commsapps.exe is part of Mail and Calendar and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the commsapps.exe version information.
commsapps.exe's description is "Mail and Calendar"
commsapps.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.13110.41006.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about commsapps.exe.
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The following is the available information on commsapps.exe:
Property | Value |
---|---|
Product name | Mail and Calendar |
Company name | Microsoft Corporation |
File description | Mail and Calendar |
Internal name | OutlookApp.dll |
Original filename | commscommon.dll |
Legal copyright | © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. |
Product version | 16005.13110.41006.0 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
Product name | Mail and Calendar |
Company name | Microsoft Corporation |
File description | Mail and Calendar |
Internal name | OutlookApp.dll |
Original filename | commscommon.dll |
Legal copyright | © Microsoft Corporation. All rights.. |
Product version | 16005.13110.41006.0 |
commsapps.exe is not signed.
None of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the commsapps.exe file.
The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.
ERROR: Failed to execute process.
[ { "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe", "process_name": "lsass.exe", "pid": 476, "summary": {}, "first_seen": 1596963185.3125, "ppid": 376 } ]
[ { "markcount": 1, "families": [], "description": "This executable has a PDB path", "severity": 1, "marks": [ { "category": "pdb_path", "ioc": "C:\\_work\\3\\s\\native-uwp\\app\\build\\x64\\Release-NoMail\\commsapps\\commsapps.pdb", "type": "ioc", "description": null } ], "references": [], "name": "has_pdb" } ]
The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.
{ "tls": [], "udp": [ { "src": "192.168.56.101", "dst": "224.0.0.252", "offset": 826, "time": 4.16358494758606, "dport": 5355, "sport": 53595 }, { "src": "192.168.56.101", "dst": "224.0.0.252", "offset": 1154, "time": 3.0473849773406982, "dport": 5355, "sport": 55314 }, { "src": "192.168.56.101", "dst": "239.255.255.250", "offset": 1482, "time": 4.181149005889893, "dport": 3702, "sport": 49152 } ], "dns_servers": [], "http": [], "icmp": [], "smtp": [], "tcp": [], "smtp_ex": [], "mitm": [], "hosts": [], "pcap_sha256": "7f8fb160da409b5a78aba5407eea5655ca88a98106e0144bb3e10c54ea937bbf", "dns": [], "http_ex": [], "domains": [], "dead_hosts": [], "sorted_pcap_sha256": "d95c718db433427b2312079dc6d4d49bd0871b6902f7fb1089faff686e81a8bd", "irc": [], "https_ex": [] }
Property | Value |
---|---|
MD5 | 39dd2262a6676900582280e62912387d |
SHA256 | cf586e81cf4f53e918e5c0fcac971b4d6f73d89b20effd6eb9f59516f817003d |
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to commsapps.exe:
commsapps.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
commsapps.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.
Mail and Calendar has stopped working.
End Program - commsapps.exe. This program is not responding.
commsapps.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
commsapps.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with commsapps.exe. 75% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 20 users.
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Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.
I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.
Cudos to you and your fine work. You are the only result from entering this file's sha256 hash. That's pretty spectacular in my opinion! I'm using VoodooShield, another incredible program that's new and I'm finding to be very good and very informative, and it told me through it's working that commsapps.exe is not signed and therefore has no way of verifying it's publisher or digital signature. Lookingh through the information you provided, it confirms this and I really wonder why this is so. Being part of the mail and calendar app and being relatively new (ala Win 10) I would think this would be standard practice at Microsoft to sign all their publically available files and especially those that are part of an operating system.
# 27 Aug 2020, 17:19
I just got a message from my Trend Micro security that said" Stopped transmission of protected data"and citing this app .exe as the cause, which after searching it led me here. This is the first time that this message appeared and i have had windows 10 since it came out. I know nothing of this app. I didn't know this app is an executable app. Any further help would be greatly appreciated.
# 2 Oct 2020, 11:51
WHY do calculator.exe and commsapp.exe both spontaneously appear as 'suspended'?
# 23 Oct 2020, 6:55
Bitdefender keeps issuing a warning on a specious activity where the CommsAppe.exe keeps trying to connect to the website htts://ymlmps4.com/
now Bitdefender flags this as a suspecious webpage but there is no way to activate a block to stop the exe file running to access that page
so similar to the comments above but in principle I am not comfortable that an exe file is accessing a website at all other than the official website as part of an update as I have the privacy set not to send data
so looking how to remove this app and forgo the functionality of the calendar in windows
# 2 Dec 2020, 3:17
XyLoSe99 writes