Ranked
#290
Worldwide
Ranked
#137
US
Lifespan
71.2
Days
 

Bing Desktop

Published by Microsoft Corporation

Bing Desktop Publisher's Description

Bing Desktop marries the beauty of Bing’s daily homepage with a quick and convenient search interface so you don’t have to open our browser to start a search session or get the latest headlines. Every...  Read more

Details

Latest version:1.3.347.0
Location:C:\Program Files\Microsoft\BingDesktop\
Install size:9.77 MB (10,243,115 bytes)
About URL:http://www.bing.com/explore/desktop
Download page:http://www.bing.com/explore/desktop
Language:English (United States) (1033)
Uninstall:MsiExec.exe /I{7D095455-D971-4D4C-9EFD-9AF6A6584F3A}

The trust score is the reputation of Bing Desktop based on a number of factors including malware scans, behvaior, uninstall trends and general user experiences.
Poor Below average Good Excellent

Reasons behind trust score

  • Adds a recurring scheduled task to Windows.
  • Automatically starts up each time any user logs into Windows.

Global Reach

Install and Uninstall Trends


BingDesktop.exe (Main Executable)
Common path:C:\Program Files\Microsoft\BingDesktop\BingDesktop.exe
Behavior:Scheduled Task
Description:Bing Desktop Application
MD5:dadfba1a2daa8412e5c70940d326fb63
BingDesktopUpdater.exe
Behavior:Service
MD5:d1668fa23d26cc97aebf0ebae1a015b7
BingDesktop_Res.dll
Name:Google Desktop
MD5:2731872d7ea27dead4143a19a595e8b6
BDAppHost.exe
Description:BDAppHost.exe
MD5:28a39e899f3b40be789b4e3c65112a90
BDExtHost.exe
Description:BDExtHost.exe
MD5:993877ba93012fec1c21b48160cda459
BDRuntimeHost.exe
Description:BDRuntimeHost.exe
MD5:51b0fe67c1c25f8d695169524129668b
BDSurrogateHost.exe
Description:BDSurrogateHost.exe
MD5:a618020562a2073c7f8eb96fa2f04bc3
BingDesktop_Res_original.dll
MD5:a8f0cefd7866dd3484c4160267b51973
BingDesktop_ResAUS.dll
MD5:8de71855b0dcbc3ce601d5f2ee8a6a68
BingDesktop_ResCAN_EN.dll
MD5:425d7ae7eee805c038bfd418336bd659
BingDesktop_ResCHS.dll
MD5:394007cb284333419d8890ef5531a184

Installs by Country

68.0%
6.3%
4.9%
2.9%
2.2%
1.6%
0.8%
0.6%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
US
GB
CA
AU
IR
IN
PH
MY
IL
EG
ZA
ID
AE
SA
TH
RO
SG
BR
HR
DE

Installs in the United States

Latest Installs



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Versions

1.3.347.0 0.17%
1.3.341.0 0.45%
1.3.340.0 0.32%
1.3.328.0 0.36%
1.3.322.0 0.34%
1.3.309.0 1.54%
1.3.177.0 0.10%
1.3.174.0 26.55%
1.3.171.0 19.27%
1.3.167.0 3.79%
1.2.126.0 9.87%
1.2.118.0 0.74%
1.2.115.0 3.70%
1.2.113.0 10.03%
1.1.166.0 12.95%
1.1.165.0 5.74%
1.0.45.0 4.08%

Facts

  • Bing Desktop is developed by Microsoft Corporation.
  • The current user reach of this app is about 0.0354% of all PC users, however this reach has declined from a lifetime average of 2.5906%.
  • The typical uninstall rate of this software is about 15.96%.
  • A scheduled task is added to Windows that will execute when a user logs in. The task is named 'BingDesktop'.
  • The app adds a Windows Service named 'Bing Desktop Update service' (BingDesktopUpdate) (described as: "Bing Desktop Update Service").
  • The current version is 1.3.347.0 with 17 known versions. The most widely installed version is 1.3.174.0.
  • About 68.0% of users who have this installed are located in the United States.

Operating Systems

Windows 7 73.31%
Windows 8 17.86%
Windows Vista 6.76%
Windows XP 2.07%

PC Manufacturers

HP 32.93%
Dell 20.74%
Acer 11.95%
Toshiba 8.51%
ASUS 5.34%
Lenovo 4.86%
Sony 4.14%
GIGABYTE 3.27%
Samsung 2.08%
Intel 1.62%
Gateway 1.39%
AMI 1.31%
Alienware 0.60%
MSI 0.43%
Medion 0.34%
Apple 0.20%
Sahara 0.11%
Packard Bell 0.06%
Compaq 0.06%
NEC 0.03%

User Demographics (United States)

SegmentIndex
Gender
Male57
Female43
Age
< 1841
18-2578
26-35141
36-4588
46-6046
60+24
Education
High School93
College135
Post Graduate64
Household Income
$0-50k69
$50-100k117
$100-150k78
$150k+39
 
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