msnmsgr.exe
Windows Live Messenger by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
Overview
msnmsgr.exe has 25 known versions, the most recent one is 16.4.3522.0110. msnmsgr.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 3.8 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Microsoft Corporation by the certification authority Microsoft Corporation. The programs Windows Live Essentials, Windows Live Messenger and OpenOffice.org 3.2 have been observed as installing specific variations of msnmsgr.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 44.91 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 160.74 KB per minute for reads and 7.45 KB per minute for writes.
What is msnmsgr.exe?
Windows Live Messenger (formerly named MSN Messenger) is an instant messaging client. 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
 Details
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| File name: | msnmsgr.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Live Messenger |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\windows live\messenger\msnmsgr.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Expiration date: | Monday, March 7, 2011 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Windows Live Messenger.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of msnmsgr.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'msnmsgr' → "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Programas\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe'
All file variations of msnmsgr.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
50.92% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
18.82% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
13.28% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.80% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
2.58% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
1.11% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
1.11% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
1.11% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
1.11% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.11% |
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| Windows 8 |
1.11% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.74% |
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| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.74% |
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| Windows Vista™ Home Premium |
0.37% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.37% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.37% |
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| Windows 8 Release Preview |
0.37% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 27.61% of Windows Live Messenger.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
27.71% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
12.65% |
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| Toshiba |
8.43% |
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| ASUS |
8.43% |
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| Acer |
7.83% |
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| Gateway |
7.23% |
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| American Megatrends |
6.02% |
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| Sony |
6.02% |
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| GIGABYTE |
4.82% |
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| Intel |
4.82% |
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| Samsung |
2.41% |
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| Lenovo |
1.20% |
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| MSI |
1.20% |
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| Sahara |
1.20% |
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