Estimated safety rating

messenger.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers many of the "probable danger" flags detailed bellow. It is yet unknown if messenger.exe is a virus or an ok program which doesn't cause harm the PC. Please be careful with it.

Executable file path

This program is normally stored on disk in C:\Program Files\Messenger for Desktop\Messenger.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this program is 2786edd5703ddeb2a72e8697a3c2d491.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This program uses the net to communicate. Today this is ok. For example, most of the apps on your computer check for new updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This app runs as a 32-bit program. It does not exploit the entire set of features of nowadays' PC processors. This ordinarily happens because the makers did not bother to upgrade it to 64-bit code.

Has valid windows

This task does NOT have visible windows. This is most likely a bad sign.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some dangerous features of the Operating System have been used, such as functions for recording the keyboard. We advise you to be very careful regarding this program.

Digitally signed

A digital signature is missing from this program. The publisher did not bother to sign it. This is usually bad.

Can be uninstalled

This application does NOT have an uninstall routine set up in registry.