5:   3d167d2c08e6e04062971abf5363d8d5
SHA1:   a69eac006e1dec153720caeaed6fe4a7c83f35e1
SHA256:   c9cce9008433a8299b9e52ce74688d6f56b7d07efdc75a75835782ba6d9b3e20

What is BingBar.exe?

Bing Bar (formerly MSN Toolbar) is a browser extension toolbar for Internet Explorer, developed by Microsoft. Bing Bar replaced Windows Live Toolbar in Windows Live Essentials. Bing Bar incorporates features from Windows Live and from the Bing search engine. The Bing Bar features integration with Microsoft Bing search engine. Bing Bar also incorporates Windows Live features such Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live ID.

About BingBar.exe (from Microsoft Corporation)

The Bing Toolbar helps you stay connected with friends. Get easy access to Facebook, email, weather and more. earch, connect with Facebook, sign up to earn rewards, and experience other cool features

DetailsDetails

File name:BingBar.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation.
Product name:Bing Bar
Description:Bing Client Extensions
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\microsoft\bingbar\bingbar.exe
Original name:BingExt.dll
File version:7.0.831.0
Size:382.74 KB (391,928 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:Monday, July 19, 2010
Expiration date:Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Microsoft Corporation
27% remove
Bing Bar is a browser extension toolbar for Internet Explorer, developed by Microsoft. Bing Bar was previously supported on Mozilla Firefox but Microsoft discontinued support. Bing Bar incorporates features from Windows Live and from the Bing search engine. The Bing Bar user-interface enables visual effects such as flip, slide and rollover animations, colors and themes. The toolbar features "flyout" content windows, which enables users ...
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH
5% remove

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.07123449%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.04754606%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.02368843%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:1,282 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:6/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:6.07 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):11.66 MB
Private (minimum):11.66 MB
Non-paged memory:6.07 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:76.86 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):85.11 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:11.66 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):12.08 MB
37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:244
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:9
142
GUI USER count:6
49
GUI USER peak:7
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\microsoft\bingbar\bingbar.exe" -embedding
Owner:User
Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ole32.dll
Total CPU:0.22063619%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.20238809%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.01824811%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:5,439,320/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:6/sec
79/sec
Memory:1.36 MB
1.16 MB
BingBar.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00978615%
Kernel CPU:0.00652410%
User CPU:0.00326205%
CPU cycles:240,544/sec
Memory:392 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 100.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 50.00% of Bing Bar.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
GIGABYTE 50.00%
Hewlett-Packard 50.00%
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