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What is wlidsvc.exe? Microsoft Windows Live ID Service?

Vendor:      Microsoft Corporation
Product:     Windows Live ID
Vendor Website:      http://download.live.com/?sku=messenger
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: Microsoft® Windows Live ID Service

wlidsvc.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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wlidsvc.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 1.73%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 8 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
wlidsvc.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x5144ae67d60ec653f97ddf3feed29e77 10/2/2021 12:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1493 KB
2 Status 0xd9250b31b353ee3322c1cad411997e38 5/30/2016 9:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1497 KB
3 Status 0x1955da7124797775c26135fb98c0d948 8/10/2014 3:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1493 KB
4 Status 0x8ee0be4c259afbf1324858eb7bc6d491 9/6/2013 9:48:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1996 KB
5 Status 0xff24fedf91bf9487c7ef8c4978efc5cb 1/17/2012 3:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1493 KB
6 Status 0xbafdc9a362b04736bc4c406a1aa91290 9/29/2011 5:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1493 KB
7 Status 0xf34a3ff2126f9c258544fb8c44850fda 9/16/2011 2:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1497 KB
8 Status 0x9cb4be76e4b9b278668e591890aa4355 8/30/2011 10:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1493 KB
9 Status 0xdb81352e634b0433050f210ad1827c4f 8/6/2011 7:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1493 KB
10 Status 0xdc10fac6fdc0edbab8c8869c39315407 7/28/2011 8:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1487 KB
11 Status 0xcf2640e9c19920fbcdba18bcfd4e769a 5/30/2011 6:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1501 KB
12 Status 0x76c128ff544048df9a4cce5e962ae83b 4/18/2010 12:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1493 KB
13 Status 0x9cb4fc2cba9571b8e7febb07277181d5 1/19/2010 8:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1497 KB
14 Status 0xc2f45c12eaaf61bab995c6019589deb5 1/19/2010 2:48:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1497 KB
15 Status 0x907973aeee4880334d14c58218c9fc49 10/24/2009 1:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1497 KB
16 Status 0x925f4370074f610a4d5a110d85230925 9/4/2009 3:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Windows Live ID Service 1497 KB


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