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What is wmpnetwk.exe? wmpnetwk.exe?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: wmpnetwk.exe is a Windows Vista Media Player Network Sharing Service.

wmpnetwk.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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wmpnetwk.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.23%
Average CPU use for this program: 1%
Average RAM for this program: 10 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
wmpnetwk.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x3b40d3a61aa8c21b88ae57c58ab3122e 6/5/2018 4:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 1095 KB
2 Status 0xf74e3d9a7fa9556c3bbb14d4e5e63d3b 10/11/2016 11:43:00 AM Unknown 11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006) wmpnetwk.exe 892 KB
3 Status 0x3978704576a121a9204f8cc49a301a9b 8/24/2016 7:33:00 PM Unknown 11.0.6000.6324 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) wmpnetwk.exe 875 KB
4 Status 0x6bab4dc65515a098505f8b3d01fb6fe5 7/7/2016 9:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 892 KB
5 Status 0xa511d963c744dd2c86fff20adeee49f9 11/11/2014 1:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 1097 KB
6 Status 0xacb2e63d50157e3ea7140f29d9e76a48 10/28/2014 3:05:00 PM Unknown 11.0.6000.6324 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) wmpnetwk.exe 874 KB
7 Status 0xc20b31d8fcc9d4701a25b84ee82ec502 3/21/2014 1:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 1096 KB
8 Status 0xc8d9bb66227b6309d1e394c7e02d40f2 12/1/2012 11:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 1001 KB
9 Status 0x207cb1c1770997621c1798e78eadcbbd 10/28/2012 12:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 1001 KB
10 Status 0xe1f5ba344c10d1a2fa107efed95d0e70 9/26/2012 3:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 990 KB
11 Status 0x77fbd400984cf72ba0fc4b3489d65f74 2/2/2012 4:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 1095 KB
12 Status 0x6782482a8ca4b5b5dab4ef0ad78db08f 1/28/2012 9:56:00 PM Unknown 11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006) wmpnetwk.exe 895 KB
13 Status 0xaa2ccb69ac38dd8407f4c9b65c996c90 8/1/2011 3:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 1095 KB
14 Status 0x79a01acd485687ee602411a06b63a9a5 4/19/2011 9:38:00 PM Unknown 11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006) wmpnetwk.exe 896 KB
15 Status 0x0dcc3a79329f0fde9b1b5283cacd3f50 3/16/2011 8:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 892 KB
16 Status 0xbf05650bb7df5e9ebdd25974e22403bb 1/16/2011 5:56:00 PM Unknown 11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006) wmpnetwk.exe 899 KB
17 Status 0xc9bea742ce225cc993c9465fddae4656 11/21/2010 8:53:00 PM Unknown 11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006) wmpnetwk.exe 896 KB
18 Status 0x6ee45ad8dbef8785b8cd312736626ebe 10/16/2010 5:29:00 PM Unknown 11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006) wmpnetwk.exe 893 KB
19 Status 0xc12d2a4923a1370a99a8fe4e79d40420 8/4/2010 2:11:00 PM Unknown 11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006) wmpnetwk.exe 894 KB
20 Status 0x865bc1b77da7a12b07c2dd70d1427a40 5/19/2010 12:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 1098 KB
21 Status 0x8774302084eb0a9816e133a5231a08c8 5/14/2010 5:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 1102 KB
22 Status 0xde188dd69ca74b1512adc5a7639523b2 5/9/2010 7:51:00 AM Unknown 11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006) wmpnetwk.exe 891 KB
23 Status 0x30ce9f2f4cdff202bbd23e2ca4f085fa 4/22/2010 9:46:00 PM Unknown 11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006) wmpnetwk.exe 893 KB
24 Status 0x2658997367a6c8e5a22092eef55bf614 3/16/2010 4:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 911 KB
25 Status 0xc30652f1b1cc16972c7018609bbc27bb 2/4/2010 7:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown wmpnetwk.exe 911 KB


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