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

VersionsAdditional versions

7.3.117.0 8.33%
7.1.391.0 33.33%
7.1.362.0 16.67%
7.1.361.0 8.33%
7.0.831.0 8.33%
7.0.614.0 8.33%
7.0.610.0 16.67%

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advapi32.dll
RegDeleteKeyW, RegDeleteValueW, RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegEnumKeyExW, TraceMessage, GetTraceEnableFlags, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceLoggerHandle, RegisterTraceGuidsW, UnregisterTraceGuids, RegQueryValueExW, RegEnumValueW, RegEnumKeyW, CryptGetHashParam, CryptAcquireContextW, CryptCreateHash, CryptDestroyHash, CryptReleaseContext, CryptHashData
crypt32.dll
CryptMsgGetParam, CryptMsgGetAndVerifySigner, CertFreeCertificateContext, CryptMsgClose, CryptUnprotectData, CryptProtectData, CertCloseStore, CertGetCertificateChain, CryptDecodeObject, CryptQueryObject, CertFreeCertificateChain, CryptHashPublicKeyInfo, CertVerifyCertificateChainPolicy
defmgr.dll
SetDefaultInfo
gdi32.dll
GetDeviceCaps
kernel32.dll
GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTime, GetWindowsDirectoryW, QueueUserWorkItem, UnregisterWait, RegisterWaitForSingleObject, OpenProcess, LockResource, FindResourceExW, SystemTimeToFileTime, DeleteTimerQueueTimer, WriteFile, CreateFileW, GetTempFileNameW, GetCurrentThreadId, CreateTimerQueueTimer, DeleteFileW, ReleaseActCtx, DeactivateActCtx, ActivateActCtx, CreateActCtxW, CreateTimerQueue, DeleteTimerQueueEx, WideCharToMultiByte, LocalFree, FileTimeToSystemTime, GetDateFormatW, GetTimeFormatW, DeleteCriticalSection, GetTempPathW, CreateEventW, CreateFileMappingW, MapViewOfFile, CreateMutexW, DuplicateHandle, CreateThread, ReleaseMutex, UnmapViewOfFile, GetVersionExW, GetUserGeoID, GetGeoInfoW, DosDateTimeToFileTime, LocalFileTimeToFileTime, SetFileTime, Sleep, SetEvent, WaitForSingleObject, GetProcessHeap, HeapSetInformation, GetCommandLineW, CloseHandle, LoadLibraryExW, FindResourceW, LoadResource, SizeofResource, ReadFile, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, MultiByteToWideChar, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryW, FlushFileBuffers, CreateFileA, WriteConsoleW, GetConsoleOutputCP, WriteConsoleA, SetStdHandle, GetUserDefaultLCID, GetStringTypeW, GetStringTypeA, LCMapStringA, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, lstrcmpA, LocalAlloc, GetModuleFileNameW, lstrcmpiW, GetModuleHandleW, GetProcAddress, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, SetFileAttributesW, CreateProcessW, GetLastError, InitializeCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, RaiseException, lstrlenW, HeapDestroy, HeapAlloc, HeapFree, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, GetStartupInfoW, VirtualProtect, VirtualAlloc, GetSystemInfo, VirtualQuery, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, ExitProcess, GetStdHandle, GetModuleFileNameA, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStringsW, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, GetStartupInfoA, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, SetLastError, HeapCreate, VirtualFree, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, RtlUnwind, GetModuleHandleA, GetCPInfo, GetACP, GetOEMCP, IsValidCodePage, LCMapStringW, LoadLibraryA, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, GetLocaleInfoA, SetFilePointer
ole32.dll
CoCreateFreeThreadedMarshaler, CoCreateGuid, CoDisconnectObject, CoInitialize, CoResumeClassObjects, CLSIDFromString, StringFromGUID2, CoRegisterClassObject, CoRevokeClassObject, CoSuspendClassObjects, CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize, CoFreeUnusedLibrariesEx, CoTaskMemFree, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoCreateInstance
shell32.dll
SHCreateDirectoryExW, SHGetFolderPathW, ShellExecuteW
shlwapi.dll
PathFindFileNameW, StrRChrW, PathRemoveFileSpecW
user32.dll
TranslateMessage, CharLowerBuffW, DispatchMessageW, CharNextW, GetDC, ReleaseDC, SystemParametersInfoW, CharUpperW, PostThreadMessageW, GetMessageW
wininet.dll
InternetOpenW, InternetConnectW, InternetCloseHandle, HttpOpenRequestW, HttpSendRequestW

BingBar.exe

Bing Bar by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove BingBar.exe
Version:   7.1.361.0
MD5:   e49ac994eb17111e5d324831d1cfc6f4
SHA1:   deed24361bc30503b9b3b5ac423b62e4f300e84b
SHA256:   97a6b47183dac038e360a5af019af014f948076420ce4d288397172a43e5429d

What is BingBar.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 BingBar.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:BingBar.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation.
Product name:Bing Bar
Description:Bing Client Extensions
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\microsoft\bingbar\bingbar.exe
Original name:BingExt.dll
File version:7.1.361.0
Size:415.27 KB (425,240 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:Monday, July 19, 2010
Expiration date:Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details
Network connections
  • [UDP] listens on port 63640

  • ResourcesResource utilization

    (Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
    Averages
     
    CPU
    Total CPU:0.00998316%
    0.028634%
    Kernel CPU:0.00014743%
    0.013761%
    User CPU:0.00983573%
    0.014873%
    Kernel CPU time:1,014 ms/min
    100,923,805ms/min
    Context switches:26/sec
    284/sec
    Memory
    Private memory:33.98 MB
    21.59 MB
    Private (maximum):40.96 MB
    Private (minimum):29.2 MB
    Non-paged memory:33.98 MB
    21.59 MB
    Virtual memory:144.41 MB
    140.96 MB
    Virtual memory (peak):146 MB
    169.69 MB
    Working set:29.21 MB
    18.61 MB
    Working set (peak):41.34 MB
    37.95 MB
    Resource allocations
    Threads:34
    12
    Handles:419
    600
    GUI GDI count:9
    103
    GUI GDI peak:10
    142
    GUI USER count:51
    49
    GUI USER peak:55
    71

    BehaviorsProcess properties

    Integrety level:Medium
    Platform:64-bit
    Command line:"C:\Program Files\microsoft\bingbar\7.1.361.0\bingbar.exe" -embedding
    Owner:User
    Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

    ResourcesThreads

    Averages
     
    BingBar.exe (main module)
    Total CPU:0.00476591%
    0.272967%
    Kernel CPU:0.00151388%
    0.107585%
    User CPU:0.00325204%
    0.165382%
    CPU cycles:111,577/sec
    5,741,424/sec
    Context switches:1/sec
    79/sec
    Memory:428 KB
    1.16 MB
    wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft)
    Total CPU:0.00064498%
    Kernel CPU:0.00064498%
    User CPU:0.00000000%
    CPU cycles:23,316/sec
    Memory:252 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
    Windows 7 Home Premium 100.00%

    Distribution by countryDistribution by country

    United States installs about 50.00% of Bing Bar.

    OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

    PC Manufacturerdistribution
    GIGABYTE 50.00%
    Hewlett-Packard 50.00%
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