File purpose and description:

YahooMessenger.exe is a program which was most likely installed by you or with some other installation you have done. The actual hard drive location is also listed below, always verify where its located on your hard drive, as this makes sure it is not spyware or adware simply placed elsewhere on your computer, and using the same name in an attempt to fool you. This program is from Yahoo, and this is their instant messenger or IM related software. This is a free instant messenger software program similiar to the free AIM instant messenger or MSN instant messenger. This will appear in your registry startup if you choose the option to have it start automatically. This software is considered safe, and is not virus, spyware or adware related software. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
yahoomessenger.exe

File type:
This is an executable program.

File or folder location:
This program can be found on your disk at "C:\PROGRA~1\YAHOO!\MESSEN~1\YahooMessenger.exe"

General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, yahoomessenger.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of yahoomessenger.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.

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