The executable name file, yahoo.exe is a process file from DiDo that belongs to the Company Yahoo. An associated program where yahoo.exe is applicable is with Yahoo Messenger, where it includes the following features: SMS on Instant Messaging on Windows, MAC, IPhone and WEB. Photo sharing on Windows and IPhone, and PC to PC Calls, Webcam, IM Conferencing and File Transfer on both Windows and MAC. It further features having no visible window and is considered not a Windows core file even if it is located in the Windows folder. Further to this, it is found to be in the location of the folder C:\Windows\System 32, with a file size on Windows 7/XP of 417,792 bytes (40% of the time), 1,342,464 bytes, 141,312 bytes, or 3,072 bytes. The executable process file yahoo.exe is functionally known to have the ability in hiding itself, and thus is considered as a background file, operates or manipulates other programs and monitoring of applications.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. yahoo.exe. is used by Yahoo Messenger, If you shut down yahoo.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop yahoo.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Yahoo Messenger, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed yahoo.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Yahoo Messenger, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if yahoo.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that yahoo.exe, belongs to, in this case Yahoo Messenger