YahooMessenger.exe
Yahoo! Messenger by Yahoo! Inc. (Signed)
Overview
There are 12 versions of YahooMessenger.exe in the wild, the latest version being 11,5,0,0228. YahooMessenger.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 5.49 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Yahoo! Inc. by VeriSign. The programs Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo!7 Messenger and ShipEasy Platinum have been observed as installing specific variations of YahooMessenger.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 66.66 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 36.28 KB per minute for reads and 3.77 KB per minute for writes.
What is YahooMessenger.exe?
Yahoo! Messenger (YIM) is an ad-supported instant messaging client and protocol by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Messenger is provided free of charge and can be downloaded and used with a generic "Yahoo! ID" which also allows access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail, where users can be automatically notified when they receive new email.
About YahooMessenger.exe (from Yahoo! Inc.)
“Just sign into Yahoo! Mail to enjoy the same Yahoo! Messenger for the Web service you know and love. Yahoo! Messenger within Yahoo! Mail also allows you to chat with your Facebook and Windows Live fri”
 Details
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| File name: | YahooMessenger.exe |
| Publisher: | Yahoo! Inc. |
| Product name: | Yahoo! Messenger |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\messenger\yahoomessenger.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Yahoo! Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, August 12, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, September 2, 2012 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Yahoo! Messenger.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of YahooMessenger.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Yahoo! Pager' → "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe" -quiet
- 'Messenger (Yahoo!)' → "C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe" -quiet
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe'
Scheduled tasks
- The task '{FF8FDDAA-FA1C-4738-BB7B-E5395E714A5C}' runs on registration in the path '\{FF8FDDAA-FA1C-4738-BB7B-E5395E714A5C}'
- The job '{FEE0E7C4-2471-421A-B7F2-B7FCDE86041F}' runs on registration in the path '\{FEE0E7C4-2471-421A-B7F2-B7FCDE86041F}'
- The task '{FE9DD168-2242-4692-9518-F849B006B42E}' runs on registration in the path '\{FE9DD168-2242-4692-9518-F849B006B42E}'
- The job '{FE1C49CC-7C9E-41AB-8701-EB745F8F8B56}' runs on registration in the path '\{FE1C49CC-7C9E-41AB-8701-EB745F8F8B56}'
- The task '{FB9D3C00-9DBC-4D9A-81CF-524478AD3C0E}' runs on registration in the path '\{FB9D3C00-9DBC-4D9A-81CF-524478AD3C0E}'
- The task '{FA79B2F5-7E02-4809-8B35-37242B09F0D8}' runs on registration in the path '\{FA79B2F5-7E02-4809-8B35-37242B09F0D8}'
- The job '{F83786B3-255D-426C-8E5F-168388CB160D}' runs on registration in the path '\{F83786B3-255D-426C-8E5F-168388CB160D}'
- The task '{F029C03D-44A7-4F3C-816A-B58D7D9F118B}' runs on registration in the path '\{F029C03D-44A7-4F3C-816A-B58D7D9F118B}'
- The job '{E8178761-9854-4275-9D41-EDE6CF69B80D}' runs on registration in the path '\{E8178761-9854-4275-9D41-EDE6CF69B80D}'
- The job '{DD6C57E2-0A17-411F-A257-F27B425B1E2F}' runs on registration in the path '\{DD6C57E2-0A17-411F-A257-F27B425B1E2F}'
- The task '{DCD0C27A-7B98-4496-8BB0-54774348BE49}' runs on registration in the path '\{DCD0C27A-7B98-4496-8BB0-54774348BE49}'
- The job '{D4A77F9F-4019-4429-9E31-6B4663884D3E}' runs on registration in the path '\{D4A77F9F-4019-4429-9E31-6B4663884D3E}'
- The job '{D14D6992-E2DB-4701-8A81-95FA01C505D3}' runs on registration in the path '\{D14D6992-E2DB-4701-8A81-95FA01C505D3}'
- The task '{CE655DCC-E3B1-4DEA-BC23-E1FA4814A5F3}' runs on registration in the path '\{CE655DCC-E3B1-4DEA-BC23-E1FA4814A5F3}'
- The task '{CA6ABFEE-82B1-48B9-8C64-2AB8BF2FF498}' runs on registration in the path '\{CA6ABFEE-82B1-48B9-8C64-2AB8BF2FF498}'
- The job '{C6969615-5B0C-4F8D-84F3-AD11330140E6}' runs on registration in the path '\{C6969615-5B0C-4F8D-84F3-AD11330140E6}'
- The task '{BE61EF52-4612-49A3-9671-C4AF05E53DC7}' runs on registration in the path '\{BE61EF52-4612-49A3-9671-C4AF05E53DC7}'
- The job '{AD0A62EE-2740-442F-9BC9-FFBA94D282D0}' runs on registration in the path '\{AD0A62EE-2740-442F-9BC9-FFBA94D282D0}'
- The task '{A8F88BC7-0E3B-4FA2-84E9-E9989331C21B}' runs on registration in the path '\{A8F88BC7-0E3B-4FA2-84E9-E9989331C21B}'
- The job '{A471C0C4-3177-417F-8A98-F9F376A9B149}' runs on registration in the path '\{A471C0C4-3177-417F-8A98-F9F376A9B149}'
- The task '{A34D260B-18EE-403F-B589-12DA6124FAB7}' runs on registration in the path '\{A34D260B-18EE-403F-B589-12DA6124FAB7}'
- The task '{9CB61C15-ACD2-4FF6-9262-DDE56B2EF936}' runs on registration in the path '\{9CB61C15-ACD2-4FF6-9262-DDE56B2EF936}'
All file variations of YahooMessenger.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
43.50% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
21.25% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
17.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
5.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
3.25% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.75% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.75% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
0.75% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.75% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language Preview |
0.25% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.25% |
|
| Windows XP Professional |
0.25% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 52.54% of Yahoo! Messenger.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
45.27% |
|
| Dell |
23.56% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
9.93% |
|
| Acer |
4.85% |
|
| ASUS |
4.62% |
|
| American Megatrends |
3.23% |
|
| Intel |
2.77% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.85% |
|
| Lenovo |
1.39% |
|
| Sahara |
0.92% |
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| Sony |
0.92% |
|
| Compaq |
0.46% |
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| Samsung |
0.23% |
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