Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

6.0.5358.0 (WMP_11.060509-2009) 0.03%
6.0.5358.0 (WMP_11.060509-2009) 0.03%
12.0.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 0.21%
12.0.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 0.03%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 0.67%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 0.73%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 1.33%
12.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 12.36%
12.0.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423) 0.06%
12.0.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423) 0.06%
12.0.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520) 0.03%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 5.54%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 43.53%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 3.60%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 16.27%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 0.03%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 0.03%
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 0.03%
11.0.6000.6324 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 7.00%
11.0.6000.6324 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 0.33%
11.0.6000.6324 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 1.09%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421) 1.36%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421) 0.06%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421) 0.03%
11.0.5721.5262 (WMP_11.090130-1421) 0.15%
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Import table
advapi32.dll
EventRegister, EventUnregister, TraceMessage, GetTraceEnableFlags, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceLoggerHandle, RegisterTraceGuidsW, UnregisterTraceGuids, EventWrite, RegCloseKey, RegOpenKeyExW, QueryServiceStatusEx, ControlService, SetServiceStatus, CloseServiceHandle, OpenServiceW, OpenSCManagerW, DeleteService, ChangeServiceConfig2W, CreateServiceW, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, GetSecurityDescriptorControl, MakeAbsoluteSD, GetSecurityDescriptorSacl, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetSecurityDescriptorGroup, GetSecurityDescriptorOwner, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, RegDeleteValueW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegSetValueExW, GetLengthSid, IsValidSid, CopySid, AddAce, InitializeAcl, GetAclInformation, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, ConvertSecurityDescriptorToStringSecurityDescriptorW, ConvertStringSidToSidW, RegSetKeySecurity, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, EqualSid, GetNamedSecurityInfoW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegNotifyChangeKeyValue, RegGetValueW, DeregisterEventSource, ReportEventW, RegisterEventSourceW, FreeSid, SetNamedSecurityInfoW, SetEntriesInAclW, AllocateAndInitializeSid, LsaClose, LsaFreeMemory, LsaLookupNames2, LsaOpenPolicy, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, ConvertSidToStringSidW, ImpersonateLoggedOnUser, RevertToSelf, OpenProcessToken, GetTokenInformation, TraceEvent, LookupAccountSidW, ChangeServiceConfigW, StartServiceW, SetSecurityInfo, GetAce, GetSecurityInfo, SetSecurityDescriptorControl, LookupAccountNameW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegGetKeySecurity, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegCreateKeyExA, RegQueryValueExA, RegSetValueExA, CryptGenRandom, CryptAcquireContextW, CreateWellKnownSid, SetFileSecurityW, GetFileSecurityW, OpenThreadToken, CryptReleaseContext
faultrep.dll
ReportFault
gdi32.dll
DeleteObject
httpapi.dll
HttpInitialize, HttpTerminate, HttpSetServiceConfiguration, HttpDeleteServiceConfiguration
iphlpapi.dll
GetAdaptersAddresses, GetIpForwardTable, NotifyAddrChange, GetBestInterfaceEx, GetIpNetEntry2, SendARP, ResolveIpNetEntry2, CancelIPChangeNotify, GetIpAddrTable, CancelMibChangeNotify2, NotifyIpInterfaceChange
kernel32.dll
DllMain, InterlockedExchange, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, IsDebuggerPresent, GetModuleFileNameW, LocalFree, IsWow64Process, GetCurrentProcess, lstrcmpW, ResetEvent, SetProcessWorkingSetSize, DeleteTimerQueueEx, DeleteTimerQueueTimer, CreateTimerQueue, CreateTimerQueueTimer, ChangeTimerQueueTimer, InterlockedExchangeAdd, CompareStringOrdinal, MultiByteToWideChar, WriteFile, CreateFileW, CompareStringA, MulDiv, GetLongPathNameW, CreateEventW, GetFileAttributesW, RemoveDirectoryW, UnregisterWaitEx, DeleteFileW, CopyFileW, RegisterWaitForSingleObject, FindNextFileW, FindFirstFileW, QueueUserWorkItem, FormatMessageW, lstrcmpiW, CreateThread, WaitForMultipleObjects, GetStringTypeExW, GetDynamicTimeZoneInformation, GetComputerNameW, WideCharToMultiByte, lstrlenA, LocalAlloc, HeapFree, GetProcessHeap, GetProductInfo, GetVersionExW, GetTempPathW, DelayLoadFailureHook, GetProcAddress, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryExA, PowerCreateRequest, InterlockedCompareExchange64, SetLastError, GetTickCount64, PowerClearRequest, PowerSetRequest, WaitForSingleObject, Sleep, GetTickCount, GetLastError, InterlockedCompareExchange, HeapSetInformation, CompareStringW, OpenEventW, SetEvent, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, lstrlenW, ExitProcess, GetCommandLineW, GetStartupInfoW, RegSetValueExA, RegQueryValueExA, RegCreateKeyExA, GetLocalTime, GlobalMemoryStatus, GetDiskFreeSpaceA, GetEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, DeviceIoControl, GetModuleHandleA, LoadLibraryA, OpenMutexW, CreateMutexW, ReleaseMutex, GetFileAttributesExW, CompareFileTime, FreeLibraryAndExitThread, DuplicateHandle, LoadLibraryExW, FreeResource, GetFileSize, GetThreadPriority, SetThreadPriority, FileTimeToSystemTime, FileTimeToDosDateTime, FindClose, GetTempFileNameW, GlobalFree, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, VirtualFree, OpenFileMappingW, VirtualAlloc, GetCurrentThread, SetFileAttributesW, CreateDirectoryW, GetFileSizeEx, SetFilePointerEx, ReadFile, HeapDestroy, HeapAlloc, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, CloseHandle, FindResourceExW, FindResourceW, LoadResource, LockResource, SizeofResource, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, RaiseException, GetFullPathNameW, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, TerminateProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, CreateFileMappingW, MapViewOfFile, GetSystemTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, UnmapViewOfFile, RegEnumValueW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegGetKeySecurity, GetModuleHandleW, LoadLibraryW, OutputDebugStringA, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetVersionExA, DebugBreak, SetThreadExecutionState, GetVersion, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, TzSpecificLocalTimeToSystemTime, FindCloseChangeNotification, FindFirstChangeNotificationW, FindNextChangeNotification, ResolveDelayLoadedAPI, GlobalMemoryStatusEx, GetDiskFreeSpaceW, GetUserGeoID, GetSystemDefaultLCID, GetNativeSystemInfo, GetModuleHandleExW, SetFilePointer, VerifyVersionInfoW, VerSetConditionMask, GetSystemWow64DirectoryW, GetSystemDirectoryW, WaitForMultipleObjectsEx, GetEnvironmentVariableW
mfplat.dll
MFShutdown, MFStartup, MFInvokeCallback, MFCreateAsyncResult, CreatePropertyStore
msvcrt.dll
DllMain
netapi32.dll
NetApiBufferFree, NetGetJoinInformation, NetShareGetInfo
ntdll.dll
NtQuerySystemTime, RtlFreeHeap, RtlAllocateHeap, RtlIpv4StringToAddressExW, RtlInitUnicodeString, RtlInitString, NtAllocateLocallyUniqueId, RtlFreeUnicodeString, RtlNtStatusToDosError, strchr, RtlUnwind, RtlGetVersion
ole32.dll
CoInitializeSecurity, CoInitializeEx, CoSetProxyBlanket, CoTaskMemFree, CoUninitialize, PropVariantClear, CoMarshalInterface, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, CoReleaseMarshalData, CoUnmarshalInterface, IIDFromString, CoTaskMemAlloc, PropVariantCopy, StringFromGUID2, CoCreateGuid, CoCreateInstance, CLSIDFromProgID
propsys.dll
PropVariantToString, PropVariantToStringAlloc, PSGetPropertyDescriptionByName, PSGetPropertyKeyFromName, InitPropVariantFromCLSID
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathW, SHCreateDirectoryExW, SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW, SHGetKnownFolderItem, SHCreateItemWithParent, SHGetKnownFolderPath, SHCreateItemFromParsingName
shlwapi.dll
PathFileExistsW, StrCmpNW, PathFindFileNameW, StrStrIW, PathAppendW, HashData, PathRemoveExtensionW, PathFindExtensionW, PathCreateFromUrlW, SHStrDupW, SHDeleteKeyW
user32.dll
wvsprintfA, CharLowerBuffW, CharUpperBuffW, PeekMessageW, DispatchMessageW, CharNextA, TranslateMessage, MsgWaitForMultipleObjects, MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx, RegisterPowerSettingNotification, CharUpperW, wvsprintfW, UnregisterPowerSettingNotification, UnregisterClassA
userenv.dll
RegisterGPNotification, UnregisterGPNotification
winhttp.dll
WinHttpWriteData, WinHttpQueryHeaders, WinHttpAddRequestHeaders, WinHttpCrackUrl, WinHttpSetCredentials, WinHttpGetDefaultProxyConfiguration, WinHttpGetIEProxyConfigForCurrentUser, WinHttpGetProxyForUrl, WinHttpSetOption, WinHttpTimeFromSystemTime, WinHttpQueryDataAvailable, WinHttpCloseHandle, WinHttpReadData, WinHttpReceiveResponse, WinHttpSendRequest, WinHttpOpen, WinHttpSetTimeouts, WinHttpSetStatusCallback, WinHttpConnect, WinHttpOpenRequest
wmpmde.dll
MFCreateNetVRoot, MFCreateWMPMDEOpCenter
ws2_32.dll
GetAddrInfoW, getnameinfo, FreeAddrInfoW
wtsapi32.dll
WTSFreeMemory, WTSEnumerateSessionsW, WTSQuerySessionInformationW
xmllite.dll
CreateXmlReader, CreateXmlWriter

wmpnetwk.exe

Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service by Microsoft

Remove wmpnetwk.exe
Version:   11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006)
MD5:   f74e3d9a7fa9556c3bbb14d4e5e63d3b
SHA1:   5cdf1ab397c196bd73e21cf6681236755560aac3
SHA256:   c71faac752f6d58bf8556661252dbf8c5ddd090cae002a2c7e09c9a014526066
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is wmpnetwk.exe?

This service allows Media Player to share media with other computers on the network.

About wmpnetwk.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”

Overview

wmpnetwk.exe runs as a service under the name A Windows Media Player hálózatmegosztási szolgáltatása (WMPNetworkSvc) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Windows Media Player 11 published by Microsoft Corporation, Windows Media Player 10 Hotfix [See EmeraldQFE2 for more information] from Microsoft Corporation and Windows Media Player 10 Hotfix [See EmeraldQFE2 for more information] by Microsoft Corporation. and is compiled as a 32 bit program.

DetailsDetails

File name:wmpnetwk.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\windows media player\wmpnetwk.exe
Original name:WMPNetwk.exe.mui
File version:11.0.5721.5145 (WMP_11.061018-2006)
Product version:11.0.5721.5145
Size:892 KB (913,408 bytes)
Digital DNA
Entropy:6.453524
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:No
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ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Cisco WebEx Meetings
 Cisco WebEx LLC
5% remove
“WebEx Meetings for collaboration allows you take care of business more efficiently by eliminating back-and-forth email. Show documents, applications and your desktop to remote attendees in real time. Pass control to attendees so they can share their desktops or annotate yours. Switch between different sharing modes without transitions or distractions. No need to upload files to a server.”
WebEx
 Cisco WebEx LLC
7% remove
“Meet, collaborate, and share in a whole new way. It's easy to prepare because everything you need is in one place. Share anything on your computer and generate ideas fast. Next steps are crystal clear. That's WebEx Meetings. Once you're all in the meeting, share easily and work together effectively. Show others anything on your computer – files, apps, your whole desktop. Then pass the ball to someone else who'd like to share. Work on a ...”
LG Outlook Sync
 LG Electronics
11% remove
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 ...
Windows Media Player 10 Hotfix [See EmeraldQFE2 for more information]
 Microsoft Corporation
9% remove
“Fix Windows Media Player video, and other media or library issues. Windows Media Player may not be set up correctly and may not run as expected. Windows Media Player may have to run the first time setup to correct settings. Windows Media Player Library may be corrupted. This causes media browsing and search problems in Windows Media Player. The settings for Windows Media network streaming may be corrupted. This prevents streaming video...”
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
 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++...

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00088052%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00038800%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00049252%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:38,798 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:74/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:10.77 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):15.86 MB
Private (minimum):6.42 MB
Non-paged memory:10.77 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:76.98 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):79.06 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:10.21 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):17.64 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:28,242/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:343 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:4 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:579 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:22/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:15
12
Handles:270
600
GUI GDI count:10
103
GUI USER count:10
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\windows media player\wmpnetwk.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:WMPNetworkSvc
Display name:A Windows Media Player hálózatmegosztási szolgáltatása
Description:“Consente di condividere il Catalogo multimediale di Windows Media Player con altri lettori e dispositivi multimediali in rete mediante Universal Plug and Play”
Type:Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
wmp.dll
Total CPU:0.01065428%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00885045%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00180383%
0.165382%
Context switches:16/sec
79/sec
Memory:10.4 MB
1.16 MB
ole32.dll
Total CPU:0.00492263%
Kernel CPU:0.00311863%
User CPU:0.00180399%
Context switches:43/sec
Memory:1.24 MB
msvcrt.dll (Windows NT CRT DLL by Microsoft)
Total CPU:0.00024042%
Kernel CPU:0.00012282%
User CPU:0.00011760%
Context switches:46/sec
Memory:352 KB
WMPNetwk.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00017871%
Kernel CPU:0.00008320%
User CPU:0.00009551%
Memory:912 KB
SSDPAPI.dll
Total CPU:0.00016238%
Kernel CPU:0.00013267%
User CPU:0.00002972%
Memory:48 KB
ADVAPI32.dll
Total CPU:0.00014866%
Kernel CPU:0.00009163%
User CPU:0.00005703%
Memory:620 KB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.00000595%
Kernel CPU:0.00000513%
User CPU:0.00000082%
Memory:712 KB

Common loaded modules

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

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 58.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate 23.50%
Windows 7 Professional 9.50%
Windows Vista Home Premium 3.50%
Windows 7 Home Basic 2.00%
Windows Seven Black Edition 1.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 1.00%
Windows 8 Pro 0.50%
Windows 7 Starter 0.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 51.52% of Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 24.80%
Hewlett-Packard 19.60%
ASUS 16.80%
Toshiba 13.60%
Acer 12.00%
Sony 6.40%
Alienware 1.60%
GIGABYTE 1.60%
Lenovo 1.60%
Samsung 1.20%
Sahara 0.80%
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