What is the "sidebar.exe" ? Variant 1126

Our database contains 848 different files for filename sidebar.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the sidebar.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name sidebar.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Windows Desktop Gadgets. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 5 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process sidebar.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Windows Desktop Gadgets
Version:: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
MD5:: 8fc6c4ee0a2d3ebaa70fa38f99141bce
SHA1:: b0d31701606d01cf4d01b87772cfc3ada77c09aa
SHA256:: 7a00880c69e596b6d867a918179703cabd8bef12465b81420f3ac327f509f039
Size:: 1475072
Directory:: %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar
Operating System:: Windows 7
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
avast! Antivirus	2016-09-05 21:48:15
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-05 08:04:42
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-09-04 21:00:21
Panda Free Antivirus	2016-09-04 00:06:23
Avira Antivirus	2016-09-01 12:44:14
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-08-30 13:06:53
Norton Internet Security	2016-08-29 01:56:11
360 Total Security	2016-08-28 22:32:45
Dr.Web Anti-virus	2016-08-28 19:51:35
AVG Internet Security	2016-08-25 13:58:22

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Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

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38% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Threat

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SAFErating from user alers for file %PROGFILES64%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
SAFErating from user craigun for file %PROGFILES64%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe (Variant: 502032)
Sidebar Gadget for System Mechanic 10 released 2011.
SAFErating from user betatester for file %PROGFILES64%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe (Variant: 502032)
this actually is a sidebar gadget for System Mechanic 10.0, 2010 edition.
SAFErating from user PIWAWT for file %PROGFILES64%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe (Variant: 22744)
Sidebar Windows 7 64bit
SAFErating from user YoKenny (Variant: 1126)
Part of Vista and Windows 7 Aero feature for the Sidebar

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Reviews for different files with filename "%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe"

SAFErating from user toster for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
SAFErating from user Jeikob for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
THREATrating from user Daniel Soria for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe (Variant: 502548)
The windows page said that the use of gadgets make yor syste in danger of haking. So they are no longer avaialables for download and execute.
SAFErating from user longina for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
SAFErating from user JaWW for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
SAFErating from user Uk piseth for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
SAFErating from user Littlebits for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe (Variant: 677672)
Windows Desktop Gadgets
SAFErating from user MickyBo for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe (Variant: 180140)
Windows 7 Sidebar Md5: ea6eadf6314e43783ba8eee79f93f73c
THREATrating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe (Variant: 46541)
Originally, this file implements the Windows Sidebar feature of Windows Desktop; it is found in the folder C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\. It is part of Windows "gadgets" and is associated with Windows Vista. In this MD5 version, this file was marked by some antiviruses as Trojan.Win32.Patched virus. Scan is recommended.
THREATrating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe (Variant: 36906)
In this MD5 version, this file was marked by some antiviruses as Trojan.Win32 virus. Remove it from Your computer. Scan is recommended. Check the MD5 hash and file location, there can more files with this name.
THREATrating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe (Variant: 30901)
Originally, this file is a common Windows Vista sidebar, more info can be found on http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/sidebar-gadgets.aspx In this MD5 version, the file was by some antiviruses marked as Trojan.Win32.Patched.gy virus. Scan is recommended.
THREATrating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe (Variant: 17749)
Originally, this file is a common Windows Vista sidebar, more info can be found on http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/sidebar-gadgets.aspx In this MD5 version, the file was by some antiviruses marked as Trojan.Win32.Patched.gy virus. Scan is recommended.
THREATrating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe (Variant: 9384)
Originally, this file implements the Windows Sidebar feature of Windows Desktop; it is found in the folder C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\. It is part of Windows "gadgets" and is associated with Windows Vista. In this MD5 version, this file was marked by some antiviruses as Trojan.Win32.Patched virus. Scan is recommended.