companioncore.dll
Windows Live Messenger Companion by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 15.4.3508.1109 |
| MD5: | 47bdbce3e2d819b17ab9fa4539b9df71 |
| SHA1: | a8af89237c0d0b6e85018efe104f9149a2ae5c30 |
| SHA256: | 9447e6a6242f03c707612f0e6b897c620edb3f98f1992a5624b98a5706cdd07b |
What is companioncore.dll?
Windows Live Messenger (formerly named MSN Messenger) is an instant messaging client part of Microsoft's Windows Live. Windows Live Messenger uses the Microsoft Notification Protocol (MSNP) over TCP (and optionally over HTTP to deal with proxies) to connect to Microsoft Messenger service.
Overview
companioncore.dll is loaded as dynamic link library that runs in the context of Internet Explorer. It is installed in Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object (BHO) which has full acess to the web browser's behaviors and content. It is installed with a couple of know programs including Windows Live Messenger Companion Core published by Microsoft Corporation, Windows Live Essentials from Microsoft Corporation and Windows Live Essentials by Microsoft Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.
Details
| File name: | companioncore.dll |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Live Messenger Companion |
| Description: | Windows Live Messenger Companion Core |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\windows live\companion\companioncore.dll |
| File version: | 15.4.3508.1109 |
| Size: | 384.38 KB (393,600 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Windows Live Messenger Companion was an add-in for Windows Internet Explorer that detects when a user is on a website that one of their friends has shared content from and surfaces that update so that the user can instantly view what their friends have shared and leave a comment to the shared content on Windows Live. The service utilizes Windows Live ID and integrates tightly with Windows Live Messenger to obtain the user's contact list...
Windows Live Essentials is a suite of freeware applications by Microsoft that aims to offer integrated and bundled e-mail, instant messaging, photo-sharing, blog publishing, and security services. Essentials programs are designed to integrate well with each other, with Microsoft Windows, and with other Microsoft web-based services such as SkyDrive and Outlook.com, so that they operate as a seamless whole.
Windows Live "is a way to extend the Windows user experience". Windows Vista provides a link in its user interface to download Windows Live Messenger, and Windows 7 saw the removal of applications such as Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker and replaced with the Windows Essentials suite, a software package that allows the downloading and installation of similar offerings from Windows Live. Windows Live offers int...
Behaviors
Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects'
- BHO CLSID: {9FDDE16B-836F-4806-AB1F-1455CBEFF289}
Internet Explorer extensions
- CLSID: {0000036B-C524-4050-81A0-243669A86B9F}
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
44.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
18.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
5.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
4.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium N |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 43.50% of Windows Live Messenger Companion.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
21.51% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.79% |
|
| Toshiba |
17.20% |
|
| Sony |
13.62% |
|
| Acer |
9.68% |
|
| ASUS |
6.45% |
|
| Samsung |
2.15% |
|
| NEC |
1.43% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.43% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.43% |
|
| Lenovo |
1.43% |
|
| Medion |
1.43% |
|
| Sahara |
0.72% |
|
| Packard Bell |
0.72% |
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