Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

6.3.9600.17044 (winblue_gdr.140311-0127)	23.81%
6.3.9600.16422 (winblue_gdr.131006-1505)	28.57%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	4.76%
6.2.9200.20780 (win8_ldr.130722-1509)	4.76%
6.2.9200.20623 (win8_ldr.130201-1704)	14.29%
6.2.9200.20523 (win8_ldr.120924-1641)	4.76%
6.2.8516.0 (win8_rtm.120713-1900)	4.76%
6.2.8516.0 (win8_rtm.120713-1900)	14.29%

Relationships

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

EventRegister, EventUnregister, EventWrite

api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0.dll

RoInitialize, RoActivateInstance, RoGetActivationFactory, RoUninitialize

api-ms-win-core-winrt-string-l1-1-0.dll

WindowsCreateString, WindowsCreateStringReference, WindowsDeleteString, WindowsGetStringRawBuffer, WindowsStringHasEmbeddedNull, WindowsIsStringEmpty, WindowsDuplicateString

api-ms-win-shcore-stream-winrt-l1-1-0.dll

CreateStreamOverRandomAccessStream, CreateRandomAccessStreamOnFile

d3d11.dll

D3D11CreateDevice

dwrite.dll

DWriteCreateFactory

kernel32.dll

CompareStringOrdinal, SetEvent, CloseHandle, CreateEventExW, WaitForSingleObjectEx, InitializeCriticalSectionEx, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeSRWLock, InterlockedIncrement, ResetEvent, InitOnceExecuteOnce, SetLastError, FormatMessageW, FindNLSStringEx, QueryPerformanceFrequency, OutputDebugStringW, RaiseFailFastException, GetLastError, ReleaseSemaphore, CreateSemaphoreExW, ReleaseSRWLockExclusive, ReleaseSRWLockShared, TryAcquireSRWLockExclusive, TryAcquireSRWLockShared, AcquireSRWLockExclusive, AcquireSRWLockShared, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, IsDebuggerPresent, GetTickCount64, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentThreadId, QueryPerformanceCounter, DecodePointer, EncodePointer, RaiseException, WaitForMultipleObjectsEx, MultiByteToWideChar, InterlockedExchange, WideCharToMultiByte, GetStringTypeExW, IsNormalizedString, NormalizeString, InterlockedDecrement

msvcp110.dll

DllMain

msvcr110.dll

DllMain

ole32.dll

CreateStreamOnHGlobal, CoTaskMemFree, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoCreateFreeThreadedMarshaler, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoCreateInstanceFromApp

xmllite.dll

CreateXmlWriter, CreateXmlReader

xpsviewrasterizerdev11.dll

CreateRasterizer

glcnd.exe

Windows Reader by Microsoft

Remove glcnd.exe

Version:	6.2.9200.20623 (win8_ldr.130201-1704)
MD5:	532f8ed4fb4859d037afd439f5e4e267
SHA1:	4cc18d6e9b0bb94c05b2f2b88a5b49bdd6897bcd
SHA256:	a187bf9e75c85479cf7eb9d710cafa813ac0e367aa51ec1e489b601874732e38

What is glcnd.exe?

Microsoft Reader is a Microsoft program for the reading of e-books. Microsoft Reader is available for download from Microsoft as a free program for computers running Windows. Microsoft Reader displays books in the .LIT format, an extension of the Microsoft Compressed HTML Help format to include DRM. The notable features of Microsoft Reader are ClearType for increased readability on small screens.

Overview

glcnd.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. This version is installed on Windows 8 and is compiled as a 64 bit program.

Details

File name:	glcnd.exe
Publisher:	Microsoft Corporation
Product name:	Windows Reader
Description:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\windowsapps\microsoft.reader_6.2.8516.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe\glcnd.exe
File version:	6.2.9200.20623 (win8_ldr.130201-1704)
Product version:	6.2.9200.20623
Size:	14.24 MB (14,932,992 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00058082%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00029440%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00028642%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	6,656 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	38,469/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	82.44 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	46.75 MB
Private (minimum):	33.55 MB
Non-paged memory:	82.44 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	311.99 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	441.5 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	42.68 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	214.61 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	1,537,120/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	7 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O other transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	27	12
Handles:	389	600
GUI GDI count:	14	103
GUI GDI peak:	16	142
GUI USER count:	29	49
GUI USER peak:	32	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Undefined
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\windowsapps\microsoft.reader_6.2.9200.20623_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\glcnd.exe" -servernamC:microsoft.reader.appxtszmc7avrx02s7n8gch63tzwg517wd9k.mca
Owner:	User
Parent process:	svchost.exe (by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

shcore.dll
Total CPU:	0.00790089%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00105301%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00684788%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	208,300/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	600 KB	1.16 MB
Windows.UI.Xaml.dll
Total CPU:	0.00397349%
Kernel CPU:	0.00190365%
User CPU:	0.00206984%
CPU cycles:	104,473/sec
Memory:	13.05 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00237584%
Kernel CPU:	0.00032793%
User CPU:	0.00204791%
CPU cycles:	46,679/sec
Memory:	1.74 MB
glcnd.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00013111%
Kernel CPU:	0.00011871%
User CPU:	0.00001240%
CPU cycles:	2,775/sec
Memory:	14.26 MB
shell32.dll (Windows Shell Common Dll by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.00001122%
Kernel CPU:	0.00001122%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	5/sec
Memory:	18.91 MB

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 8.1	28.57%
Windows 8.1 Pro	23.81%
Windows 8	19.05%
Windows 8 Pro	9.52%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center	9.52%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center	4.76%
Windows 8 Enterprise	4.76%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 42.86% of Windows Reader.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
ASUS	25.00%
Hewlett-Packard	20.83%
Dell	16.67%
Acer	12.50%
Toshiba	8.33%
Sony	8.33%
Alienware	4.17%
Samsung	4.17%

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