Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

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wiaacmgr.exe (Windows Picture Acquisition Wizard by Microsoft)

shimgvw.dll

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer by Microsoft

Remove shimgvw.dll

Version:	6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
MD5:	676f4a97120eed43b1b25b9c2f68fbdd
SHA1:	feb9c918db7ff40ad0789a42fd31d965e52412d2
SHA256:	cf68b219a97e399b1cacf98f06fa9c1da897b9f04778e5aab92a5c9a9863eb79

This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is shimgvw.dll?

An image or picture is a photograph, line drawing, or text document converted to digitized form, usually by a scanning device such as a digital camera, fax machine, or scanner. You can download your images from the device and save them in a folder. After downloading pictures to your computer, you can view them as a slideshow or view them using Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

About shimgvw.dll (from Microsoft)

“Use Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to work with your images without having to open an image editing application. If you store your picture files in the My Pictures folder, you see the preview window a”

Details

File name:	shimgvw.dll
Publisher:	Microsoft Corporation
Product name:	Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
Description:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:	C:\Windows\System32\shimgvw.dll
File version:	6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Product version:	6.00.2900.2180
Size:	424 KB (434,176 bytes)
Build date:	8/4/2004 3:47 PM
Digital DNA
Entropy:	6.181935
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Shell open commands

pngfile
jpegfile
giffile

Autoplay handlers

Runs under the registry key 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers'

Handler name 'MSPrintPicturesOnArrival'

Approved shell extensions

Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved'

'Shell Image Property Handler' with CLSID {eb9b1153-3b57-4e68-959a-a3266bc3d7fe}
'HTML Thumbnail Extractor' with CLSID {EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3}
'Summary Info Thumbnail handler (DOCFILES)' with CLSID {9DBD2C50-62AD-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}
'GDI+ file thumbnail extractor' with CLSID {3F30C968-480A-4C6C-862D-EFC0897BB84B}
'Shell Image Data Factory' with CLSID {66e4e4fb-f385-4dd0-8d74-a2efd1bc6178}
'Shell Image Verbs' with CLSID {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}