What is the "sidebar.exe" ? Variant 558719

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 Боковая панель Windows. Agregate rating is 1(1) 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:: Боковая панель Windows
Version:: 6.0.6001.16510
MD5:: b33a79d7e26fda3118fe051d6d2d3326
SHA1:: 9eaba5d673545d1e45b37eda33bcc0a3992b7256
SHA256:: 510ab2f679243559bd394b0e2ae73ab8f11ab19f091e0ce1d96c6eed63b47365
Size:: 1231360
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
COMODO Antivirus	2016-04-25 19:54:07
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.349.14	2016-01-31 09:52:32
Kaspersky Internet Security	2015-01-30 17:58:30
avast! antivirus 4.8.1368 [VPS 141009-1]	2014-10-10 19:24:17
avast! Antivirus	2014-05-26 19:17:46
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 3.0	2014-04-09 11:01:08
avast! Internet Security	2014-03-16 14:32:53
Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus	2013-12-02 17:52:38
Doctor Web Anti-Virus	2013-12-02 17:52:38
Microsoft Security Essentials	2013-05-06 13:54:00

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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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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.

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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: 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.