Estimated safety rating

yahoo messenger.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers many of the "possible danger" criteria detailed bellow. It is not yet known if yahoo messenger.exe is a virus or not that doesn't cause harm your PC. Please be careful with this application.

Executable file path

This program is usually found on disk in C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\yahoomessenger\app-0.8.288\Yahoo Messenger.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is 3cdc5ddcbb762c7c8b07dc1d10661675.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

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

Is a 32 bit executable file

This executable runs as a 32-bit program. It does not exploit the entire power of modern computer processors. This is quite normal because the authors did not upgrade it to 64-bit code.

Has valid windows

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

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have a removal routine stored in registry.