What is desktop25.exe?

desktop25.exe is part of YahooChrome Service and developed by YahooChrome according to the desktop25.exe version information.

desktop25.exe is digitally signed by Anhui SaiYi Information Technology Co.,Ltd..

desktop25.exe is usually located in the 'c:\programdata\yahoochrome\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about desktop25.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on desktop25.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameYahooChrome Service
Company nameYahooChrome
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2016
Product version1.0.0.11
File version1.0.0.11

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameYahooChrome Service
Company nameYahooChrome
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2016
Product version1.0.0.11
File version1.0.0.11

Digital signatures [?]

desktop25.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAnhui SaiYi Information Technology Co.,Ltd.
Certificate issuer namethawte SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number1c97656e5d65c27e5a95a0bf328a76c1

VirusTotal report

None of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the desktop25.exe file.

None of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the desktop25.exe file.

Filename variants

desktop25.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD500617c4f0ec8b29e0d4b3831d28ac512
SHA2564214676fbb2c0a54f35c20542866dfc951e65a6433ca7d743a237f28ea40fa06

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to desktop25.exe:

desktop25.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

desktop25.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

desktop25.exe has stopped working.

End Program - desktop25.exe. This program is not responding.

desktop25.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

desktop25.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with desktop25.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with desktop25.exe. 96% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 25 users.

User vote results: There were 24 votes to remove and 1 vote to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with desktop25.exe.

Malware or legitimate?

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Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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