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
EXE
9a05a2f63a3f7de01ec6a726a85dbd9c
DLL
9e77bb19e89134dd5d2319e70f757100
EXE
e5b8bcac1b309b9e611f357da91bf44e
DLL
28175f273b095a954c237c3c9f4257a3
DLL
1ab843652b0d4e6d46be47a47faeb7f8
DLL
3743fc1dee04e8c902f7f78d43063fec
EXE
656cdc48099edb860160f9eabc6906e4
EXE
2ae064f9a1b5fd28eaffba39306624fd
DLL
c51bf3225cb86d19689282f022aa790d
EXE
e34cd519b55401d19f159a6d9feb9625