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WindowsLiveLogin.dll
Microsoft CoReXT by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 7.250.4225.0 |
| MD5: | 6bf01e200063d7274f3af06d226671f5 |
| SHA1: | 08937fa1594f4b13ca3ea04d43296749776d98b9 |
| SHA256: | 9de9a15afa79adf34c697389145ddaf6e15ca0088e837acf9283bde7aa697f97 |
What is WindowsLiveLogin.dll?
Microsoft account (previously Windows Live ID) is a single sign-on web service developed and provided by Microsoft that allows users to log in to many websites using one account. Microsoft account allows users to sign in to websites that support this service using a single set of credentials. Users' credentials are not checked by Microsoft account-enabled websites, but by a Microsoft account authentication server.
About WindowsLiveLogin.dll (from Microsoft Corporation)
“Windows Live ID (formerly known as Microsoft Passport) is a service that allows you to use a single e-mail address and password, referred to as credentials, to sign into most Microsoft sites and servi”
Details
| File name: | windowslivelogin.dll |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corp. |
| Product name: | Microsoft® CoReXT |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows Live ID Login Helper |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\windowslivelogin.dll |
| File version: | 7.250.4225.0 |
| Size: | 428.88 KB (439,168 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Monday, December 7, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, March 7, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.098026 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects'
- BHO CLSID: {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6}
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
68.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
9.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
7.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
7.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
5.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 67.71% of Microsoft® CoReXT.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
24.63% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
22.39% |
|
| Toshiba |
13.43% |
|
| Acer |
12.69% |
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| Sony |
11.19% |
|
| Lenovo |
7.46% |
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| ASUS |
5.97% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.87% |
|
| Samsung |
0.37% |
|
