wlcomm.exe
Windows Live Communications Platform by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 14.0.8117.0416 |
| MD5: | 0350b13af3dce139abed6d9ee846c495 |
| SHA1: | cfb0e37380fbb57dc044dfc0ce5b9778f727a645 |
| SHA256: | c56c14570419a928f01a3d5a3c36dfaae3b8067de18ee40491650d333a5d8689 |
Overview
wlcomm.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, Installation Windows Live from Microsoft Corporation and Installation Windows Live by Microsoft Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.
Details
| File name: | wlcomm.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Live Communications Platform |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\windows live\contacts\wlcomm.exe |
| File version: | 14.0.8117.0416 |
| Size: | 25.86 KB (26,480 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Sunday, July 12, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, July 3, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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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...
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 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...”
Windows Live Messenger (Windows Live Communications Platform) is an instant messaging platform. 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—a service offered on port 1863.
Apache OpenOffice (AOO) is an open-source office productivity software suite containing word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, formula editor, and database management applications. OpenOffice's default file format is the OpenDocument Format (ODF), an ISO/IEC standard. It can also handle other file formats including those from Microsoft Office. OpenOffice runs on several operating systems. Although originally written in C++...
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 59692
[UDP] listens on port 4883
[UDP] listens on port 54220
[UDP] listens on port 1858
[UDP] listens on port 1107
[UDP] listens on port 50593
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01122239% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00521271% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00600968% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 8,238,361 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 434,836/sec | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 19.03 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 22.2 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 9.31 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 19.03 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 141.28 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 145.53 MB | |
| Working set: | 14.42 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 24.87 MB | |
| Page faults: | 157,648/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 81.81 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 55.23 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 391 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 34/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 12 | |
| Handles: | 423 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 10 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 8 | |
| GUI USER count: | 5 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 8 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| lmcdata.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.02405311% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01603541% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00801770% | |
| Memory: | 572 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.02081199% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00160092% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01921107% | |
| Memory: | 712 KB | |
| abssm.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00160674% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00160674% | |
| Memory: | 520 KB | |
| wlcomm.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00070294% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00065839% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004455% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,743/sec | |
| Memory: | 32 KB | |
| WININET.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00021132% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00021132% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 16,350/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.11 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
47.62% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
21.43% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
7.14% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.14% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.14% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
2.38% |
|
| Windows 8 |
2.38% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
2.38% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.38% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 26.19% of Windows Live Communications Platform.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
20.69% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.69% |
|
| ASUS |
13.79% |
|
| Acer |
13.79% |
|
| NEC |
6.90% |
|
| Sony |
6.90% |
|
| Dell |
6.90% |
|
| Samsung |
3.45% |
|
| American Megatrends |
3.45% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
3.45% |
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