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What is ybrwicon.exe? Yahoo! Browser?

Vendor:      Yahoo!
Product:     Yahoo!
Vendor Website:      http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/sbc/browser/
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.

Purpose: ybrwicon.exe is part of the Yahoo Browser, shows a tray icon. This is a non-essential process.

ybrwicon.exe uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.


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ybrwicon.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: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 0 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
ybrwicon.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x2ef423cb1782744666c3a9b827c7aa9c 5/9/2015 10:41:00 PM Unknown 2006, 7, 21, 1 Yahoo! Browser 126 KB
2 Status 0x842c7b3e4bb7b7ebf0db9f60ab08ce3e 2/1/2012 11:16:00 AM Unknown 2003, 12, 9, 1 Yahoo! Browser 56 KB
3 Status 0xda6bc165d222c0bcd9ef9ab33e360c4e 1/20/2012 1:07:00 AM Unknown 2003, 7, 11, 1 Yahoo! Browser 56 KB
4 Status 0xd1b9463895382c6bb5cf81f657424c8f 11/21/2009 10:01:00 AM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 126 KB
5 Status 0x4ac3ac8dc701bdf7c32d6192503679f6 9/10/2009 8:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 56 KB
6 Status 0x1e721b75d5f8da9cd8ea4591b52e3ac6 9/4/2009 7:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 326 KB
7 Status 0x78eefb857d48ca0c77ba8277deb5d81d 8/11/2009 1:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 146 KB
8 Status 0x67d05ded896acd16e9a810225912ea77 7/9/2009 3:00:00 AM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 126 KB
9 Status 0x2ad8086027e363fbb8c77c9f83df3b26 6/5/2009 8:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 76 KB
10 Status 0x60867cdab8c6f32e25cb94ab0e5f05f8 5/30/2009 5:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 146 KB
11 Status 0xbd74622bccc5aab8e867d7afa8dfa705 4/6/2009 3:52:00 AM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 143 KB
12 Status 0x8ce1fec9d0fb8655e03122f971ece7b2 2/17/2009 6:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 143 KB
13 Status 0xa12be5584b9fdf64d4c99b81f15cd2b9 2/5/2009 9:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 143 KB
14 Status 0xc00997b9d5cde7d64800ba1ffeeb0420 1/29/2009 8:48:00 PM Unknown 2006, 7, 21, 1 Yahoo! Browser 126 KB
15 Status 0x7ee7260774f2bb0ced910dbfdb806336 1/21/2009 3:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 56 KB
16 Status 0xed5d5a1e183b23514cee39382c607448 1/7/2009 6:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 126 KB
17 Status 0x3158f059b2a6dbcec5e247db41515b10 12/2/2008 5:53:00 AM Unknown 2006, 7, 21, 1 Yahoo! Browser 126 KB
18 Status 0xd1152818ef1cec35ac0271dcc0ba7c1b 9/16/2008 10:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 134 KB
19 Status 0x8951fbcdab363f9f0d97503e4d3cc190 6/8/2008 7:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 126 KB
20 Status 0xeba5854ad40d400809c779649411fd0c 4/16/2008 10:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 126 KB
21 Status 0x4d84076a6141b51df08c2864a79d80a3 4/13/2008 4:26:00 PM Unknown 2006, 7, 21, 1 Yahoo! Browser 126 KB
22 Status 0x0f99ffefb4d6da617d76fbdcdbd29cbf 4/12/2008 3:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 126 KB
23 Status 0x6f79cb3b8232b630c302f14d0d05b02c 3/31/2008 12:10:00 AM Unknown Unknown Yahoo! Browser 453 KB
24 Status 0xa5a01aeecb0c6b5b468b4abf3a0f2655 12/31/2007 Unknown 2006, 7, 21, 1 Yahoo! Browser 450 KB
25 Status 0x0bd0584cd2e7c9ae78d0f4d15b757380 12/31/2007 Unknown 2006, 7, 21, 1 Yahoo! Browser 458 KB


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