WLinstaller - what is it?

Discussion in 'Software' started by dlb, Dec 18, 2008.

  1. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    Win XP Pro SP2. On the desktop, there's something called WLinstaller.exe (see the pic below). I did a quick Yahoo search, and the top two results rec'd warning for being possibly malware sites, and the following 3 pages or so all looked pretty shady (lots of file sharing type sites with 'mega' and 'rapid' and 'upload' in the names/descriptions). It's not a big deal, and I'll probably just delete it, but I'm a bit wary of clicking on any of the sites from the search results, especially since it isn't my PC (I would never have a "mystery" .EXE file on my desktop). So, any info out there?

    Thanks.
    :-D

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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi dlb

    Its a version of the Windows Live installer that installs Windows Live Messenger, Live Desktop Mail, Live Writer, Live Movie Maker and Live Photo Gallery, its a installer setup app, so that you connect online and choose what of the Live apps you wish to install, Icon is exactly like the ones I have, the beta version of Live apps listed have a name of wlsetup-webWave3.exe etc

    These apps http://home.live.com/

    If the apps aboev or any of them are already installed yes delete the installer as its not needed.
     
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