What is the "sidebar.exe" ? Variant 15695583

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 3 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:: 6.1.7601.17514
MD5:: dcca4b04af87e52ef9eaa2190e06cbac
SHA1:: 12a602b86fc394b1c88348fb099685eabb876495
SHA256:: 8858cfd159bb32ae9fcca1a79ea83c876d481a286e914071d48f42fca5b343d8
Size:: 1174016
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
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition	2016-09-07 22:30:40
Cezurity Antivirus Scanner	2016-09-07 19:37:00
360 Total Security	2016-09-07 17:07:45
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.386.1	2016-09-07 12:18:47
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.381.1	2016-09-07 09:08:16
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-09-07 07:45:04
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-07 06:28:08
ESET Smart Security 8.0	2016-09-06 22:54:16
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-09-06 20:01:05
Avira Antivirus	2016-09-06 18:42:49

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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.

25% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Safe .
38% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Threat

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SAFErating from user longina 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)
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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 JaWW for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
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.