What is MSN?

MSN is software application developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 45.81% of installations running this operating system. MSN's installer is typically 97.00 MB in size and installs around 112 files. The most common release is 11.00.0720.0 with 19.70% of all installations currently using this version.

MSN is most popular in the United States with 91.70% of installations residing in this country.

MSN adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, MSN is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • msn.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\MSN\MSNCoreFiles\msn.exe'.
  • msnsusii.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\MSN\MSNCoreFiles\Install\msnsusii.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • msn.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E1B85B88-C913-46C8-A566-949986C378A9}' (runs on registration).
  • msninst.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{9C1AD560-1D35-4755-8B7E-38067FE5B8A4}' (runs on registration).
  • msniadm.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F8317505-355C-45EF-BD1A-ED2F897E4120}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://www.msn.com
Support:
https://support.msn.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\MSN\
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\MSN\MsnInstaller\msniadm.exe /ActioC:ARP
Size:
97.00 MB
Language:
English

MSN Executable Details

Primary executable:
msnupdate!@#@.exe
Name:
MSN
Path:
C:\Program Files\MSN\msnupdate!@#@.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by MSN
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
7538050656fe5d63cb4b80349dd1cfe3
DLL
a1f719ba15f8cd7835eac3f6c507dea9
DLL
98f49b82551f10d4079cff8fc0f1b111
DLL
e3c817f7fe44cc870ecdbcbc3ea36132
DLL
bf38660a9125935658cfa3e53fdc7d65
DLL
654eaedc85960d66d6d31855640b3a5f
DLL
03a23a2a24e63e9d18fca6173760dccf
EXE
dacfb9024b69cac51dc7a97a1a022b12
DLL
fd5cabbe52272bd76007b68186ebaf00
DLL
034ccadc1c073e4216e9466b720f9849