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%
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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%
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Relationships

Parent processes

Related files

wmplayer.exe

Windows Media Player by Microsoft

Remove wmplayer.exe

Version:	12.0.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
MD5:	7175c3425fc9ab6abaeaf56863303dd7
SHA1:	54a9f47accf024807fc33cbf47c2e7543aac6cdc

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:	12.0.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
Product version:	12.0.9600.16384
Size:	161 KB (164,864 bytes)
Build date:	8/21/2013 11:48 PM
Digital DNA
Entropy:	6.489287
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program 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 ...

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] 178.static.CharlotteColo.Com (216.249.101.178:8080)

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00117374%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00005299%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00112075%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	56,391 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	1,643,744/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	320/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	55.96 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	56.39 MB
Private (minimum):	20.02 MB
Non-paged memory:	55.96 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	250.22 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	556.9 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	27.89 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	70.51 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	1,008,104/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	705.97 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	158/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	118.38 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	2/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	193.66 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	390/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	29	12
Handles:	939	600
GUI GDI count:	614	103
GUI GDI peak:	620	142
GUI USER count:	164	49
GUI USER peak:	178	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command lines:	"C:\Program Files\windows media player\wmplayer.exe" /skipfue /remoteocxlaunch /suppressdialogs "C:\Program Files\windows media player\wmplayer.exe" /play -embedding
Owner:	User
Parent processes:	ehshell.exe (Windows Media Center by Microsoft) svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

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