File purpose and description:

This ybrwicon.exe file may have been on your computer when you purchased, but was most likely installed by you at one time. The exactly disk and folder location is also shown below, so you can verify this file is in the right location and is not virus, adware, or spyware related in any way. This is a program from Yahoo. It adds features to your web browser, it is not required and you can remove this if you wish. It can also display in your system tray, as you will see an icon there. If you are deleting or removing files on your computer as a spyware removal protection method, then note that this is not considered to be spyware, adware, or virus related. It is considered safe and does not need to be removed. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
ybrwicon.exe

File type:
This is an executable program.

File or folder location:
This file will be found at: C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\browser\ybrwicon.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, ybrwicon.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 ybrwicon.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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