Should I block it?

45%

45% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Additional versions

1.2.0-git-20110303-0019	0.11%
1.1.9	5.41%
1.1.8	7.64%
1.1.7	10.92%
1.1.5	5.41%
1.1.5	0.11%
1.1.4	4.67%
1.1.3	1.59%
1.1.11	58.43%
1.1.11	0.11%
1.1.11	0.11%
1.1.10	5.30%
1.1.0	0.11%
1.1.0	0.11%

Relationships

Parent process

explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Related files

vlc.exe

VLC media player by the VideoLAN Team

Remove vlc.exe

Version:	1.1.5
MD5:	e00d239747cf74192ea8d43c51db499b
SHA1:	236f3fea5fec0dd277fa9f65c7399beb35b1d1d4
SHA256:	57749d0091c6942533c5ab647caf3e188e4da5bf0e20a929f2920e8bea7329c8

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 the VideoLAN Team)

“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

File name:	vlc.exe
Publisher:	the VideoLAN Team
Product name:	VLC media player
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe
File version:	1.1.5
Product version:	1,1,5,0
Size:	104.5 KB (107,008 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
Entropy:	7.051685
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

VLC media player

VideoLAN Team

9% remove

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VideoLAN VLC media player

VideoLAN Team

11% remove

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Behaviors

Windows firewall allowed programs

Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections

Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\VLC\vlc.exe'
Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe'

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'

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00528778%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00086636%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00442142%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	5,117 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	206/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	98.2 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	83.96 MB
Private (minimum):	30.47 MB
Non-paged memory:	98.2 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	275.28 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	303.54 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	84.08 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	87.97 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	21	12
Handles:	530	600
GUI GDI count:	306	103
GUI GDI peak:	307	142
GUI USER count:	73	49
GUI USER peak:	79	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe" --started-from-file "C:\bsm softwares\baadshah (2013) - telugu - dvdscr - 1cd - apple - team tkt.mp4"
Owner:	User
Parent process:	explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Threads

Averages

dsound.dll
Total CPU:	1.30765076%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.03479337%	0.107585%
User CPU:	1.27285739%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	32,534,474/sec	5,741,424/sec
Context switches:	100/sec	79/sec
Memory:	456 KB	1.16 MB
msvcrt.dll (Windows NT CRT DLL by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.03605433%
Kernel CPU:	0.00463937%
User CPU:	0.03141496%
CPU cycles:	6,660,750/sec
Context switches:	17/sec
Memory:	688 KB
vlc.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00185015%
Kernel CPU:	0.00092508%
User CPU:	0.00092508%
CPU cycles:	42,081/sec
Memory:	128 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Ultimate	36.50%
Windows 7 Home Premium	18.50%
Windows 7 Home Basic	7.50%
Windows 8 Pro N	7.00%
Microsoft Windows XP	7.00%
Windows 7 Enterprise	7.00%
Windows Seven Black Edition	7.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium	3.50%
Windows Vista Home Basic	3.50%
Windows 7 Professional	2.50%

Distribution by country

India installs about 21.50% of VLC media player.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Hewlett-Packard	29.00%
Dell	20.82%
Acer	13.38%
Intel	10.41%
Lenovo	10.41%
ASUS	10.41%
Samsung	5.58%

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