What is the "sidebar.exe" ? Variant 546806

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 Операционная система Microsoft® Windows® and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Windows Sidebar. Agregate rating is 3(3) stars - based on 2 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process sidebar.exe.

Product:: Операционная система Microsoft® Windows®
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Windows Sidebar
Version:: 6.0.6002.18005
MD5:: 6dfddd013feaebab3e9e592c204e6f81
SHA1:: c3f9ddf49b259059c5dfbdfa0581238e5420a49a
SHA256:: 9e82b180dea7981ab0f1089de8f5131174df41db6bf46494711e4cc010fadc5a
Size:: 1280512
Directory:: %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: Medium

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-07-27 16:55:40
Avira Antivirus	2016-04-10 09:13:12
avast! Antivirus	2016-04-05 16:40:21
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate	2016-04-05 16:40:21
ESET Smart Security 8.0	2016-01-23 03:03:29
Symantec Endpoint Protection	2015-03-06 19:15:35
Avira Desktop	2014-11-07 08:49:02
Microsoft Security Essentials	2014-09-05 15:21:31
Panda Cloud Antivirus	2014-09-05 15:21:31
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 3.0	2014-08-12 14:58:01

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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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User Reviews of the "sidebar.exe"

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SAFErating from user JaWW
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.

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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 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.