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The process Yahoo! Companion 5.3 for Internet Explorer belongs to the software Yahoo! Companion 5.3 for Internet Explorer or Sony on Yahoo! Essentials or penPalette or MyYahoo! News Ticker or AstroPop or DVD Solution or SmartSound Quicktracks Plugin or Home Cinema XL II or Bespelled Deluxe or Kazaa or Adobe PageMaker or CCV Patch 501a or Eye Candy or Microsoft Office Standard by Yahoo! Inc (www.yahoo.com).

Description: ycomp5_3_12_0.dll is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of C:\Windows - common is C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\. The file size on Windows XP is 272983 bytes.
This .dll file is a Browser Helper Object (BHO) that runs automatically every time you start your Internet browser. BHOs are not stopped by personal firewalls, because they are identified by the firewall as your browser itself. BHOs are often used by adware and spyware. The unique ID of this BHO is 02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670. The program has no visible window. It is able to change the behavior or monitor the Internet Explorer. There is no detailed description of this service. File ycomp5_3_12_0.dll is not a Windows system file. ycomp5_3_12_0.dll is able to record inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 66% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as ycomp5_3_12_0.dll, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the ycomp5_3_12_0.dll process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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Yahoo Companion
  Crashes Win 98 machines with IE loop  
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So far I have had no problems with spyware etc.
  Jim   (further information)
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Caused an illegal op in Iexplorer
   
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simply uninstall yahoo companion, and remove from startup
  roughson  
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uses hella mem usage
   
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Yahoo! Companion
  Jonathan  

Summary: 2 users think ycomp5_3_12_0.dll is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's probably harmless. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user suspect danger. 1 user think ycomp5_3_12_0.dll is dangerous and recommend to remove it.. 1 user doesn't grade ycomp5_3_12_0.dll ("not sure about it").

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