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What is msn_sl.exe? MSN Search Toolbar?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/
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.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: msn_sl.exe is part of the MSN Search Toolbar.

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


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msn_sl.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 7 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
msn_sl.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x83cfd22ecd394effb106a0082876b26e 7/15/2018 7:38:00 PM Unknown 03.01.0000.0130 MSN Search Toolbar 131 KB
2 Status 0x760fb89a84fb370fc760803ec59419e8 4/12/2016 10:26:00 PM Unknown 03.01.0000.0068 MSN Search Toolbar 137 KB
3 Status 0xd401a9310286dd6a9954d6b3e3eccfd6 4/15/2015 7:25:00 PM Unknown 03.01.0000.0146 MSN Search Toolbar 140 KB
4 Status 0xa5537d7b8bbc1dfb323c2bdce744ea94 3/22/2011 12:49:00 PM Unknown 02.05.0001.1119 MSN Search Toolbar 93 KB
5 Status 0x16ecd53a40a062ea634d49bf0abc03a4 10/30/2010 6:20:00 PM Unknown 03.00.0000.1615 MSN Search Toolbar 130 KB
6 Status 0x1eda1ba3053fdfb77cf42255ab505ec6 5/5/2010 8:30:00 PM Unknown 03.01.0000.0072 MSN Search Toolbar 137 KB
7 Status 0x459c475aec4907b312bafc23ffe34b27 8/18/2009 2:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Search Toolbar 150 KB
8 Status 0x64b7ef72114b7f6f0d3655332f664724 8/4/2009 6:48:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Search Toolbar 93 KB
9 Status 0xa006ccf1bbf79a1abfd051d40e8e8820 7/16/2009 10:55:00 PM Unknown 03.00.0001.2038 MSN Search Toolbar 137 KB
10 Status 0xada4e7f3fb529a8a6ef26afb811e85e5 7/8/2009 1:05:00 PM Unknown 02.06.0000.2057 MSN Search Toolbar 54 KB
11 Status 0xaa7fdfb2db51fc22d13cd872d65ff7e2 5/12/2009 7:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Search Toolbar 199 KB
12 Status 0xe6c0eeb2bafcfd748085cba28c55cc76 2/20/2009 7:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Search Toolbar 88 KB
13 Status 0x3208777361fd6060aadb400753506703 1/10/2009 5:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Search Toolbar 212 KB
14 Status 0xe2ee7053ce89eb7125cbf90bb89ce404 1/6/2009 2:35:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Search Toolbar 122 KB
15 Status 0x993874f0ca91496656a8e6f7639bad91 12/6/2008 3:35:00 PM Unknown 02.05.0000.1082 MSN Search Toolbar 93 KB
16 Status 0x88f244d2b76cd1920da7900600a0629a 9/8/2008 9:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Search Toolbar 311 KB
17 Status 0x5025158801378c7608a02333287a93e6 8/21/2008 3:46:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Search Toolbar 140 KB
18 Status 0x524a556eed7d67416bc5d7acc06764f6 8/10/2008 5:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Search Toolbar 137 KB
19 Status 0xa6254e852c49286870b31ee4f48b2f36 7/29/2008 4:09:00 PM Unknown 02.00.0001.1203 MSN Search Toolbar 88 KB
20 Status 0x4d3909937cb933ef05f7c73b7c696dea 3/29/2008 10:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Search Toolbar 313 KB
21 Status 0xd700043af898cdea188fd6d1622e4c77 12/31/2007 Unknown 03.01.0000.0146 MSN Search Toolbar 313 KB
22 Status 0x1613c948fdf78dce308ef46b9a4f7191 12/31/2007 Unknown 02.01.0000.2214 MSN Search Toolbar 92 KB


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