What is Wow-64.exe?

Wow-64.exe is part of World of Warcraft and developed by Blizzard Entertainment according to the Wow-64.exe version information.

Wow-64.exe's description is "World of Warcraft"

Wow-64.exe is digitally signed by Blizzard Entertainment, Inc..

Wow-64.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Games\World of Warcraft\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Wow-64.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameWorld of Warcraft
Company nameBlizzard Entertainment
File descriptionWorld of Warcraft
Internal nameWorld of Warcraft
Original filenameWoW.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2004
Product versionVersion 6.2.2
File version6.2.2.20574

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameWorld of Warcraft
Company nameBlizzard Entertainment
File descriptionWorld of Warcraft
Internal nameWorld of Warcraft
Original filenameWoW.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2004
Product versionVersion 6.2.2
File version6.2.2.20574

Digital signatures [?]

Wow-64.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBlizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameThawte Code Signing CA - G2
Certificate serial number54a1aa6802ead5f58a6a016d4d84c565

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5129be18850f9d618c9233bde6668c8d8
SHA256ac01483e7869a6430423f6ff88ce624f516a2dde9f9dfb4e941e3ec9c71a91c2

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to wow-64.exe:

wow-64.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

wow-64.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

World of Warcraft has stopped working.

End Program - wow-64.exe. This program is not responding.

wow-64.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

wow-64.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with Wow-64.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Wow-64.exe. 33% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 3 users.

User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 2 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with Wow-64.exe. Only 3 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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