Estimated safety rating

gamebar.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers many of the "possible danger" flags described in this document. It is yet unknown if gamebar.exe is a virus or an ok program that doesn't cause harm the PC. Please be careful with it.

Executable file path

The default name and path where the application is stored is
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_5.521.3093.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\GameBar.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is 89336290c78e470c4562a569ac916637.

Is running as a service

This program is NOT registered as a Windows service. This is very good.

Accesses the internet

This application uses the net to communicate. Today this is expected from a program. For example, most of the apps on your PC check for new updates. For this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 64 bit executable file

This is a x64 executable. It uses the full capacity of nowadays' computer processors.

File description

The description written in the program is Xbox Game Bar.

File version

File version extracted from the file 5.521.03093.0.

Manufacturer

Company Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright

Legal copyright Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..

Has valid windows

This file does NOT have visible elements of user interface. This is most likely a bad thing.

Digitally signed

A digital certificate is missing from this program. The maker did not sign it. This is probably bad.

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have a removal routine set up in registry.