Estimated safety rating

yahoowidgets.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers many of the "probable danger" flags described in this document. It is yet unknown if yahoowidgets.exe is a virus or not that doesn't cause harm the PC. We advise you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

Usually, this application is located in C:\program files (x86)\Yahoo!\Widgets\yahoowidgets.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this program is e98ea7471918e1987075815dc4c61001.

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 quite normal. 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 power of current PC chips. This is quite normal because the makers did not bother to upgrade it to 64-bit code.

File description

The description extracted from the exe is Yahoo! Widgets.

File version

File version stored as a property 4.5.2.

Manufacturer

Publisher Yahoo! Inc..

Copyright

Legal copyright Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Yahoo! Inc..

Has valid windows

yahoowidgets.exe appears to have a visible user interface. This means it doesn't operate in some kind of invisible mode. Its activity is clearly shown to the user.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some dangerous functions of Windows have been used, such as functions for recording the keyboard. We advise you to read more about this program.

Digitally signed

yahoowidgets.exe is digitally signed. Nowadays the large majority of serious software applications are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is broken, which means it is most likely that the software application may be a virus and that somebody probably tampered with it after the signature was applied. Please be very careful regarding this!

Certifier name

Digital certificate name: Yahoo! Inc.

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA

Can be uninstalled

It has an uninstall string in registry, which is a good sign. si are uninstall.