SeaPort.exe
Bing Bar by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 7.1.362.0 |
| MD5: | 6bf743cbf3bcd09dab79245e60e1ae62 |
| SHA1: | b5b83508dbc15bee61637a490af147e29cd2986e |
| SHA256: | af21ba914790b187ed32fb7a16586e371d803d167effc4949047fbaf74a782f3 |
What is SeaPort.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 SeaPort.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: | seaport.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation. |
| Product name: | Bing Bar |
| Description: | Microsoft SeaPort Search Enhancement Broker |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\microsoft\bingbar\7.1.361.0\seaport.exe |
| File version: | 7.1.362.0 |
| Size: | 234.77 KB (240,408 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, November 1, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, February 1, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Network connections
[TCP] 64.4.18.19:443
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01528068% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00939775% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00588293% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,416 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 10,046,727/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.99 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 7.3 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.5 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.99 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 52.53 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 54.83 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.07 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.33 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,687/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 30 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 11 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 3,526/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 8 | |
| Handles: | 221 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\microsoft\bingbar\7.1.362.0\seaport.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | BBUpdate |
| Description: | “Enables the detection, download and installation of up-to-date configuration files for Bing Bar. Also provides server communication for the customer experience improvement program. Stopping or disabling this service may prevent you from getting the latest updates for Bing Bar, which may expose your computer to security vulnerabilities or functional flaws in the Bing Bar.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| SeaPort.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.01876341% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01358679% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00517662% | |
| CPU cycles: | 15,132,749/sec | |
| Context switches: | 57/sec | |
| Memory: | 248 KB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00106292% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00106292% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 46,336/sec | |
| Memory: | 100 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
44.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
16.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
8.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
5.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
5.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
4.50% |
|
| Windows 8 |
4.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
1.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 53.54% of Bing Bar.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
23.89% |
|
| Dell |
18.58% |
|
| ASUS |
12.39% |
|
| Toshiba |
11.50% |
|
| Acer |
9.29% |
|
| Lenovo |
6.19% |
|
| Sony |
5.31% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
4.42% |
|
| Intel |
2.65% |
|
| Samsung |
2.21% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.77% |
|
| Compaq |
0.88% |
|
| Sahara |
0.44% |
|
| Alienware |
0.44% |
|
