companionuser.exe

Windows Live Messenger Companion by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove companionuser.exe
Version:   15.4.3502.0922
MD5:   71fd68bbad3a878a604241299028a572
SHA1:   9f60dd0099b0f294f228fa96930a86e88437e3de
SHA256:   3935a9c140fdbf741e76074c4d2acf9b12d8902e819c967ffdec0f287d42db44

Overview

companionuser.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Windows Live Essentials published by Microsoft Corporation, Podstawowe programy Windows Live from Microsoft Corporation and Podstawowe programy Windows Live by Microsoft Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

DetailsDetails

File name:companionuser.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Windows Live Messenger Companion
Description:Windows Live Messenger Companion User Elevation Helper
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\windows live\companion\companionuser.exe
File version:15.4.3502.0922
Size:53.38 KB (54,656 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:Monday, December 7, 2009
Expiration date:Monday, March 7, 2011
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Microsoft Corporation
10% remove
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.
Microsoft Corporation
8% remove
Windows Live is the former collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft; part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require installation. There are three ways in which Windows Live services are offered: Windows Essentials applications, web services, and mobile servi...
Microsoft Corporation
9% remove
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...

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00010976%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00002699%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00008277%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:16 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:32,690/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.49 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):4.91 MB
Private (minimum):4.86 MB
Non-paged memory:1.49 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:61.68 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):63.18 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:4.87 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):4.94 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,493/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:25 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:31 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:3/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:4
12
Handles:88
600
GUI GDI count:4
103
GUI GDI peak:4
142
GUI USER count:1
49
GUI USER peak:2
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\windows live\companion\companionuser.exe" -embedding
Owner:User
Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 50.00%
Windows 7 Home Premium 50.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

Australia installs about 100.00% of Windows Live Messenger Companion.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Toshiba 66.67%
Hewlett-Packard 33.33%
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