wltcore.dll
Windows Live Toolbar by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 14.0.8117.0416 |
| MD5: | 4a3ae89071321b4e4337df5e63e946a7 |
| SHA1: | 22aa7bcb32b7ba1c775020f50cdd6a511ea8347a |
| SHA256: | a2478453790eb3942171d86ff2e331284c177af4810ec9afe526539ca0eafd8c |
What is wltcore.dll?
Windows Live Toolbar was an browser extension toolbar for Internet Explorer. Windows Live Toolbar provided a simple search interface that starts to list results as the user types in a search query, and uses Bing as its search engine. The toolbar also allows users to synchronize their Internet Explorer favorites across multiple computers, and provides an interface to Windows Live and MSN services.
Overview
wltcore.dll is loaded as dynamic link library that runs in the context of Internet Explorer. It is installed in Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object (BHO) which has full acess to the web browser's behaviors and content. 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: | wltcore.dll |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Live Toolbar |
| Description: | Windows Live Toolbar Core |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\windows live\toolbar\wltcore.dll |
| Original name: | wltcore.dll.mui |
| File version: | 14.0.8117.0416 |
| Size: | 1.02 MB (1,067,872 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Sunday, July 12, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, July 3, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .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 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 "is a way to extend the Windows user experience". Windows Vista provides a link in its user interface to download Windows Live Messenger, and Windows 7 saw the removal of applications such as Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker and replaced with the Windows Essentials suite, a software package that allows the downloading and installation of similar offerings from Windows Live. Windows Live offers int...
Behaviors
Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects'
- BHO CLSID: {E15A8DC0-8516-42A1-81EA-DC94EC1ACF10}
Internet Explorer toolbars
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar'
- CLSID: {21FA44EF-376D-4D53-9B0F-8A89D3229068}
Internet Explorer web browsers
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser'
- CLSID: {21FA44EF-376D-4D53-9B0F-8A89D3229068}
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
57.75% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
19.72% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
5.63% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
4.23% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.23% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
4.23% |
|
| Windows 8 Release Preview |
2.82% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.41% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 47.89% of Windows Live Toolbar.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
32.79% |
|
| Intel |
19.67% |
|
| Dell |
13.11% |
|
| Gateway |
9.84% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
8.20% |
|
| ASUS |
6.56% |
|
| Acer |
4.92% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
4.92% |
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