Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

9.00.00.4503	4.01%
9.00.00.4503	0.01%
9.00.00.4503	0.01%
9.00.00.4503	0.01%
9.00.00.4503	0.07%
9.00.00.4503	0.01%
9.00.00.4503	0.01%
9.00.00.4503	0.01%
9.00.00.4503	0.01%
9.00.00.3250	1.83%
9.00.00.3250	0.01%
9.00.00.3250	0.01%
9.00.00.3250	0.01%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	1.05%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	15.06%
12.0.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)	0.11%
12.0.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520)	0.01%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	4.26%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	2.24%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.23%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	44.94%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.01%
11.0.6002.18311 (vistasp2_gdr.100913-0337)	13.32%
11.0.6000.6353 (vista_gdr.090910-0436)	0.50%
11.0.6000.6324 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.01%
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11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421)	2.28%
11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006)	8.37%
11.0.5358.4827 (WMP_11.060509-2009)	0.01%
10.00.00.3997	0.09%
10.00.00.3931	0.01%
10.00.00.3931	0.21%
10.00.00.3931	0.01%
10.00.00.3802	0.22%
10.00.00.3802	0.01%
10.00.00.3802	0.01%
10.00.00.3802	0.01%
10.00.00.3646	0.97%
10.00.00.3646	0.12%
10.00.00.3646	0.01%

Relationships

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

RegQueryValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegCloseKey, EventUnregister, EventWrite, EventRegister

kernel32.dll

GetLastError, lstrlenW, CompareStringA, ExitProcess, FreeLibrary, SetErrorMode, GetProcAddress, HeapFree, SetCurrentDirectoryW, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, HeapAlloc, CloseHandle, CreateMutexW, GetStartupInfoW, GetProcessHeap, SetThreadPriority, GetCurrentThread, LocalFree, LoadLibraryW, FormatMessageW, GetCommandLineW, GetModuleHandleW, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, LoadLibraryA, InterlockedExchange, LocalAlloc, RaiseException, CompareStringOrdinal, SetProcessDEPPolicy, SetEvent, OpenEventW, LoadLibraryExA

ntdll.dll

memset

user32.dll

SetForegroundWindow, GetClassNameA, GetParent, GetDesktopWindow, GetWindowThreadProcessId, IsWindowVisible, GetWindow, MessageBoxW, GetSystemMetrics, ShowWindow, FindWindowW, SendMessageTimeoutW, IsIconic, GetClassNameW

wmplayer.exe

Windows Media Player by Microsoft

Remove wmplayer.exe

Version:	9.00.00.4503
MD5:	97364267f7ec88285957fe24bd39eb58
SHA1:	8cfdddc7d5b439944ac3127756b63de7d1dd17e5
SHA256:	8db6e6b9437f429321dbf0008541469e71e21937a60796ccb9fac65adff0007f

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

What is wmplayer.exe?

Windows Media Player (abbreviated WMP) is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices.

About wmplayer.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”

Details

File name:	wmplayer.exe
Publisher:	Microsoft Corporation
Product name:	Windows Media Player
Description:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\windows media player\wmplayer.exe
Original name:	wmplayer.exe.mui
File version:	9.00.00.4503
Size:	72 KB (73,728 bytes)
Digital DNA
Entropy:	6.489287
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

Windows Media Player 11

Microsoft Corporation

5% remove

Windows Media Player 11 was included with Vista with no updates, final release on XP. Windows Media Player is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images .In addition to being a media player, Windows Media Player includes the ability to rip music from and copy music to compact discs, burn recordable discs in Audio CD format or as data discs with playlists ...

Lecteur Windows Media 11

Microsoft Corporation

5% remove

“Obtenez le Lecteur Windows Media pour votre version de Windows ou découvrez comment lire des fichiers Windows Media sur votre Mac. Obtenez de l'aide et des procédures relatives à votre version du Lecteur, notamment des informations sur les fonctionnalités, la résolution de problèmes, etc. Personnalisez votre Lecteur avec des apparences, des visualisations et des plug-ins faciles à installer et vous bénéficierez d'un nouveau look et de f...”

OpenOffice.org

11% remove

Apache OpenOffice (AOO) is an open-source office productivity software suite containing word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, formula editor, and database management applications. OpenOffice's default file format is the OpenDocument Format (ODF), an ISO/IEC standard. It can also handle other file formats including those from Microsoft Office. OpenOffice runs on several operating systems. Although originally written in C++...

Behaviors

Autoplay handlers

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

Handler name 'IviDVDEventHandler'
Handler name 'IviVideoCDHandler'
Handler name 'MSPlayBluRayOnArrival'
Handler name 'MSWMPBurnDataDVDArrival'
Handler name 'MSRipCDAudioOnArrival'
Handler name 'MSWMPBurnCDOnArrival'
Handler name 'MSPlayDVDMovieOnArrival'
Handler name 'MSPlayCDAudioOnArrival'
Handler name 'MSPlayVideoCDMovieOnArrival'
Handler name 'MSPlaySuperVideoCDMovieOnArrival'

Shell open commands

WPLFile
WMZFile
WMVFile
WMSFile
wmafile
mpegfile
mp3file
AUFile
AVIFile

Windows firewall allowed programs

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

Firewall exception for 'C:\Programmer\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe'
Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe'

Network connections

Access through an approved Windows firewall exception

[TCP] 65.55.164.201 (65.55.164.201:80)

[UDP] listens on port 1332

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.92056097%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.50137696%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.41918401%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	631 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
User CPU time:	268 ms/min	0 ms/min
Context switches:	715/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	36.03 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	11.99 MB
Private (minimum):	10.79 MB
Non-paged memory:	36.03 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	117.56 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	118.84 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	10.05 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	29.57 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	23,957/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	461.99 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	206/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	375.12 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	200/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	121.19 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	4,050/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	24	12
Handles:	499	600
GUI GDI count:	353	103
GUI USER count:	103	49

Process properties

Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\windows media player\wmplayer.exe" /prefetcC:1
Owner:	User

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Ultimate	20.00%
Windows 7 Home Premium	20.00%
Windows 8	20.00%
Windows 8 Single Language	20.00%
Windows Seven Black Edition	5.00%
Windows 7 Professional	5.00%
Windows 8 Pro	5.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium	5.00%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 30.00% of Windows Media Player.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Dell	30.77%
Acer	23.08%
Hewlett-Packard	15.38%
Lenovo	15.38%
ASUS	7.69%
Samsung	7.69%

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