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What is mswinext.exe? MSN Toolbar?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/toolbar/
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.
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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: mswinext.exe is part of the MSN Toolbar, as far as I know. Go to Control Panel /Programs and see if the MSN Toolbar is installed. If so, remove it.

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


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mswinext.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: 0.57%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 44 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
mswinext.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x04029b1659102e2eacc0a138b8966e29 5/20/2021 9:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 234 KB
2 Status 0x3723bee455a04038b039a712115c4cf7 7/27/2019 2:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 237 KB
3 Status 0x93dfb6e6a81349df184b4ad37ec8cd92 9/28/2018 9:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 0 KB
4 Status 0x4c82939331997ff620eb4c377d861309 6/19/2018 5:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 267 KB
5 Status 0x99721f1129bd7c594cbc722992d06d0d 5/7/2018 6:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 235 KB
6 Status 0xada275ba873724e6c67b9287d883473e 3/1/2018 1:44:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 234 KB
7 Status 0xa8cf4d0fc5ef2d5e4237b28bbb0966e6 12/14/2017 4:10:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 267 KB
8 Status 0xa56f6f12e6cd44fa43b17c7b27fefac7 6/12/2017 9:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 237 KB
9 Status 0xa8d49c8b593789b6aac5f98a45df4566 4/5/2017 8:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 235 KB
10 Status 0xc4d71a917d9219c5ac69d9ff0bbab7c8 9/22/2015 7:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 235 KB
11 Status 0x0d58d58bad26c6c74840f1bab18d070b 3/22/2015 9:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 234 KB
12 Status 0x1846fcc3b3640682c5eac1b1a42f10f3 10/16/2014 5:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 237 KB
13 Status 0x8ce40f2502848ac95354a46107b792a2 9/21/2014 9:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 237 KB
14 Status 0x6bb89e57cecc39566a215571b6741350 1/31/2012 1:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 267 KB
15 Status 0xe91cf7b4297853be6f2bd945bf7043b8 1/20/2012 6:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 267 KB
16 Status 0xf4d521105622655e03bfe5609fbc6a12 1/15/2012 11:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 267 KB
17 Status 0x5d6cea82109b400ce6cb736bd3b2185d 9/13/2011 4:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 267 KB
18 Status 0x4d846f26353f4f91060d78040f1f1e4d 8/31/2011 3:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 235 KB
19 Status 0xb3fbd7b4cd7a1087ba3367149dd8500a 8/28/2011 7:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 235 KB
20 Status 0x5cefdf4cf4b6957316a7384b17a491eb 8/23/2011 7:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 237 KB
21 Status 0x59ec5b28a9f76b99c9e255c383b64d99 8/15/2011 11:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 237 KB
22 Status 0x2e38338772f4936796f4cc0b4d092adb 8/9/2011 2:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 237 KB
23 Status 0xfb4c2a7ff1b6f78395760319b8cd48f2 8/6/2011 4:06:00 AM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 233 KB
24 Status 0xc8374cf3638773516bc44b98490e3caa 7/21/2011 4:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 237 KB
25 Status 0x93f3e290c4ae854680e1f2b72110dd46 7/18/2011 7:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown MSN Toolbar 261 KB


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