Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

6.0.5358.0 (WMP_11.060509-2009) 0.03%
6.0.5358.0 (WMP_11.060509-2009) 0.03%
12.0.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 0.21%
12.0.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 0.03%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 0.67%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 0.73%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 1.33%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 12.36%
12.0.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423) 0.06%
12.0.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423) 0.06%
12.0.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520) 0.03%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 5.54%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 43.53%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 3.60%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 16.27%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 0.03%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 0.03%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 0.03%
11.0.6000.6324 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 7.00%
11.0.6000.6324 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 0.33%
11.0.6000.6324 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 1.09%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421) 1.36%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421) 0.06%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421) 0.03%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421) 0.15%
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Import table
advapi32.dll
EventRegister, EventUnregister, TraceMessage, GetTraceEnableFlags, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceLoggerHandle, RegisterTraceGuidsW, UnregisterTraceGuids, EventWrite, RegCloseKey, RegOpenKeyExW, QueryServiceStatusEx, ControlService, SetServiceStatus, CloseServiceHandle, OpenServiceW, OpenSCManagerW, DeleteService, ChangeServiceConfig2W, CreateServiceW, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, GetSecurityDescriptorControl, MakeAbsoluteSD, GetSecurityDescriptorSacl, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetSecurityDescriptorGroup, GetSecurityDescriptorOwner, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, RegDeleteValueW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegSetValueExW, GetLengthSid, IsValidSid, CopySid, AddAce, InitializeAcl, GetAclInformation, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, ConvertSecurityDescriptorToStringSecurityDescriptorW, ConvertStringSidToSidW, RegSetKeySecurity, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, EqualSid, GetNamedSecurityInfoW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegNotifyChangeKeyValue, RegGetValueW, DeregisterEventSource, ReportEventW, RegisterEventSourceW, FreeSid, SetNamedSecurityInfoW, SetEntriesInAclW, AllocateAndInitializeSid, LsaClose, LsaFreeMemory, LsaLookupNames2, LsaOpenPolicy, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, ConvertSidToStringSidW, ImpersonateLoggedOnUser, RevertToSelf, OpenProcessToken, GetTokenInformation, TraceEvent, LookupAccountSidW, ChangeServiceConfigW, StartServiceW, SetSecurityInfo, GetAce, GetSecurityInfo, SetSecurityDescriptorControl, LookupAccountNameW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegGetKeySecurity, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegCreateKeyExA, RegQueryValueExA, RegSetValueExA, CryptGenRandom, CryptAcquireContextW, CreateWellKnownSid, SetFileSecurityW, GetFileSecurityW, OpenThreadToken, CryptReleaseContext
faultrep.dll
ReportFault
gdi32.dll
DeleteObject
httpapi.dll
HttpInitialize, HttpTerminate, HttpSetServiceConfiguration, HttpDeleteServiceConfiguration
iphlpapi.dll
GetAdaptersAddresses, GetIpForwardTable, NotifyAddrChange, GetBestInterfaceEx, GetIpNetEntry2, SendARP, ResolveIpNetEntry2, CancelIPChangeNotify, GetIpAddrTable, CancelMibChangeNotify2, NotifyIpInterfaceChange
kernel32.dll
DllMain, InterlockedExchange, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, IsDebuggerPresent, GetModuleFileNameW, LocalFree, IsWow64Process, GetCurrentProcess, lstrcmpW, ResetEvent, SetProcessWorkingSetSize, DeleteTimerQueueEx, DeleteTimerQueueTimer, CreateTimerQueue, CreateTimerQueueTimer, ChangeTimerQueueTimer, InterlockedExchangeAdd, CompareStringOrdinal, MultiByteToWideChar, WriteFile, CreateFileW, CompareStringA, MulDiv, GetLongPathNameW, CreateEventW, GetFileAttributesW, RemoveDirectoryW, UnregisterWaitEx, DeleteFileW, CopyFileW, RegisterWaitForSingleObject, FindNextFileW, FindFirstFileW, QueueUserWorkItem, FormatMessageW, lstrcmpiW, CreateThread, WaitForMultipleObjects, GetStringTypeExW, GetDynamicTimeZoneInformation, GetComputerNameW, WideCharToMultiByte, lstrlenA, LocalAlloc, HeapFree, GetProcessHeap, GetProductInfo, GetVersionExW, GetTempPathW, DelayLoadFailureHook, GetProcAddress, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryExA, PowerCreateRequest, InterlockedCompareExchange64, SetLastError, GetTickCount64, PowerClearRequest, PowerSetRequest, WaitForSingleObject, Sleep, GetTickCount, GetLastError, InterlockedCompareExchange, HeapSetInformation, CompareStringW, OpenEventW, SetEvent, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, lstrlenW, ExitProcess, GetCommandLineW, GetStartupInfoW, RegSetValueExA, RegQueryValueExA, RegCreateKeyExA, GetLocalTime, GlobalMemoryStatus, GetDiskFreeSpaceA, GetEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, DeviceIoControl, GetModuleHandleA, LoadLibraryA, OpenMutexW, CreateMutexW, ReleaseMutex, GetFileAttributesExW, CompareFileTime, FreeLibraryAndExitThread, DuplicateHandle, LoadLibraryExW, FreeResource, GetFileSize, GetThreadPriority, SetThreadPriority, FileTimeToSystemTime, FileTimeToDosDateTime, FindClose, GetTempFileNameW, GlobalFree, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, VirtualFree, OpenFileMappingW, VirtualAlloc, GetCurrentThread, SetFileAttributesW, CreateDirectoryW, GetFileSizeEx, SetFilePointerEx, ReadFile, HeapDestroy, HeapAlloc, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, CloseHandle, FindResourceExW, FindResourceW, LoadResource, LockResource, SizeofResource, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, RaiseException, GetFullPathNameW, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, TerminateProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, CreateFileMappingW, MapViewOfFile, GetSystemTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, UnmapViewOfFile, RegEnumValueW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegGetKeySecurity, GetModuleHandleW, LoadLibraryW, OutputDebugStringA, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetVersionExA, DebugBreak, SetThreadExecutionState, GetVersion, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, TzSpecificLocalTimeToSystemTime, FindCloseChangeNotification, FindFirstChangeNotificationW, FindNextChangeNotification, ResolveDelayLoadedAPI, GlobalMemoryStatusEx, GetDiskFreeSpaceW, GetUserGeoID, GetSystemDefaultLCID, GetNativeSystemInfo, GetModuleHandleExW, SetFilePointer, VerifyVersionInfoW, VerSetConditionMask, GetSystemWow64DirectoryW, GetSystemDirectoryW, WaitForMultipleObjectsEx, GetEnvironmentVariableW
mfplat.dll
MFShutdown, MFStartup, MFInvokeCallback, MFCreateAsyncResult, CreatePropertyStore
msvcrt.dll
DllMain
netapi32.dll
NetApiBufferFree, NetGetJoinInformation, NetShareGetInfo
ntdll.dll
NtQuerySystemTime, RtlFreeHeap, RtlAllocateHeap, RtlIpv4StringToAddressExW, RtlInitUnicodeString, RtlInitString, NtAllocateLocallyUniqueId, RtlFreeUnicodeString, RtlNtStatusToDosError, strchr, RtlUnwind, RtlGetVersion
ole32.dll
CoInitializeSecurity, CoInitializeEx, CoSetProxyBlanket, CoTaskMemFree, CoUninitialize, PropVariantClear, CoMarshalInterface, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, CoReleaseMarshalData, CoUnmarshalInterface, IIDFromString, CoTaskMemAlloc, PropVariantCopy, StringFromGUID2, CoCreateGuid, CoCreateInstance, CLSIDFromProgID
propsys.dll
PropVariantToString, PropVariantToStringAlloc, PSGetPropertyDescriptionByName, PSGetPropertyKeyFromName, InitPropVariantFromCLSID
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathW, SHCreateDirectoryExW, SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW, SHGetKnownFolderItem, SHCreateItemWithParent, SHGetKnownFolderPath, SHCreateItemFromParsingName
shlwapi.dll
PathFileExistsW, StrCmpNW, PathFindFileNameW, StrStrIW, PathAppendW, HashData, PathRemoveExtensionW, PathFindExtensionW, PathCreateFromUrlW, SHStrDupW, SHDeleteKeyW
user32.dll
wvsprintfA, CharLowerBuffW, CharUpperBuffW, PeekMessageW, DispatchMessageW, CharNextA, TranslateMessage, MsgWaitForMultipleObjects, MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx, RegisterPowerSettingNotification, CharUpperW, wvsprintfW, UnregisterPowerSettingNotification, UnregisterClassA
userenv.dll
RegisterGPNotification, UnregisterGPNotification
winhttp.dll
WinHttpWriteData, WinHttpQueryHeaders, WinHttpAddRequestHeaders, WinHttpCrackUrl, WinHttpSetCredentials, WinHttpGetDefaultProxyConfiguration, WinHttpGetIEProxyConfigForCurrentUser, WinHttpGetProxyForUrl, WinHttpSetOption, WinHttpTimeFromSystemTime, WinHttpQueryDataAvailable, WinHttpCloseHandle, WinHttpReadData, WinHttpReceiveResponse, WinHttpSendRequest, WinHttpOpen, WinHttpSetTimeouts, WinHttpSetStatusCallback, WinHttpConnect, WinHttpOpenRequest
wmpmde.dll
MFCreateNetVRoot, MFCreateWMPMDEOpCenter
ws2_32.dll
GetAddrInfoW, getnameinfo, FreeAddrInfoW
wtsapi32.dll
WTSFreeMemory, WTSEnumerateSessionsW, WTSQuerySessionInformationW
xmllite.dll
CreateXmlReader, CreateXmlWriter

wmpnetwk.exe

Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service by Microsoft

Remove wmpnetwk.exe
Version:   12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
MD5:   e874d39c2b3527e846bb2d8ce45001c8
SHA1:   f8e28265a36371e5181225a6e1ad25da767d3b6b
SHA256:   be0b60fd4ef3025cfab91fb02733ff7d7efd9b2dfd3d3cd6692cbe4d9426784d
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is wmpnetwk.exe?

This service allows Media Player to share media with other computers on the network.

About wmpnetwk.exe (from Microsoft)

Designed by media lovers, for media lovers. Windows Media Player 12—available only in Windows 7—plays more music and video than ever, including Flip Video and unprotected songs from your iTunes librar

Overview

wmpnetwk.exe runs as a service under the name A Windows Media Player hálózatmegosztási szolgáltatása (WMPNetworkSvc) with minimal NETWORK SERVICE privileges on the local PC and acts as the computer on the network. This version is designed to run on Windows 7 and is compiled as a 64 bit program.

DetailsDetails

File name:wmpnetwk.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\windows media player\wmpnetwk.exe
Original name:WMPNetwk.exe.mui
File version:12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Product version:12.0.7600.16385
Size:1.45 MB (1,525,248 bytes)
Digital DNA
Entropy:6.453524
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00017630%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00011045%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00006585%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:3,931 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:110,895/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:7.43 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):7.92 MB
Private (minimum):4.45 MB
Non-paged memory:7.43 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:108.92 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):117.39 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:7.28 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):15.38 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:111,051/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:137 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:23 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:248 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:6/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:9
12
Handles:270
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\windows media player\wmpnetwk.exe"
Owner:NETWORK SERVICE
Windows Service
Service name:WMPNetworkSvc
Display name:A Windows Media Player hálózatmegosztási szolgáltatása
Description:“Consente di condividere il Catalogo multimediale di Windows Media Player con altri lettori e dispositivi multimediali in rete mediante Universal Plug and Play”
Type:Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
sechost.dll (Host for SCM/SDDL/LSA Lookup APIs by Microsoft)
Total CPU:0.00155977%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00037190%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00118786%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:41,832/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:124 KB
1.16 MB
ole32.dll
Total CPU:0.00034970%
Kernel CPU:0.00018318%
User CPU:0.00016652%
CPU cycles:37,198/sec
Memory:2.01 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.00014328%
Kernel CPU:0.00014050%
User CPU:0.00000278%
CPU cycles:3,474/sec
Memory:1.67 MB
wmpnetwk.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00005273%
Kernel CPU:0.00004996%
User CPU:0.00000278%
CPU cycles:992/sec
Memory:1.48 MB
SSDPAPI.dll
Total CPU:0.00000555%
Kernel CPU:0.00000555%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:27/sec
Memory:68 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 58.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate 23.50%
Windows 7 Professional 9.50%
Windows Vista Home Premium 3.50%
Windows 7 Home Basic 2.00%
Windows Seven Black Edition 1.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 1.00%
Windows 8 Pro 0.50%
Windows 7 Starter 0.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 51.52% of Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 24.80%
Hewlett-Packard 19.60%
ASUS 16.80%
Toshiba 13.60%
Acer 12.00%
Sony 6.40%
Alienware 1.60%
GIGABYTE 1.60%
Lenovo 1.60%
Samsung 1.20%
Sahara 0.80%
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