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

VersionsAdditional versions

1.3.470.0 2.16%
1.3.363.0 0.43%
1.3.347.0 1.73%
1.3.341.0 0.43%
1.3.340.0 0.43%
1.3.328.0 0.43%
1.3.322.0 0.43%
1.3.309.0 0.87%
1.3.174.0 4.76%
1.3.171.0 12.12%
1.3.167.0 8.23%
1.2.126.0 7.36%
1.2.118.0 0.43%
1.2.115.0 3.03%
1.2.113.0 5.63%
1.1.166.0 12.99%
1.1.165.0 22.94%
1.0.45.0 15.58%

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advapi32.dll
RegSetValueExW, RegCloseKey, RegQueryValueExW, RegDeleteValueW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegEnumKeyExW, DeregisterEventSource, ReportEventW, RegisterEventSourceW, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, SetServiceStatus, CloseServiceHandle, OpenServiceW, OpenSCManagerW, RegDeleteKeyW, GetSecurityDescriptorLength, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerW, ControlService, DeleteService, CreateServiceW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegOpenKeyExW
crypt32.dll
CryptQueryObject, CryptMsgGetParam, CertFindCertificateInStore, CertGetCertificateChain, CertVerifyCertificateChainPolicy, CertFreeCertificateChain, CertFreeCertificateContext, CertCloseStore, CryptMsgClose, CertGetNameStringW
kernel32.dll
MoveFileW, VirtualQuery, RaiseException, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, lstrcmpiW, Sleep, CreateThread, GetCurrentThreadId, InterlockedDecrement, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryExW, LocalFree, GetCommandLineW, CreateTimerQueueTimer, OpenEventW, HeapDestroy, HeapAlloc, HeapFree, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, GetProcessHeap, SetEndOfFile, LCMapStringW, LoadLibraryW, FileTimeToSystemTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, GlobalFree, SetFileAttributesW, DeleteFileW, GetTempPathW, GetTempFileNameW, CopyFileW, CreateProcessW, GetCurrentProcess, QueryFullProcessImageNameW, MultiByteToWideChar, CreateFileA, DosDateTimeToFileTime, LocalFileTimeToFileTime, SetFileTime, SetFileAttributesA, CreateDirectoryA, CreateFileW, WriteFile, GetModuleFileNameW, WideCharToMultiByte, FindResourceExW, FindResourceW, LoadResource, GetCurrentProcessId, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetStringTypeW, WriteConsoleW, SetStdHandle, GetFileType, SetHandleCount, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, GetACP, GetCPInfo, FlushFileBuffers, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, SetLastError, InterlockedIncrement, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, GetStdHandle, ExitProcess, HeapCreate, TerminateProcess, IsDebuggerPresent, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetStartupInfoW, HeapSetInformation, DecodePointer, EncodePointer, SetFilePointer, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, ReadFile, RtlUnwind, LockResource, SizeofResource, lstrlenW, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetVersionExW, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, CreateEventW, WaitForSingleObject, CloseHandle, GetModuleHandleW, GetProcAddress, SetEvent, GetLastError
ole32.dll
CoInitialize, CoUninitialize, CoInitializeSecurity, CoTaskMemFree, CoInitializeEx, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoRevokeClassObject, CoRegisterClassObject, StringFromGUID2, CoResumeClassObjects, CoAddRefServerProcess, CoReleaseServerProcess, CoCreateInstance, CoTaskMemAlloc
psapi.dll
GetModuleFileNameExW
sensapi.dll
IsNetworkAlive
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathW
shlwapi.dll
UrlEscapeW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, StrCmpLogicalW
user32.dll
LoadStringW, PostThreadMessageW, GetMessageW, TranslateMessage, CharNextW, DispatchMessageW, MessageBoxW, CharUpperW
winhttp.dll
WinHttpReceiveResponse, WinHttpCrackUrl, WinHttpTimeFromSystemTime, WinHttpAddRequestHeaders, WinHttpQueryDataAvailable, WinHttpReadData, WinHttpCreateUrl, WinHttpGetProxyForUrl, WinHttpSetOption, WinHttpConnect, WinHttpOpenRequest, WinHttpSendRequest, WinHttpOpen, WinHttpSetStatusCallback, WinHttpCloseHandle, WinHttpQueryHeaders
wintrust.dll
WinVerifyTrust

BingDesktopUpdater.exe

Bing Desktop by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove BingDesktopUpdater.exe
Version:   1.2.126.0
MD5:   85d5e6ac46a2ae4672c1ac813ae45b95
SHA1:   c699bf835c4e5f38e18fdd9318c12c5ec56803c5
SHA256:   63830f980a0462bac335a1cd45ac7c65a681bebddc1dc62bb6e256a8e6d0aabf

What is BingDesktopUpdater.exe?

Bing Desktop is a gadget-like Windows program for Windows 7 that adds a search bar to Windows Desktop and changes the desktop background to that of Bing's image of the day. Bing Desktop updating service is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.

Overview

bingdesktopupdater.exe runs as a service under the name Bing Desktop Update service (BingDesktopUpdate) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Bing Desktop published by Microsoft Corporation, Bing Bureau from Microsoft Corporation and Bing Bureau by Microsoft Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

DetailsDetails

File name:bingdesktopupdater.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corp.
Product name:Bing Desktop
Description:Bing Desktop updating service
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\microsoft\bingdesktop\bingdesktopupdater.exe
File version:1.2.126.0
Size:164.64 KB (168,592 bytes)
Build date:4/10/2013 3:41 AM
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:Monday, October 10, 2011
Expiration date:Thursday, January 10, 2013
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
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ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Bing Desktop
 Microsoft Corporation
26% remove
“Bing Desktop marries the beauty of Bing’s daily homepage with a quick and convenient search interface so you don’t have to open our browser to start a search session or get the latest headlines. Every day, the Windows Desktop Background will automatically refresh to a high resolution version of the day’s home page, drawn from the images Bing uses around the world. Bing Desktop also provides a fast and simple route to get search results.”
Bing Bureau
 Microsoft Corporation
24% remove
Bing Bar is a browser extension toolbar for Internet Explorer, developed by Microsoft. Bing Bar was previously supported on Mozilla Firefox but Microsoft discontinued support. 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. The toolbar features "flyout" content windows, which enables users ...
Bing-Desktop
 Microsoft Corporation
21% remove
Bing Desktop is a program developed by Microsoft which allows users to search Bing from the desktop, and to set their desktop background to the Bing homepage image. Bing Desktop allows users to initiate a web search from the desktop, view news headlines, automatically set their background to the Bing homepage image, or choose a background from the previous nine background images.

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'BingDesktopUpdate' (Bing Desktop Update service)
  • BingDesktopUpdate
Network connections
  • [UDP] listens on port 61037

    • ResourcesResource utilization

    (Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
    Averages
     
    CPU
    Total CPU:0.00077649%
    0.028634%
    Kernel CPU:0.00039536%
    0.013761%
    User CPU:0.00038112%
    0.014873%
    Kernel CPU time:227 ms/min
    100,923,805ms/min
    CPU cycles:23,334/sec
    17,470,203/sec
    Context switches:6/sec
    284/sec
    Memory
    Private memory:3.34 MB
    21.59 MB
    Private (maximum):6.53 MB
    Private (minimum):3.7 MB
    Non-paged memory:3.34 MB
    21.59 MB
    Virtual memory:72.33 MB
    140.96 MB
    Virtual memory (peak):76.12 MB
    169.69 MB
    Working set:4.37 MB
    18.61 MB
    Working set (peak):7.34 MB
    37.95 MB
    Page faults:6,104/min
    2,039/min
    I/O
    I/O read transfer:20 Bytes/sec
    1.02 MB/min
    I/O read operations:1/sec
    343/min
    I/O write transfer:26 Bytes/sec
    274.99 KB/min
    I/O write operations:1/sec
    227/min
    I/O other transfer:55 Bytes/sec
    448.09 KB/min
    I/O other operations:3/sec
    1,671/min
    Resource allocations
    Threads:6
    12
    Handles:144
    600

    BehaviorsProcess properties

    Integrety level:System
    Platform:64-bit
    Command line:"C:\Program Files\microsoft\bingdesktop\bingdesktopupdater.exe"
    Owner:SYSTEM
    Windows Service
    Service name:BingDesktopUpdate
    Display name:Bing Desktop Update service
    Description:“Bing Desktop Update Service”
    Type:Win32OwnProcess
    Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

    ResourcesThreads

    Averages
     
    BingDesktopUpdater.exe (main module)
    Total CPU:0.00145219%
    0.272967%
    Kernel CPU:0.00141787%
    0.107585%
    User CPU:0.00003432%
    0.165382%
    CPU cycles:14,168/sec
    5,741,424/sec
    Memory:168 KB
    1.16 MB
    ntdll.dll
    Total CPU:0.00035300%
    Kernel CPU:0.00018250%
    User CPU:0.00017050%
    CPU cycles:37,048/sec
    Memory:1.66 MB
    winhttp.dll (Windows HTTP Services by Microsoft)
    Total CPU:0.00001313%
    Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
    User CPU:0.00001313%
    CPU cycles:317/sec
    Memory:384 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 42.50%
    Windows 8 Pro 12.00%
    Windows 7 Ultimate 8.00%
    Windows Vista Home Premium 8.00%
    Windows 7 Professional 7.50%
    Windows 8 7.00%
    Microsoft Windows XP 3.50%
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 3.00%
    Windows 8.1 2.00%
    Windows 7 Home Basic 2.00%
    Windows 8.1 Pro 1.00%
    Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 1.00%
    Windows 7 Starter 1.00%
    Windows Vista Ultimate 0.50%
    Windows 8 Enterprise 0.50%
    Windows Vista Home Basic 0.50%

    Distribution by countryDistribution by country

    United States installs about 61.81% of Bing Desktop.

    OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

    PC Manufacturerdistribution
    Hewlett-Packard 23.15%
    Dell 16.75%
    Toshiba 12.81%
    ASUS 11.82%
    Acer 10.84%
    Sony 9.85%
    Lenovo 4.93%
    Intel 4.93%
    GIGABYTE 3.94%
    Medion 0.99%
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