msnmsgr.exe
Windows Live Messenger by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 14.0.8089.0726 |
| MD5: | d39da5b7139b4b5147b3c6a94978b5aa |
| SHA1: | f656920a715b0fb3990c71c7c9993277edd4fa6f |
| SHA256: | 7c1d918c9a4768c8776f02fac61f7252bcd1055bd4bc741a432a1d703514103e |
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
Overview
msnmsgr.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. It is installed with a couple of know programs including Windows Live Essentials published by Microsoft Corporation, Windows Live Essentials from Microsoft Corporation and Windows Live Essentials by Microsoft Corporation.
Details
| File name: | msnmsgr.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Live Messenger |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\windows live\messenger\msnmsgr.exe |
| File version: | 14.0.8089.0726 |
| Size: | 3.7 MB (3,883,856 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Expiration date: | Monday, March 7, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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 Messenger is an instant messaging client connects to Microsoft Messenger service. Microsoft announced that Windows Live Messenger will be retired in favor of Skype. Windows Live Messenger's album viewer is based on Windows Photo Gallery and provides users a photo viewing experience for photo albums shared via SkyDrive and Facebook.
Behaviors
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'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00123402% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00060351% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00063051% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 879 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 17,990/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 16.95 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 15.71 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.38 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 16.95 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 163.39 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 209.82 MB | |
| Working set: | 6.25 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 31.6 MB | |
| Page faults: | 24,999/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 15.53 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 152 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 3/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 19 | |
| Handles: | 588 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 73 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 98 | |
| GUI USER count: | 71 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 84 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| msnmsgr.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00172968% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00107968% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00065000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 27,791/sec | |
| Memory: | 3.72 MB | |
| MSVCR90.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00052823% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00047541% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00005282% | |
| CPU cycles: | 9,755/sec | |
| Memory: | 652 KB | |
| MSVCR80.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00036973% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00031691% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00005282% | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,674/sec | |
| Memory: | 620 KB | |
| uccapi.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004703% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003232% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001471% | |
| CPU cycles: | 105/sec | |
| Memory: | 4.62 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
49.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
18.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
3.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
1.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8 |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Vista™ Home Premium |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 24.87% of Windows Live Messenger.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
14.84% |
|
| Dell |
12.50% |
|
| ASUS |
10.94% |
|
| Acer |
10.16% |
|
| Gateway |
9.38% |
|
| Toshiba |
7.81% |
|
| American Megatrends |
7.81% |
|
| Sony |
7.81% |
|
| Intel |
6.25% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
4.69% |
|
| Samsung |
3.13% |
|
| Lenovo |
1.56% |
|
| MSI |
1.56% |
|
| Sahara |
1.56% |
|
