Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

5, 4, 1, 17538	33.33%
5, 2, 0, 16669	33.33%
5, 1, 0, 16357	33.33%

Relationships

wow.exe (World of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment)

wow-64.exe

World of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment (Signed)

Remove wow-64.exe

Version:	5, 1, 0, 16357
MD5:	e04bc8222db33de3282d6c0ff4a6f190
SHA1:	cc5d41743db48b51565f2157a6931a747fcf3f54
SHA256:	82433171c11d43e9fc59da224c6d530bada307b89ad6c9bc1662a6f92f91aa30

Overview

wow-64.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is installed with a couple of know programs including World of Warcraft published by Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft from Blizzard Entertainment and World of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Blizzard Entertainment which was issued by the Thawte certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	wow-64.exe
Publisher:	Blizzard Entertainment
Product name:	World of Warcraft
Description:	World of Warcraft Retail
Typical file path:	C:\world of warcraft\wow-64.exe
Original name:	WoW.exe
File version:	5, 1, 0, 16357
Product version:	Version 5.1
Size:	15.09 MB (15,826,112 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Blizzard Entertainment
Authority (CA):	Thawte
Effective date:	Thursday, September 29, 2011
Expiration date:	Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

World of Warcraft

Blizzard Entertainment

8% remove

World of Warcraft is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe. As with other MMORPGs, players control a character avatar within a game world in third- or first-person view, exploring the landscape, fighting various monsters, completing quests, and interacting with non-player characters (NPCs) or other players.

League of Legends

Riot Games

12% remove

League of Legends (LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows. Players are formed into 2 even teams of Champions, 3v3 or 5v5. League of Legends is a session-based game. Matchmaking occurs based on the average Elo ratings of each individual players, with slight proprietary adjustments. The game can currently be played in five different modes: Tutorial, Custom, Co-Op v...

Network connections

[TCP] 12.129.255.49:3724

[UDP] listens on port 54257

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.02776933%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.01594165%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.01182768%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	23,135 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	1,842/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	1.14 GB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	1.12 GB
Private (minimum):	234.35 MB
Non-paged memory:	1.14 GB	21.59 MB
Working set:	1.11 GB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	1.13 GB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	51	12
Handles:	2608	600
GUI GDI count:	23	103
GUI GDI peak:	29	142
GUI USER count:	16	49
GUI USER peak:	17	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\world of warcraft\wow-64.exe" -launch -uid wow_enus
Owner:	User

Threads

Averages

Wow-64.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	13.46239880%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.47521395%	0.107585%
User CPU:	12.98718486%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	480,926,754/sec	5,741,424/sec
Context switches:	181/sec	79/sec
Memory:	18.93 MB	1.16 MB
nvwgf2umx.dll (NVIDIA D3D10 drivers by NVIDIA)
Total CPU:	4.01770950%
Kernel CPU:	0.37378499%
User CPU:	3.64392451%
CPU cycles:	142,908,974/sec
Context switches:	58/sec
Memory:	14.46 MB