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WMPNetwk.exe file information

The process Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service belongs to the software Microsoft® Windows® Operating System or Microsoft? Windows? Operating System or MicrosoftR WindowsR Operating System by Microsoft Corporation (www.microsoft.com).

Description: WMPNetwk.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows XP are 913408 bytes (92% of all occurrence), 911872 bytes, 895488 bytes, 823808 bytes, 942080 bytes.
The program is not visible. WMPNetwk.exe is a trustworthy file from Microsoft. WMPNetwk.exe is not a Windows system file. Therefore the technical security rating is 16% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as WMPNetwk.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the WMPNetwk.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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A prosess that is needed to share the library with i.e. your xbox 360 through media center
  Strandmyr  
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Shares Windows Media Player libraries to other networked players and media devices using Universal Plug and Play
  VemeC  
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This file is turned on by Windows Media Player when you enable Media sharing, and it can be turned off inside the options of WMP. If you have connected a Xbox 360 to your PC, this is the program that serves it music or other things.
  Bradley Shaner  
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Media Player 11 users with folder sharing enabled on their network (for their xbox 360s, for example) will see this process running.
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The file is located in the folder C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\ and belongs to Windows Media Player. It is used to share Windows Media Player libraries.
  Dario  
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it is windows media player sharing executables
  orlowski  
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Takes af lot of your CPU
  Nicolaj  
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Es verbraucht in 1 min 300 mb.Ram....und ich hab nur 512....
  Alex  
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File Sharing Over Local LAN
  Admin  
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only became aware of it when it was flagged up by zone alarm free advising me that it was trying to access the internet - I have denied access and also blocked access from within zone alarm
  neil watterson  
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Summary: 15 users think WMPNetwk.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 4 users think it's probably harmless. 3 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user suspect danger. 4 users think WMPNetwk.exe is dangerous and recommend to remove it.. 4 users doesn't grade WMPNetwk.exe ("not sure about it").

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