LiveBalloon

The first thing that will help you determine if a particular file is a legitimate Windows process or a virus, is the location of the executable itself. With liveballoon.exe for example, it’s path will probably be something like C:\Program Files\Windows Software Developer\LiveBalloon\liveballoon.exe

To determine it’s path, open Task Manager, go to View -> Select Columns and select “Image Path Name” to add a location column to your Task Manager. If you find a suspicious directory here, it may be a good idea to investigate this process further.

Another tool that can sometimes help you detect bad processes is Microsoft’s Process Explorer. Start the program (it does not require installation) and activate “Check Legends” under Options. Now go to View -> Select Columns and add “Verified Signer” as one of the columns.

If the “Verified Signer” status of a process is listed as “Unable to Verify”, you should take a moment look at the process. Not all good Windows processes have a Verified Signature label, but neither do any of the bad ones.

The most important facts about liveballoon.exe:

• Name: liveballoon.exe
• Software: LiveBalloon
• Publisher: Windows Software Developer
• Expected Location: C:\Program Files\Windows Software Developer\LiveBalloon\ subfolder
• Expected Full Path: C:\Program Files\Windows Software Developer\LiveBalloon\liveballoon.exe
• SHA1: 508d35648215f7e0d81353a7f11fd4b1507b1f41
• SHA256: 810f3d71ee209a33e05039459b2b90f4bb6a42cb1201aba07d0df2543824f228
• MD5: 7fc4777dd073323ed9e6b4ee395d3014
• Known to be up to 139264 bytes in size on most Windows;

If you had any difficulties with this executable, you should determine if it’s trustworthy before deleting liveballoon.exe. To do this, find this process in Task Manager.

Find its location and compare the size etc with the above facts.

If you suspect that you may be infected with a virus, then you must attempt to fix it immediately. To delete the liveballoon.exe virus, you must download and install a full security application like this. Note that not all tools can detect every type of malware, so you may need to try several options before you’re successful.

In addition, the functionality of the virus may itself affect the deletion of liveballoon.exe. In this case, you must enable Safe Mode with Networking – a secure environment that disables most processes and loads only the most required services and drivers. When there, you can run a security program and a complete system analysis.

You should not delete a safe executable file without a valid reason, as this may affect the performance of any associated programs that use that file. Be sure to keep your software and programs up to date to avoid future problems caused by corrupted files. With regard to software functionality issues, check driver and software updates more often, so there is little or no risk of such problems occurring.

The best diagnosis for these suspicious files is a complete system analysis with either ASR Pro or this antivirus and malware remover. If the file is classified as malicious, these applications will also delete liveballoon.exe and get rid of the associated malware.

However, if it is not a virus and you need to delete liveballoon.exe, then you can uninstall LiveBalloon from your computer using its uninstaller. If you cannot find it’s uninstaller, then you may need to uninstall LiveBalloon to completely delete liveballoon.exe. You can use the Add/Remove Program function in the Windows Control Panel.