What is the "sidebar.exe" ? Variant 13607810

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 1 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:: 6.2.9200.16384
MD5:: 7a01b55ee6ddd720cb7ce4048fbf4b3d
SHA1:: 67d361945d478c6ecd2c4f36ef9465c3cc2508f4
SHA256:: 457c1ee5500cfb1eaa1fb532c57434981fd6c0fb86c9b8f31964771097581da0
Size:: 1173504
Directory:: %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar
Operating System:: Windows 8
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Norton 360 Online	2016-07-11 12:51:10
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.318.24	2016-06-24 13:58:18
AVG Internet Security	2016-06-17 11:59:55
Windows Defender	2016-06-07 20:56:38
avast! Antivirus	2016-05-16 23:16:21
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-05-12 19:16:24
Panda Free Antivirus	2016-04-24 18:45:38
360 Total Security	2016-04-13 00:54:23
ESET Smart Security 9.0.375.1	2016-04-11 17:46:32
ESET Smart Security 8.0	2016-04-11 16:46:20

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

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SAFErating from user toster for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe

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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.