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VersionsAdditional versions

6.500.3165.0 34.27%
6.500.3165.0 46.01%
6.500.3146.0 0.94%
6.500.3146.0 0.47%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 3.29%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 0.47%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 0.94%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 2.82%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 9.39%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 1.41%

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PE structurePE file structure

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Import table
advapi32.dll
CryptDestroyHash, CryptDestroyKey, RegDeleteKeyW, RegDeleteValueW, RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegSetValueExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, MakeAbsoluteSD, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, DeregisterEventSource, ReportEventW, RegisterEventSourceW, SetServiceStatus, CloseServiceHandle, OpenServiceW, OpenSCManagerW, RegEnumKeyExW, CreateServiceW, DeleteService, ControlService, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, SetThreadToken, GetTokenInformation, OpenThreadToken, CheckTokenMembership, CryptGetUserKey, LookupAccountNameW, AllocateAndInitializeSid, GetLengthSid, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, CryptGetKeyParam, CryptDeriveKey, CryptVerifySignatureW, CryptSignHashW, FreeSid, CredWriteDomainCredentialsW, CreateProcessAsUserW, CredReadW, CryptImportKey, CryptExportKey, RegQueryValueExA, RegEnumValueA, OpenProcessToken, EqualSid, GetSidSubAuthorityCount, GetSidLengthRequired, GetSidIdentifierAuthority, InitializeSid, GetSidSubAuthority, CryptCreateHash, CryptDuplicateKey, CryptSetHashParam, CryptGetHashParam, CryptHashData, IsValidSid, ConvertStringSidToSidW, IsWellKnownSid, CryptAcquireContextA, CryptGenKey, RegEnumValueW, CredEnumerateW, CredWriteW, CredDeleteW, CredFree, ConvertSidToStringSidW, CryptDecrypt, CryptEncrypt, RegOpenCurrentUser, DuplicateToken, ImpersonateLoggedOnUser, SetTokenInformation, RevertToSelf, CryptGetProvParam, CryptContextAddRef, CryptGenRandom, CryptReleaseContext, CryptAcquireContextW, GetAce, GetAclInformation, AddAccessAllowedAce, AddAce, SetNamedSecurityInfoW, InitializeAcl, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetFileSecurityW, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, AccessCheck, IsValidSecurityDescriptor, CryptSetProvParam
crypt32.dll
CertFreeCertificateChain, CryptSignMessage, CertGetNameStringA, CryptUnprotectData, CryptProtectData, CryptExportPublicKeyInfo, CryptEncodeObjectEx, CryptSignAndEncodeCertificate, CertSetCertificateContextProperty, CertGetIssuerCertificateFromStore, CertEnumCertificatesInStore, CertCompareCertificate, CertDuplicateCertificateContext, CertGetCertificateContextProperty, CertAddCertificateContextToStore, CertOpenStore, CertFindCertificateInStore, CertDeleteCertificateFromStore, CertCloseStore, CertGetNameStringW, CryptAcquireCertificatePrivateKey, CertCreateCertificateContext, CertVerifySubjectCertificateContext, CertFreeCertificateContext, CryptVerifyMessageSignature, CertVerifyCertificateChainPolicy, CryptImportPublicKeyInfo, CertGetCertificateChain
iphlpapi.dll
CancelIPChangeNotify, NotifyAddrChange
kernel32.dll
GetStringTypeA, GetStringTypeW, LCMapStringA, LCMapStringW, FlushFileBuffers, SetStdHandle, WriteConsoleA, GetConsoleOutputCP, WriteConsoleW, GetTimeZoneInformation, CreateFileA, CompareStringA, CompareStringW, SetEnvironmentVariableA, GetSystemInfo, lstrcmpA, CreateFileW, WaitForMultipleObjects, LoadLibraryW, DeleteFileW, GetFileSize, ReadFile, CreateMutexW, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, ReleaseMutex, ResetEvent, GetComputerNameW, lstrlenW, CreateProcessW, lstrlenA, SetEndOfFile, GetLocalTime, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, FileTimeToSystemTime, GetUserDefaultLCID, GetDateFormatA, GetTimeFormatA, OutputDebugStringW, GlobalAlloc, GlobalFree, EnumResourceNamesW, CreateDirectoryExW, GetSystemDefaultLangID, SetThreadLocale, GetFileAttributesExW, FindFirstFileW, TryEnterCriticalSection, LockResource, LoadResource, FindResourceW, FindResourceExW, GetLastError, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, SetFilePointer, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, GetCPInfo, LoadLibraryA, VirtualAlloc, IsDebuggerPresent, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcessId, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, VirtualFree, HeapCreate, SetLastError, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, FindNextFileW, FindClose, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, TlsAlloc, RaiseException, TlsGetValue, GetStartupInfoA, GetFileType, SetHandleCount, GetCommandLineA, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, GetModuleFileNameA, GetStdHandle, WriteFile, CloseHandle, lstrcmpiW, LocalFree, SetCurrentDirectoryW, GetCurrentDirectoryW, EnterCriticalSection, LocalAlloc, WaitForSingleObject, GetModuleFileNameW, Sleep, GetModuleHandleW, GetCurrentThreadId, CreateThread, CreateEventW, SetEvent, FreeLibrary, MultiByteToWideChar, LoadLibraryExW, GetProcessHandleCount, LeaveCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, SizeofResource, ExitProcess, GetModuleHandleA, CopyFileW, GetProcAddress, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, RtlUnwind, GetStartupInfoW, HeapSize, HeapReAlloc, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, HeapDestroy, GetVersionExA, GetThreadLocale, GetLocaleInfoA, GetACP, InterlockedExchange, CreateTimerQueueTimer, DeleteTimerQueueEx, GetCurrentThread, WideCharToMultiByte, GetProcessHeap, HeapSetInformation, GetCommandLineW, CreateTimerQueue, GetCurrentProcess, GetVersionExW
netapi32.dll
NetUserModalsGet, NetApiBufferFree
ntdsapi.dll
DsUnBindW, DsCrackNamesW, DsFreeNameResultW, DsBindW
ole32.dll
IIDFromString, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoUninitialize, CoInitializeEx, CoRevokeClassObject, CoRegisterClassObject, CoTaskMemFree, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoInitializeSecurity, CLSIDFromProgID, CoSuspendClassObjects, StringFromGUID2, CoCreateInstance, CoResumeClassObjects, PropVariantClear, CoImpersonateClient, CoRevertToSelf, CoSetProxyBlanket
psapi.dll
GetProcessMemoryInfo
rpcrt4.dll
RpcServerUnregisterIf, RpcRevertToSelf, NdrServerCall2, RpcServerUseProtseqEpW, RpcStringFreeW, RpcServerRegisterIf, RpcImpersonateClient, I_RpcBindingInqLocalClientPID, UuidCreate, UuidToStringA, RpcStringFreeA, UuidToStringW, RpcServerListen, RpcMgmtStopServerListening
secur32.dll
GetUserNameExW
sensapi.dll
IsNetworkAlive
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathW, SHFileOperationW, SHGetSpecialFolderPathW, SHCreateDirectoryExW
shlwapi.dll
PathIsDirectoryW, PathFileExistsW, SHStrDupW, PathCombineW
sqmapi.dll
SqmAddToStreamDWord, SqmSet, SqmEndSession, SqmStartSession, SqmStartUpload, SqmSetAppVersion, SqmSetMachineId, SqmWriteSharedMachineId, SqmCreateNewId, SqmReadSharedMachineId, SqmGetSession, SqmSetAppId, SqmAddToStreamString
user32.dll
LoadStringA, LoadStringW, TranslateMessage, UnregisterClassA, PostThreadMessageW, GetMessageW, CharUpperW, MessageBoxW, DispatchMessageW, CharNextW
userenv.dll
UnloadUserProfile, CreateEnvironmentBlock, DestroyEnvironmentBlock
version.dll
GetFileVersionInfoW, GetFileVersionInfoSizeW, VerQueryValueW
winhttp.dll
WinHttpGetIEProxyConfigForCurrentUser, WinHttpGetProxyForUrl, WinHttpCreateUrl, WinHttpConnect, WinHttpOpenRequest, WinHttpSetOption, WinHttpSendRequest, WinHttpOpen, WinHttpSetTimeouts, WinHttpQueryHeaders, WinHttpQueryAuthSchemes, WinHttpQueryDataAvailable, WinHttpReadData, WinHttpAddRequestHeaders, WinHttpCloseHandle, WinHttpCrackUrl, WinHttpReceiveResponse
wininet.dll
InternetSetCookieW
wintrust.dll
WinVerifyTrustEx, WTHelperGetProvSignerFromChain, WTHelperProvDataFromStateData
ws2_32.dll
WSACloseEvent, WSACreateEvent
wtsapi32.dll
WTSFreeMemory, WTSEnumerateSessionsW, WTSQueryUserToken

Wlidsvc.exe

Microsoft Windows Live ID by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove Wlidsvc.exe
Version:   6.500.3165.0
MD5:   5144ae67d60ec653f97ddf3feed29e77
SHA1:   54b171c19458c630bd86181afab366bd02aea9f7
SHA256:   f6238767284b2356a9f502e2accfaac283fa13cbf238e98b5115a55179526b10

What is Wlidsvc.exe?

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 Wlidsvc.exe (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

DetailsDetails

File name:wlidsvc.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Microsoft® Windows Live ID
Description:Microsoft® Windows Live ID Service
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidsvc.exe
File version:6.500.3165.0
Size:1.46 MB (1,529,728 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Expiration date:Friday, January 22, 2010
Digital DNA
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:Yes
.NET NGENed:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'wlidsvc' (Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant)
  • wlidsvc

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00142375%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00089839%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00052536%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:4,059,594 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:90,626/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:6/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:4.75 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):7.79 MB
Private (minimum):4.22 MB
Non-paged memory:4.75 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:57.27 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):59.26 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:4.8 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):9.53 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:13,944/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:1.17 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:607 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:581/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:146 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:3/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:9
12
Handles:262
600
GUI GDI count:5
103
GUI USER count:5
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:32-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidsvc.exe"
  • "C:\Program Files\archivos comunes\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidsvc.exe"
  • "C:\programas\ficheiros comuns\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidsvc.exe"
  • "C:\programmer\fælles filer\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidsvc.exe"
  • "C:\Program Files\arquivos comuns\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidsvc.exe"
  • "C:\Program Files\fichiers communs\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidsvc.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:wlidsvc
Display name:Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant
Description:“Enables Windows Live ID authentication.”
Type:Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.11779682%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.11529338%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00250343%
0.165382%
Context switches:3/sec
79/sec
Memory:712 KB
1.16 MB
WLIDSVC.EXE (main module)
Total CPU:0.00041614%
Kernel CPU:0.00023343%
User CPU:0.00018271%
CPU cycles:1,102/sec
Memory:1.48 MB
ole32.dll
Total CPU:0.00011727%
Kernel CPU:0.00006315%
User CPU:0.00005412%
Memory:1.24 MB
RPCRT4.dll
Total CPU:0.00001309%
Kernel CPU:0.00001309%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:88/sec
Memory:780 KB
ADVAPI32.dll
Total CPU:0.00000902%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00000902%
Memory:620 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
Microsoft Windows XP 25.86%
Windows 7 Home Premium 23.56%
Windows 7 Ultimate 21.26%
Windows Vista Home Premium 11.49%
Windows 7 Professional 9.20%
Windows Vista Business 2.30%
Windows 7 Enterprise 1.72%
Windows Vista Home Basic 1.15%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.15%
Windows 7 Starter 1.15%
Windows Vista Ultimate 1.15%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 51.15% of Microsoft® Windows Live ID.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 30.33%
Dell 19.67%
Toshiba 13.11%
Acer 9.84%
ASUS 6.56%
Sony 3.28%
Lenovo 3.28%
MSI 3.28%
Gateway 3.28%
Samsung 2.46%
Sahara 1.64%
American Megatrends 1.64%
GIGABYTE 1.64%
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