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

Parent process

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

Related files

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:	6.2.8516.0 (win8_rtm.120713-1900)
MD5:	aa1528c1e4e87e1cf8585c93f68cead0
SHA1:	0e0832276d0ddb13f7c020b48314cb028bc4ea0d
SHA256:	660c9e46c7a4298f785551845442f979fdce09e9f0ed32323312982edee06278

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 typically within the context of its parent svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). This version is installed on Windows 8 and is compiled as a 32 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:	6.2.8516.0 (win8_rtm.120713-1900)
Product version:	6.2.8516.0
Size:	10.48 MB (10,989,568 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:	0.00025138%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00017436%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00007703%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	1,953 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	166,857/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	42.57 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	97.56 MB
Private (minimum):	10.23 MB
Non-paged memory:	42.57 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	239.93 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	258.73 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	10.4 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	104.05 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	101,209/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	3 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O other transfer:	46 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	2/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	29	12
Handles:	377	600
GUI GDI count:	12	103
GUI GDI peak:	14	142
GUI USER count:	28	49
GUI USER peak:	30	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Low
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\windowsapps\microsoft.reader_6.2.8516.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe\glcnd.exe" -servernamC:microsoft.reader.appxtszmc7avrx02s7n8gch63tzwg517wd9k.mca
Owner:	User
Parent process:	svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Threads

Averages

shcore.dll
Total CPU:	0.00364640%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00042294%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00322347%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	78,129/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	468 KB	1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00039392%
Kernel CPU:	0.00004309%
User CPU:	0.00035084%
CPU cycles:	8,407/sec
Memory:	1.4 MB
Windows.UI.Xaml.dll
Total CPU:	0.00019204%
Kernel CPU:	0.00008002%
User CPU:	0.00011202%
CPU cycles:	4,349/sec
Memory:	10.33 MB
glcnd.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00005715%
Kernel CPU:	0.00004572%
User CPU:	0.00001143%
CPU cycles:	1,246/sec
Memory:	10.5 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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