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What is wanmpsvc.exe? AOL WAN Miniport?

Vendor:      America Online
Product:     America Online
Vendor Website:     
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: wanmpsvc.exe is a "Wide Area Networking Miniport Service" installed by AOL 7.0+ on Windows 2000/XP. This service appears to be necessary only if you are connecting to AOL through a broadband Internet connection. If you are using dial-up AOL, you can stop this service and set its startup type to Manual through Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Services.

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


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wanmpsvc.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: 0.30%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 0 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
wanmpsvc.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x909f2dc0da7f57d229a05ee90647b2c3 9/7/2018 4:08:00 AM Unknown 7, 0, 0, 2 AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB
2 Status 0xeb9a99ab5d17b1727034ff191e6448d7 2/25/2018 4:19:00 PM Unknown 9, 0, 0, 0 AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB
3 Status 0x4dc56a5f4614bf123251d5ae54f914fd 5/1/2015 6:51:00 PM Unknown 7, 0, 0, 2 AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB
4 Status 0xc8413f5b1a6868ab81fb1c15200343e4 3/20/2015 4:25:00 PM Unknown 7, 0, 0, 2 AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB
5 Status 0xe44a01841bc69cb26be8ba99595588b9 11/13/2014 2:14:00 AM Unknown 7, 0, 0, 2 AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB
6 Status 0xadbf8f672c871b606e94730be4217b14 10/12/2014 12:31:00 AM Unknown 7, 0, 0, 2 AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB
7 Status 0x05caa0ee230ae6584fc73b6198b7015e 8/22/2011 6:06:00 PM Unknown 7, 0, 0, 2 AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB
8 Status 0x81989af47f6c00e739fb6524dff14964 6/11/2011 10:45:00 AM Unknown 7, 0, 0, 2 AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB
9 Status 0xdc825018f74311cad19922b8c62e6344 4/17/2011 5:38:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 172 KB
10 Status 0xcbac37b106b0a17d2ecc73780194ed69 6/27/2010 1:31:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB
11 Status 0xd93fb1678844584a1cb7df9249de4c20 1/26/2010 10:15:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 81 KB
12 Status 0xfe4ed6ecb4eaf37c8b0eda3bed0ef140 1/8/2010 8:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 84 KB
13 Status 0x4c5c9902291153e5dee77199d6c9615e 12/23/2009 9:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 116 KB
14 Status 0x07a1e4fd5c8a854954179d1b08b3d7b2 12/7/2009 2:24:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 84 KB
15 Status 0xe8be844976a4d1fc6b000144032b2dd3 11/5/2009 3:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB
16 Status 0x708a83c1e12ab802196b79a6a531b3c9 8/17/2009 12:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB
17 Status 0x4a071b6b0e3f26bc146cc22af1a2c2f7 8/14/2009 1:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 61 KB
18 Status 0x65432b8fad90039cefb5778940904dc0 7/13/2009 9:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 72 KB
19 Status 0x62002e7ed5197161a7fbf4b69156beba 7/4/2009 12:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 84 KB
20 Status 0xd266e558c29b7689fb3de87a5ea60d82 6/30/2009 8:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 61 KB
21 Status 0x2cc76a643d3924a699ebea14d92684d1 6/15/2009 11:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB
22 Status 0xdbf5b5977484864d263c3031faee044f 5/2/2009 11:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 84 KB
23 Status 0x9aca564b5ef93704abab423b5a1a5807 4/25/2009 1:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 84 KB
24 Status 0xa5f2faaa1237dc344d07b0302bfb232f 4/6/2009 3:52:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 84 KB
25 Status 0x447d1c36eea641624340cd074b1f4f16 4/1/2009 7:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL WAN Miniport 64 KB


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