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
85b2752bc6cff6c2068dcd0a5c54fe70
DLL
2b104970a4aa1264fdfe288dd1a5fffe
EXE
e1fad0bd70cd6e76b2696611ffb7a346
DLL
984a525f637e077ae1aa9d4bc55d6a6b
DLL
7c62a9971eca00a7800e49b4a4263374
DLL
0d03a1f65c1ea08a25c6bfe299575491
DLL
a7bb17fa289bcdbcc78099a22694e07a
DLL
a7df5bf06ee40e4d562691d7eb0f9564
EXE
26c53355a9e7dfeac4626c7822844849
DLL
1d6892440b5bd751e893a88cdd2f5d62