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What is bingapp.exe? Bing Bar?

Vendor:      Microsoft Corporation
Product:     Bing Bar
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data
Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

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Purpose: Not Required software - recommend uninstalling - Bing Bar (formerly MSN Toolbar)[1] is a browser extension toolbar for Internet Explorer, developed by Microsoft. Bing Bar replaced Windows Live Toolbar in Windows Live Essentials 2011 ("Wave 4") announced on June 23, 2010.[2] Bing Bar was previously supported on Mozilla Firefox but Microsoft discontinued support.[3]

bingapp.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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bingapp.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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bingapp.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.45%
Average CPU use for this program: null%
Average RAM for this program: null MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
bingapp.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x29bb23844467f34dabda8a56c2594e14 6/4/2012 6:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown Bing Bar 325 KB
2 Status 0x6db2174cae7eb19520c8596d3cc976d0 2/7/2012 6:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Bing Bar 0 KB
3 Status 0xbd32afdb18954a1fd4411369d1a6af3e 2/6/2012 12:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown Bing Bar 0 KB
4 Status 0xba8b29a77eaad36fb736a3eae47437cd 2/4/2012 11:46:00 AM Unknown Unknown Bing Bar 253 KB
5 Status 0x50a5122589eefcde0c90a0999b09dd8e 2/3/2012 5:52:00 AM Unknown Unknown Bing Bar 254 KB
6 Status 0x16ccb2a1b69b35e7debd3284ff64c5b4 1/29/2012 10:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown Bing Bar 0 KB
7 Status 0x86b4254dcf086c28526bdbe81c8c15ab 1/29/2012 9:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Bing Bar 0 KB
8 Status 0x9eb6b907e3a45836d7e9644a83f77cbb 1/29/2012 2:00:00 AM Unknown Unknown Bing Bar 0 KB


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