What is Ymsgr_tray.exe? Is Ymsgr_tray.exe spyware or a virus?
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Process name: Yahoo! Messenger Tray
Product: Yahoo! Messenger
Company: Yahoo! (yahoo.com)
File: Ymsgr_tray.exe
This application is the background process for Yahoo! Messenger. A chat and instant messaging client, Yahoo! Messenger typically starts when Windows begins, but can be set to start on demand. Upon sign-in, users can communicate with each other via instant messaging, voice calls, and webcam conferencing. Yahoo! Messenger interfaces with Yahoo! mail, and incoming message or mail alerts are delivered in real-time. Founded in 1994, Yahoo! Inc. primarily focuses on their internet search engine and related internet services, such as Yahoo! mail.
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Users Opinions
Average user rating of Ymsgr_tray.exe: based on 11 votes. Read also the 10 reviews.
62 users ask for this file. 8 users rated it as not dangerous. One user rated it as not so dangerous. 2 users rated it as neutral. 4 users didn't rate it ("don't know").
| All comments about Ymsgr_tray.exe: | |
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| Yahoo Messenger in autorun mode See also: Link wintermute | |
| ymsgr_tray.exe is the Yahoo Instant Messenger tray application. If you don't want Yahoo automatically starting on you when you connect to the internet end this process. Kill this from your system startup also if you don't want it to automatically connect. Craig Sweeney | |
| important file or no | |
| There's always a problem when it's "in the house" Shannon Patterson | |
| why is "access denied" to me when I try to delete something from MY computer? | |
| completly harmless | |
| If you don't use Yahoo Messenger it's just a resource hog. Phil | |
| Your trying to delete it while it's active, you would have to end the process and then delete. recomend disabling it, not deleting. Reay | |
| yahoo messenger vilipape | |
| Yahoo Mesenger Tray icon. Completely harmless, and doesn't eat many resources. Sometimes I don't even bother ending it. Waterdrops | |
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