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60%
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

7.3.117.0 6.25%
7.1.391.0 75.00%
7.1.362.0 12.50%
7.1.361.0 6.25%

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PE structurePE file structure

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Import table
advapi32.dll
RegOpenKeyExW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegDeleteValueW, RegCloseKey, RegSetValueExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegEnumKeyExW
kernel32.dll
FreeLibrary, GetProcAddress, LoadLibraryW, CloseHandle, WaitForSingleObject, lstrlenW, RaiseException, GetLastError, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, DeleteCriticalSection, GetModuleHandleW, lstrcmpiW, GetModuleFileNameW, Sleep, CreateThread, CreateEventW, GetCurrentThreadId, SetEvent, MultiByteToWideChar, SizeofResource, LoadResource, FindResourceW, LoadLibraryExW, GetCommandLineW, GetCurrentProcessId, ReleaseActCtx, DeactivateActCtx, ActivateActCtx, CreateActCtxW, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, GetStringTypeW, LCMapStringW, WideCharToMultiByte, RtlUnwind, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, GetACP, GetCPInfo, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, HeapSize, HeapReAlloc, GetCurrentProcess, TerminateProcess, IsDebuggerPresent, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, HeapCreate, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, HeapSetInformation, GetStartupInfoW, HeapAlloc, HeapFree, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, ExitProcess, WriteFile, GetStdHandle, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStringsW, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, TlsAlloc, TlsGetValue, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, SetLastError
ole32.dll
CoRevokeClassObject, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoUninitialize, CoInitialize, CoRegisterClassObject, StringFromGUID2, CoCreateInstance, CoAddRefServerProcess, CoReleaseServerProcess, CoTaskMemFree, CLSIDFromString
user32.dll
TranslateMessage, GetMessageW, PostThreadMessageW, CharNextW, CharUpperW, DispatchMessageW

bingsurrogate.exe

Bing Bar by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove bingsurrogate.exe
Version:   7.1.362.0
MD5:   8b68f1afbaf154aa3c2081a3a76600bb
SHA1:   be4a7749e917c700648340f21f47d6dda7a427ed
SHA256:   238224e82ce54d634796041302c1959888ff6a91476f0e622303f58192e6933c

What is bingsurrogate.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 bingsurrogate.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:bingsurrogate.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation.
Product name:Bing Bar
Description:Bing Client Runtime native extension host
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\microsoft\bingbar\7.1.391.0\bingsurrogate.exe
File version:7.1.362.0
Size:138.77 KB (142,104 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:Monday, October 10, 2011
Expiration date:Thursday, January 10, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00762674%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00355837%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00406836%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:11 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:2,696/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.46 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):4.48 MB
Private (minimum):4.31 MB
Non-paged memory:1.46 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:36.66 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):37.96 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:4.43 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):4.52 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,304/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:26 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:3 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:4
12
Handles:73
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:9
142
GUI USER count:3
49
GUI USER peak:3
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\microsoft\bingbar\7.1.362.0\bingsurrogate.exe" -embedding
Owner:User
Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 81.25%
Windows 7 Ultimate N 12.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate 6.25%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 62.50% of Bing Bar.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 46.15%
Acer 30.77%
GIGABYTE 15.38%
Hewlett-Packard 7.69%
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