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How to remove an ybrwicon error


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Ybrwicon.exe file information

The process known as YBrwIcon belongs to software Yahoo! Inc. YBrwIcon or Sony on Yahoo! Essentials or rgc:audio Triangle II or AT&T Yahoo! Dial Setup by Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com).

Description: ybrwicon.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" - e.g. C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\browser\. Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 57,344 bytes (53% of all occurrences) or 129,536 bytes. http://www.file.net/process/ybrwicon.exe.html 
It is not a Windows system file. Program starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The program has no visible window. Therefore the technical security rating is 38% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
In the event of any problems with ybrwicon.exe, you could also uninstall the software Sony on Yahoo! Essentials or AT&T Yahoo! Dial Setup using the "Add or Remove Programs" function of Windows Control Panel (Windows: Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs).

Recommended: Identify ybrwicon.exe related errors .

External information from Paul Collins:

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as ybrwicon.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the ybrwicon.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.



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User Comments

This is a non essential part of the Yahoo browser package
  moonraker  
this file is part of the yahoo! thing,,, not dangerous not a virus... its yahoo!!! :)
  some1 with a life  
IT pops up when I start my cp has can not locate remove
  joseph pelletier  
its part of sbc yahoo browser.
   
unloading this file has no bad effect on system
  waco  


Summary: Average user rating of ybrwicon.exe: based on 6 votes with 5 reviews.
6 users think ybrwicon.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 1 user doesn't grade ybrwicon.exe ("not sure about it").


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