How to remove an wmplayer error

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Wmplayer.exe file information

The process known as Windows Media Player or Windows Media Audio belongs to software Microsoft Windows Operating System or Microsoft® Windows Media Player or Media or Windows Media Audio by Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) or Windows Media File or Windows Media Audio.

Description: wmplayer.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 73,728 bytes (41% of all occurrences), 64,000 bytes and 9 more variants.  
Wmplayer.exe is a Windows core system file. File wmplayer.exe is a trustworthy file from Microsoft. Program uses ports to connect to a LAN or the Internet. Therefore the technical security rating is 4% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If you encounter difficulties with wmplayer.exe, you could also uninstall the program using the Control Panel ⇒ Add/Remove programs ⇒ Windows Media Format Runtime or Windows Media Format 11 runtime.

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Viruses with the same file name

Is wmplayer.exe a virus? No, it is not. The true wmplayer.exe file is a safe Microsoft Windows system process, called "Windows Media Player". However, writers of malware programs, such as viruses, worms, and trojans deliberately give their processes the same file name to escape detection. Viruses with the same file name are for example Trojan.Autoit.Agent.AE (detected by F-Secure), and TROJ_GEN.USA03MO or TROJ_SPNR.08C912 (detected by TrendMicro).
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How to recognize suspicious variants? If wmplayer.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings", the security rating is 67% dangerous. The file size is 233,472 bytes (88% of all occurrences), 4,194,304 bytes or 7,340,032 bytes. There is no file information. The program has no visible window. The application starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices, C:\Windows\win.ini). The file is not a Windows core file. wmplayer.exe is able to monitor applications and manipulate other programs.

If wmplayer.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows, the security rating is 16% dangerous. The file size is 168,960 bytes. The program is not visible. It is a Microsoft signed file. It is not a Windows core file.

If wmplayer.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\, the security rating is 32% dangerous. The file size is 140,291 bytes.

If wmplayer.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32, the security rating is 90% dangerous. The file size is 100,352 bytes.

External information from Paul Collins:
There are different files with the same name:

• "loader" definitely not required. Unknown baddie - WMPLAYER.EXE is stored in the location and uses the same name as Windows Media Player but that valid Windows program doesn't load at startup
• "Media Player" definitely not required. Added by the AGOBOT-BM WORM!
• "run=" definitely not required. CoolWebSearch parasite variant - Note: this is not the Windows Media Player executable!

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as wmplayer.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the wmplayer.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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