Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 80.00%
6.1.7229.0 (winmain.090604-1901) 20.00%

Relationships


PE structurePE file structure

Show functions
Import table
advapi32.dll
EventRegister, EventUnregister, EventWrite, RegCloseKey, RegOpenKeyExW, IsTextUnicode, RegQueryValueExW, RegNotifyChangeKeyValue, CryptGetHashParam, CryptHashData, CryptAcquireContextA, CryptCreateHash, CryptDestroyHash, RegisterEventSourceW, CryptReleaseContext, GetTokenInformation, OpenProcessToken, EventEnabled, RegDeleteKeyW, DeregisterEventSource, ReportEventW
crypt32.dll
CertCloseStore, CertFreeCertificateContext, CertGetNameStringW, CryptDecodeObject, CertFindCertificateInStore, CryptMsgGetParam, CryptQueryObject, CryptMsgClose
cryptui.dll
CryptUIDlgViewCertificateW
dwmapi.dll
DwmUpdateThumbnailProperties, DwmSetWindowAttribute
gdi32.dll
ExtTextOutW, GetDeviceCaps, CreateDIBSection, SetLayout, CreateFontIndirectW, SetBkColor, GetDIBits, SaveDC, RestoreDC, SetViewportOrgEx, GetWindowOrgEx, StretchBlt, SetStretchBltMode, GetPath, GdiGetBatchLimit, DeleteDC, DeleteObject, CreateCompatibleDC, OffsetWindowOrgEx, SetBkMode, GetClipBox, GetObjectW, BitBlt, GetStockObject, SelectObject, LineDDA, GetTextExtentExPointW, SetTextColor, GdiAlphaBlend
gdiplus.dll
DllMain
kernel32.dll
InterlockedIncrement, Sleep, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, InterlockedCompareExchange, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, DeleteFileW, GetTickCount, GetModuleHandleW, InterlockedExchange, InterlockedPushEntrySList, QueryDepthSList, OpenThread, GetCurrentThreadId, TlsSetValue, lstrcmpiW, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, ReadFile, GetFileSizeEx, CreateFileW, CompareStringOrdinal, WritePrivateProfileStringW, WriteFile, HeapAlloc, GetProcessHeap, HeapFree, CloseHandle, SetEvent, CreateEventW, GetStartupInfoW, GetThreadPreferredUILanguages, CopyFileW, lstrcmpW, SetFileAttributesW, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryExW, SetFilePointer, GetTempFileNameW, GetTempPathW, MultiByteToWideChar, SetCurrentDirectoryA, CreateDirectoryA, SetCurrentDirectoryW, CreateDirectoryW, ResetEvent, WaitForMultipleObjects, TlsGetValue, SearchPathW, GlobalFree, SetFilePointerEx, DelayLoadFailureHook, GetProcAddress, GetUserDefaultUILanguage, GetSystemDefaultUILanguage, CompareStringW, ReleaseMutex, WaitForSingleObject, GetLastError, CreateMutexW, lstrlenW, GetModuleFileNameW, TlsAlloc, RegisterApplicationRestart, LocalFree, UnmapViewOfFile, GetLocaleInfoW, CreateFileMappingW, MapViewOfFile, SetLastError, FindResourceExW, GetCommandLineW, DeleteCriticalSection, CreateThread, InitializeCriticalSection, SetErrorMode, HeapSetInformation, LocalAlloc, RegEnumKeyExW, IsValidLocale, GetTimeZoneInformation, GetDynamicTimeZoneInformation, FileTimeToSystemTime, SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime, GlobalLock, GlobalUnlock, GetDiskFreeSpaceExW, SetVolumeLabelW, GetLogicalDrives, GetVolumeInformationW, GetDriveTypeW, GetSystemWindowsDirectoryW, GetSystemInfo, GetComputerNameW, GetSystemPowerStatus, GlobalMemoryStatusEx, OutputDebugStringW, RaiseException, GetEnvironmentVariableW, GetFileAttributesW, GetFileSize, QueueUserAPC, InterlockedFlushSList, InitializeSListHead, CompareFileTime, GetFileAttributesExW, GetSystemTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, FindFirstFileW, FindNextFileW, FindClose, DeleteAtom, GetTickCount64, GlobalGetAtomNameW, GlobalDeleteAtom, QueryPerformanceFrequency, CreateWaitableTimerW, SetWaitableTimer, TlsFree, CancelWaitableTimer, WideCharToMultiByte, GlobalAddAtomW, GetVersionExW, LoadLibraryW, GetFileTime, FindResourceW, SizeofResource, LoadResource, LockResource, FormatMessageW, MulDiv, RegLoadMUIStringW, GetSystemDirectoryW, RegDeleteValueW, RegSetValueExW, RegCreateKeyExW, InterlockedDecrement, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentProcess, TerminateProcess, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetModuleHandleA, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetStartupInfoA, LoadLibraryExA
msvcrt.dll
DllMain
ntdll.dll
WinSqmIncrementDWORD, RtlIpv4AddressToStringExW, NtQuerySystemInformation, WinSqmSetDWORD, WinSqmIsOptedIn, WinSqmAddToStreamEx, WinSqmAddToStream, RtlIpv6AddressToStringExW
ole32.dll
CoUninitialize, CoInitializeEx, OleUninitialize, CoTaskMemFree, CoCreateInstance, CreateBindCtx, CoTaskMemAlloc, CLSIDFromProgID, StringFromGUID2, CoCreateGuid, PropVariantClear, ReleaseStgMedium, StringFromCLSID, GetHGlobalFromStream, CLSIDFromString, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, CoInitialize, OleInitialize
sfc_os.dll
SfcIsFileProtected
shell32.dll
DragAcceptFiles, SHGetFileInfoW, SHBindToObject, DragFinish, SHCreateItemFromIDList, ShellExecuteW, SHFileOperationW, SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW, CommandLineToArgvW, SHCreateDirectoryExW, DragQueryPoint, ShellExecuteExW, SHGetFolderPathEx, SHEmptyRecycleBinW, SHGetPathFromIDListW, SHBrowseForFolderW, SHGetFolderLocation, SHCreateItemWithParent, DragQueryFileW, SHParseDisplayName
shlwapi.dll
PathIsDirectoryW, PathFindFileNameW, PathFindExtensionW, PathRemoveExtensionW, PathIsRelativeW, PathCombineW, PathFileExistsW, PathIsURLW, UrlIsW, UrlEscapeW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, PathCreateFromUrlW, PathCanonicalizeW, UrlUnescapeW, StrStrNW, StrStrNIW, PathIsPrefixW, SHCreateStreamOnFileW, SHCreateStreamOnFileEx, PathGetDriveNumberW, AssocQueryStringW, PathCommonPrefixW, PathGetArgsW, StrToIntExW
urlmon.dll
URLOpenBlockingStreamW, CreateURLMoniker, CoInternetGetSession
user32.dll
SendMessageW, DispatchMessageW, TranslateMessage, PeekMessageW, SendMessageTimeoutW, RegisterWindowMessageW, CreateWindowExW, CharPrevW, GetThreadDesktop, OpenInputDesktop, RegisterPowerSettingNotification, MessageBoxIndirectW, CharUpperBuffW, CharUpperW, MessageBeep, UnhookWinEvent, GetUserObjectInformationW, FindWindowW, PostMessageW, GetWindowThreadProcessId, AllowSetForegroundWindow, GetShellWindow, LoadStringW, MessageBoxW, DrawFrameControl, LoadImageW, InsertMenuItemW, SetRectEmpty, CloseDesktop, GetMonitorInfoW, SetWinEventHook, UnregisterPowerSettingNotification, InflateRect, DrawTextExW, GetIconInfo, SwitchToThisWindow, ShowWindow, SetDlgItemTextW, SetForegroundWindow, SetFocus, OffsetRect, PtInRect, GetForegroundWindow, GetCursorPos, SetTimer, GetDlgItem, GetWindowRect, SetWindowPos, ScreenToClient, KillTimer, DestroyIcon, IsWindow, DestroyWindow, GetSystemMetrics, CharNextW, ReleaseDC, GetDC, GetWindowLongW, DestroyMenu, RemoveMenu, GetSubMenu, LoadMenuW, SetWindowLongW, GetWindow, DeleteMenu, GetMenuItemCount, EndPaint, MapWindowPoints, BeginPaint, GetParent, FillRect, SetRect, GetClientRect, RemovePropW, DefWindowProcW, SetPropW, GetPropW, RegisterClassW, LoadCursorW, CreateDialogParamW, GetKeyState, GetDoubleClickTime, SetCapture, ReleaseCapture, GetFocus, NotifyWinEvent, UpdateLayeredWindow, RedrawWindow, IsIconic, SetCursor, GetMessagePos, GetKeyboardState, GetMessageTime, MonitorFromPoint, IntersectRect, IsHungAppWindow, IsWindowVisible, PostQuitMessage, UnregisterHotKey, GetWindowTextW, SetParent, RegisterHotKey, GetSysColor, SystemParametersInfoW, MonitorFromWindow, GetDesktopWindow, EnumDisplayMonitors, TrackPopupMenu, CheckMenuItem, CopyRect, PrintWindow, SetLayeredWindowAttributes, CloseGestureInfoHandle, DeregisterShellHookWindow, RegisterShellHookWindow, GetWindowInfo, IsDialogMessageW, MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx, EndDeferWindowPos, DeferWindowPos, BeginDeferWindowPos, EqualRect, IsChild, SetActiveWindow, LoadIconW, AdjustWindowRectEx, AppendMenuW, CreatePopupMenu, EndDialog, EnableWindow, SetWindowTextW, GetAsyncKeyState
uxtheme.dll
DrawThemeTextEx, IsThemeActive, OpenThemeData, DrawThemeBackground, CloseThemeData, SetWindowThemeAttribute

sidebar.exe

Gadgets de escritorio de Windows by Microsoft

Remove sidebar.exe
Version:   6.1.7229.0 (winmain.090604-1901)
MD5:   8fb3cdd8bed9bb5abde2045576e726b7
SHA1:   89ddde11a3c62893b6d7718137e1078e43a2c8de

Overview

sidebar.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). and is compiled as a 32 bit program.

DetailsDetails

File name:sidebar.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Gadgets de escritorio de Windows
Description:Sistema operativo Microsoft® Windows®
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\windows sidebar\sidebar.exe
Original name:sidebar.EXE.MUI
File version:6.1.7229.0 (winmain.090604-1901)
Product version:1.0.7229.0
Size:1.12 MB (1,173,504 bytes)
Build date:7/10/2009 11:28 PM
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Scheduled tasks
  • The job 'SidebarExecute' runs on registration in the path '\SidebarExecute'
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'Sidebar' → C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00054499%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00015909%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00038590%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:54,132 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:10.88 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):12.15 MB
Private (minimum):11.86 MB
Non-paged memory:10.88 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:118.53 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):122.07 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:12.17 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):19.64 MB
37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:10
12
Handles:337
600
GUI GDI count:54
103
GUI GDI peak:64
142
GUI USER count:42
49
GUI USER peak:51
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:32-bit
Owner:User

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8 Pro 80.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 20.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

India installs about 40.00% of Gadgets de escritorio de Windows.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 100.00%
Should I remove It? Clean your PC of unwanted adware, toolbars and bloatware.

Download it for FREE