vlc.exe
VLC media player by VideoLAN
Overview
There are 34 versions of vlc.exe in the wild, the latest version being 2.1.4. vlc.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. A job within the Windows Task Scheduler is added to execute this process of a specific schedule during installation of the program. The average file size is about 118.25 KB. The programs VLC media player 2.0.3, VLC media player 2.0.0 and Torch have been observed as installing specific variations of vlc.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 62.67 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 70.34 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 4.48 MB per minute for reads and 1.15 KB per minute for writes.
What is vlc.exe?
VLC media player (VLC) is a highly portable free and open-source media player and streaming media server written by the VideoLAN project. VLC media player supports many audio and video compression methods and file formats, including DVD-video, video CD and streaming protocols. It is able to stream over computer network and to transcode multimedia files.
About vlc.exe (from VideoLAN)
“VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as for DVDs, VCDs, and various”
 Details
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| File name: | vlc.exe |
| Publisher: | VideoLAN |
| Product name: | VLC media player |
| Description: | VLC media player 2.0.3 |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of VLC media player.)
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Tracker Software Products Ltd |
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of vlc.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Autoplay handlers
Runs under the registry key 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers'
- Handler name 'VLCPlayVideoFilesOnArrival'
- Handler name 'VLCPlayVCDMovieOnArrival'
- Handler name 'VLCPlaySVCDMovieOnArrival'
- Handler name 'VLCPlayMusicFilesOnArrival'
- Handler name 'VLCPlayDVDMovieOnArrival'
- Handler name 'VLCPlayDVDAudioOnArrival'
- Handler name 'VLCPlayCDAudioOnArrival'
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Programmer\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe'
Scheduled tasks
- The job '{C332D368-7A85-4C00-8EA0-669CC82BFBC8}' runs on registration in the path '\{C332D368-7A85-4C00-8EA0-669CC82BFBC8}'
- The job '{043E8278-3CF2-4028-8B0E-1F8B591DE902}' runs on registration in the path '\{043E8278-3CF2-4028-8B0E-1F8B591DE902}'
- The task '{B622746B-45AA-400B-980E-E3BDFFB86584}' runs on registration in the path '\{B622746B-45AA-400B-980E-E3BDFFB86584}'
- The job '{82CE3E5B-33C7-47B9-B8EB-381247766393}' runs on registration in the path '\{82CE3E5B-33C7-47B9-B8EB-381247766393}'
- Entry path '\{41959AF7-D75B-4C65-87E0-435A305744D1}'
- Entry path '\{1C6D88D0-102D-4A90-A65C-6E0E67F335EB}'
- Entry path '\{B9AD7E12-C58B-4169-A6BB-21631DFA6D13}'
- Entry path '\{F55C7988-BFC9-46FA-A0E6-D4B5423AF492}'
- Entry path '\{608F7D28-E884-4465-A2E6-5DEC72356283}'
- Entry path '\{27FFE8AB-2D92-43EE-ACD6-C01B3CCA8F96}'
All file variations of vlc.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
24.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
17.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
14.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.75% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 N |
3.75% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
3.50% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
3.50% |
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| Windows Seven Black Edition |
3.50% |
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| Windows 8 |
3.50% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.50% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 45.50% of VLC media player.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
34.15% |
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| Toshiba |
21.01% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
10.69% |
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| ASUS |
10.51% |
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| Acer |
10.51% |
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| Intel |
5.25% |
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| Lenovo |
5.25% |
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| Samsung |
2.63% |
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