Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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Wlidsvc.exe
Microsoft Windows Live ID by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 6.500.3146.0 |
| MD5: | e23a257a54fa12c2aef8ad51e6556357 |
| SHA1: | 1f22b47e048a13ca585a9ee54004ffa8547bc4e6 |
| SHA256: | 003c6bd755ae143f13aa633f286a974ae9644631b070db103b8574eede358b7e |
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 Corporation |
| Product name: | Microsoft® Windows Live ID |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows Live ID Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidsvc.exe |
| File version: | 6.500.3146.0 |
| Size: | 2.19 MB (2,297,216 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'wlidsvc' (Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant)
- wlidsvc
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00022633% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003479% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00019154% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 5,086 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 4.79 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 12.45 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 12.32 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 4.79 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 75.71 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 81.3 MB | |
| Working set: | 12.33 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 14.1 MB | |
| Page faults: | 5,511/min | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 8 | |
| Handles: | 254 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidsvc.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | wlidsvc |
| Display name: | Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant |
| Description: | “Enables Windows Live ID authentication.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
25.86% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
23.56% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
21.26% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
11.49% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
9.20% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
2.30% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
1.72% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.15% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.15% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.15% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.15% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 51.15% of Microsoft® Windows Live ID.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
30.33% |
|
| Dell |
19.67% |
|
| Toshiba |
13.11% |
|
| Acer |
9.84% |
|
| ASUS |
6.56% |
|
| Sony |
3.28% |
|
| Lenovo |
3.28% |
|
| MSI |
3.28% |
|
| Gateway |
3.28% |
|
| Samsung |
2.46% |
|
| Sahara |
1.64% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.64% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.64% |
|
