YMailAdvisor.exe
Yahoo! Mail by Yahoo! Inc. (Signed)
Overview
ymailadvisor.exe has 2 known versions, the most recent one is 2009.5.8.1. ymailadvisor.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 146.3 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Yahoo! Inc. by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs Yahoo! Mail Advisor, Yahoo! Install Manager and Yahoo! Applications have been observed as installing specific variations of ymailadvisor.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0012% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 743.33 KB with the maximum memory reaching around 2.29 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 0 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
 Details
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| File name: | ymailadvisor.exe |
| Publisher: | Yahoo! Inc. |
| Product name: | Yahoo! Mail |
| Description: | Yahoo! Mail Advisor |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\yahoo!\common\ymailadvisor.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Yahoo! Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, August 10, 2006 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, September 3, 2009 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Yahoo! Mail.)
“The att.net Toolbar puts everything at your fingertips with quick and easy access to your favorite online sites and applications with just one click! It's always available right from your browser wind...”
This program notifies you when new messages arrive in your Yahoo mailbox.
Yahoo Install Manager manages Yahoo program downloads and installations. The install manager keeps track of such programs and assists in the installations to put things in their proper places.
Yahoo! Toolbar is a toolbar that installs on the Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers, within the context of internet access functions. It allows access to several functions, including Yahoo! Search...
“The most unique attribute of Yahoo! Browser Services is its ability to update and add new services on the fly without a browser restart or even reloading the page! As a user, this means no more instal...”
“Get Facebook, email, news, weather and more - right from your toolbar. Yahoo Search Protection is offered as an additional service when you install Yahoo Toolbar for Internet Explorer. It allows you t...”
“A Yahoo! Application (sometimes called an "app") is fun or useful software that can enhance your experience on Yahoo!. In many ways, you can think of an app as a website within Yahoo!'s website. What ...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of ymailadvisor.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'YMailAdvisor' → "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\YMailAdvisor.exe"
All file variations of ymailadvisor.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
60.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
20.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
10.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
10.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 60.00% of Yahoo! Mail.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
33.33% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
33.33% |
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| Toshiba |
33.33% |
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