bingsurrogate.exe
Bing Bar by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
Overview
There are 4 versions of bingsurrogate.exe in the wild, the latest version being 7.3.117.0. bingsurrogate.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 138.7 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0021% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 2.12 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 5.2 MB and typical read I/O operations are around 70 Bytes per minute.
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 ”
 Details
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| 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 |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Monday, October 10, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
All file variations of bingsurrogate.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
81.25% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
12.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
6.25% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 62.50% of Bing Bar.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
46.15% |
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| Acer |
30.77% |
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| GIGABYTE |
15.38% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
7.69% |
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