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60% of PCs block this file from running.
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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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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:   7.0.614.0
MD5:   dbd1afd8791e9fabf15b35ae7de2fa94
SHA1:   609862bdb04101bbd5c48eae2167f4a7f4c6a46b
SHA256:   dc687aa9a5bd3ee68b85b9bdba036dc8fe4827151db376ac6cfe0235d27c146d

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:7.0.614.0
Size:382.26 KB (391,432 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
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Microsoft Corporation
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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 ...
Microsoft Corporation
18% 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 ...
Network connections
  • [UDP] listens on port 54868

  • ResourcesResource utilization

    (Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
    Averages
     
    CPU
    Total CPU:0.13404627%
    0.028634%
    Kernel CPU:0.07719396%
    0.013761%
    User CPU:0.05685231%
    0.014873%
    Kernel CPU time:593 ms/min
    100,923,805ms/min
    CPU cycles:10,044,373/sec
    17,470,203/sec
    Memory
    Private memory:13.38 MB
    21.59 MB
    Private (maximum):21.46 MB
    Private (minimum):21.02 MB
    Non-paged memory:13.38 MB
    21.59 MB
    Virtual memory:111.12 MB
    140.96 MB
    Virtual memory (peak):129.23 MB
    169.69 MB
    Working set:21.02 MB
    18.61 MB
    Working set (peak):22.65 MB
    37.95 MB
    Page faults:6,781/min
    2,039/min
    I/O
    I/O read transfer:462.39 KB/sec
    1.02 MB/min
    I/O read operations:357/sec
    343/min
    I/O write transfer:33.88 KB/sec
    274.99 KB/min
    I/O write operations:20/sec
    227/min
    I/O other transfer:29.04 KB/sec
    448.09 KB/min
    I/O other operations:4,212/sec
    1,671/min
    Resource allocations
    Threads:7
    12
    Handles:252
    600
    GUI GDI count:9
    103
    GUI GDI peak:10
    142
    GUI USER count:6
    49
    GUI USER peak:34
    71

    BehaviorsProcess properties

    Integrety level:Medium
    Platform:64-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
     
    wow64.dll
    Total CPU:0.20812780%
    0.272967%
    Kernel CPU:0.10217183%
    0.107585%
    User CPU:0.10595597%
    0.165382%
    CPU cycles:3,855,623/sec
    5,741,424/sec
    Context switches:9/sec
    79/sec
    Memory:252 KB
    1.16 MB
    BingBar.exe (main module)
    Total CPU:0.01880755%
    Kernel CPU:0.01880755%
    User CPU:0.00000000%
    CPU cycles:374,321/sec
    Memory:392 KB

    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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