How to Remove “wmpnetwk.exe”

What is wmpnetwk.exe?

wmpnetwk.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service and belongs to software Microsoft Windows Operating System. It is developed by Microsoft. It is commonly stored in C:\Program Files. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as wmpnetwk.exe to damage the software and hardware.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

How to check if your computer is infected with wmpnetwk.exe malware?       

Malicious authors try to infect the systems with different types of malicious programs. Each form of malicious software is designed to infect the system that creates different issues and impact on the system. One can notice the following changes once the system is infected with wmpnetwk.exe malware

  • If the internet connection fluctuation is high 
  • If the wmpnetwk.exe file is taking more of your CPU memory 
  • If the system performance is very low
  • If the system is redirected to some strange websites 
  • If the system is getting some annoying popup ads 
  • If the system freezes quiet often
  • If it invites other malware to infect and damage the system and exploits the same to collect the user private informaton

When one of these happens then you can be sure that your system is infected with setup.exe  malware. To confirm that go to task manager by pressing the combination of keys ctrl+alt+del and go to the process tab and right click on the wmpnetwk.exe  and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\Program Files files then the system is not affected by wmpnetwk.exe, if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by wmpnetwk.exe malware.

How to remove wmpnetwk.exe malware from system using Comodo Antivirus?

Step 1: Download the award-winning Free Antivirus.

Step 2: Installation configuration frames will be displayed. Select the configuration you would like to apply.

Step 3: After network detection is complete, press “Close” button for a scan window.

Step 4: Restart your PC.

Step 5: It will take some time for the Comodo Internet Security to update the antivirus.

Step 6: Proceed with a quick scan that automatically begins after the update.

Step 7: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.

Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove the wmpnetwk.exe virus from your computer including all other malwares!

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 20 October 2011 at 10:24 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 Microsoft Corporation Executable 38a3a656b4ffb7ef
d53ebd85049bef41
b4e2f89d
6ae83e26ea006457
29cb4254eff0203a
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 11.0.5721.
5262
(WMP_11.09
0130-1421)
11.0.5721.
5262
Vietnam N/A
2 Microsoft Corporation Executable 42e8a57fe9d6388b
6d6b16820e61aec3
341af970
a73077a0db0ff011
dbc81dd85d1a977c
Virus.Win32.
Ramnit.K
No 11.0.5721.
5262
(WMP_11.09
0130-1421)
11.0.5721.
5262
Turkey N/A
3 Microsoft Corporation Executable f4fea4c2ada30b62
c3bec71c8e50e0b3
c12bd5e1
329e1c7e20384f15
df1dfbec4568d959
Virus.Win32.
Virut.CE
No 12.0.7600.
16385
(win7_rtm.
090713-125
5)
12.0.7600.
16385
197.32.15.247/32 N/A
4 N/A Executable 355af9308bd37922
a0af7b983a40cc0c
409771d2
46a1ccc081443ac6
56e65b75003ce49d
Virus.Win32.
Virut.Ce
No N/A N/A New Zealand N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 15 November 2008 at 5:21 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 Microsoft Corporation Executable 481b7432eb8901c2
ed91b96ed214a916
a1dc543c
83d71b705cff920b
9a986e0c9868e399
No 12.0.7601.
17514
(win7sp1_r
tm.101119-
1850)
12.0.7601.
17514
Poland
2 Microsoft Corporation Executable c1124a371681eab7
aa87b4dcbc3c4618
93470163
f0faf2a425cc7708
75f48686e6d87a4d
No 12.0.7601.
17514
(win7sp1_r
tm.101119-
1850)
12.0.7601.
17514
France
3 Microsoft Corporation Executable 5cdf1ab397c196bd
73e21cf668123675
5560aac3
f74e3d9a7fa9556c
3bbb14d4e5e63d3b
No 11.0.5721.
5145
(WMP_11.06
1018-2006)
11.0.5721.
5145
Internal Submission
4 Microsoft Corporation Executable 9285dce4d1f540f7
b600fbbdb9964f7e
5109190c
aedd090d47c3ed45
6effb99511f5e0f3
No 12.0.7600.
16385
(win7_rtm.
090713-125
5)
12.0.7600.
16385
Argentina
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