Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

6.3.2291.0	20.00%
5.0.1449.0	60.00%
5.0.1423.0	20.00%

Relationships

mswinext.exe

Bing Bar by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove mswinext.exe

Version:	5.0.1423.0
MD5:	8ce40f2502848ac95354a46107b792a2
SHA1:	da933d5207597b455ae9fd6850cb137d7bfe1c7b
SHA256:	829a25cf35c016a1520392d88e139b779768221dd7978146fe278efc38bd8f1c

What is mswinext.exe?

Bing Bar is a browser extension toolbar for Internet Explorer, developed by Microsoft. 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. Bing Bar also incorporates Windows Live features such Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live ID.

About mswinext.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 ”

Details

File name:	mswinext.exe
Publisher:	Microsoft Corp.
Product name:	Bing Bar
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\msn toolbar\platform\5.0.1449.0\mswinext.exe
File version:	5.0.1423.0
Size:	237.84 KB (243,544 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):	Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:	Monday, December 7, 2009
Expiration date:	Monday, March 7, 2011
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'Bing Bar' → "C:\Program Files\MSN Toolbar\Platform\5.0.1449.0\mswinext.exe"

Network connections

[UDP] listens on port 1031

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00049467%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00008127%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00041340%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	6,156 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	764/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	25.04 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	46.42 MB
Private (minimum):	1.45 MB
Non-paged memory:	25.04 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	135.8 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	139.07 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	9.85 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	46.44 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	30,623/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	39.12 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	2/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	3.1 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	2/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	2.79 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	122/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	19	12
Handles:	514	600
GUI GDI count:	11	103
GUI USER count:	14	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Undefined
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\msn toolbar\platform\5.0.1423.0\mswinext.exe"
Owner:	User
Parent process:	Explorer.EXE (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

AppMgr.dll
Total CPU:	0.01423202%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00648171%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00775031%	0.165382%
Context switches:	296/sec	79/sec
Memory:	336 KB	1.16 MB
npctrl.dll (Silverlight Plug-In by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.00256537%
Kernel CPU:	0.00176541%
User CPU:	0.00079996%
Context switches:	86/sec
Memory:	1.19 MB
mswinext.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00044108%
Kernel CPU:	0.00027567%
User CPU:	0.00016540%
Memory:	252 KB
coreclr.dll
Total CPU:	0.00019317%
Kernel CPU:	0.00008281%
User CPU:	0.00011036%
Memory:	3.42 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00016577%
Kernel CPU:	0.00011051%
User CPU:	0.00005526%
Memory:	700 KB
WININET.dll
Total CPU:	0.00005526%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000000%
User CPU:	0.00005526%
Memory:	680 KB