Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

12.0.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	4.49%
12.0.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	0.23%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	1.00%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	14.41%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	0.06%
12.0.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)	0.11%
12.0.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520)	0.01%
12.0.8102.0 (winmain_win8m3.110823-1455)	0.03%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	4.08%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	2.14%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.22%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	43.01%
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12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.11%
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12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	5.10%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.01%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.01%
11.0.6002.18311 (vistasp2_gdr.100913-0337)	12.74%
11.0.6002.18311 (vistasp2_gdr.100913-0337)	0.01%
11.0.6002.18005 (lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830)	0.09%
11.0.6001.7010 (vistasp1_gdr.100910-0521)	0.65%
11.0.6000.6353 (vista_gdr.090910-0436)	0.48%
11.0.6000.6324 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.01%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421)	2.18%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421)	0.01%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421)	0.27%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421)	0.01%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421)	0.01%
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11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421)	0.01%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421)	0.01%
11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006)	8.01%
11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006)	0.07%
11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006)	0.01%
11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006)	0.06%
11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006)	0.20%
11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006)	0.01%
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Relationships

Parent process

svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Related files

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:	12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
MD5:	9aed8e824cf5faab67957edbc5512060
SHA1:	c6f2be2f2433a7108e954a5be071ecbc18ada34b

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:	12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Product version:	12.0.7600.16385
Size:	161 KB (164,864 bytes)
Build date:	5/9/2013 10:48 PM
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...”

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'

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.01104122%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00533775%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00570347%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	2,730,244 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	1,706,437/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	428/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	31.27 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	44.77 MB
Private (minimum):	44.12 MB
Non-paged memory:	31.27 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	177.21 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	181.11 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	44.46 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	45.93 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	32,946/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	12.97 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	116 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	6.67 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	32/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	16	12
Handles:	466	600
GUI GDI count:	484	103
GUI GDI peak:	500	142
GUI USER count:	151	49
GUI USER peak:	168	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\windows media player\wmplayer.exe" /play -embedding
Owner:	User
Parent process:	svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

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