Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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Wlidsvc.exe
Microsoft CoReXT by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 7.250.4226.0 |
| MD5: | 3396e5fdde8ec3b7299d86cfa8fd7001 |
| SHA1: | 36b66b5ee153eeb248bbad52f3cd36fd30ab016f |
What is Wlidsvc.exe?
Microsoft account (previously Windows Live ID) is a single sign-on web service developed and provided by Microsoft that allows users to log in to many websites using one account. Microsoft account allows users to sign in to websites that support this service using a single set of credentials. Users' credentials are not checked by Microsoft account-enabled websites, but by a Microsoft account authentication server.
About Wlidsvc.exe (from Microsoft Corporation)
“Windows Live ID (formerly known as Microsoft Passport) is a service that allows you to use a single e-mail address and password, referred to as credentials, to sign into most Microsoft sites and servi”
Details
| File name: | WLIDSVC.EXE |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corp. |
| Product name: | Microsoft® CoReXT |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows Live ID Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidsvc.exe |
| File version: | 7.250.4226.0 |
| Size: | 2.18 MB (2,286,976 bytes) |
| Build date: | 9/23/2010 12:37 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Monday, December 7, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, March 7, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.009591 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- wlidsvc
- 'wlidsvc' (Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009875% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00007066% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002808% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 156 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 255,981/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 7.26 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 15.63 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 15.52 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 7.26 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 85.54 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 88.04 MB | |
| Working set: | 15.58 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 15.63 MB | |
| Page faults: | 6,489/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 23 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 8 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 94 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 3/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 368 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidsvc.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wlidsvc |
| Display name: | wlidsvc |
| Description: | “Enables Windows Live ID authentication.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00014181% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00011357% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002824% | |
| CPU cycles: | 25,647/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| WLIDSVC.EXE (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00011296% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005648% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00005648% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,545/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.21 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
62.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
13.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
8.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
6.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
4.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
2.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 64.00% of Microsoft® CoReXT.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
25.87% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
24.13% |
|
| Toshiba |
11.89% |
|
| Sony |
11.89% |
|
| Acer |
11.89% |
|
| Lenovo |
6.29% |
|
| ASUS |
5.59% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.75% |
|
| Samsung |
0.70% |
|
