What is wmpcodec.exe?

wmpcodec.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected wmpcodec.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

19 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wmpcodec.exe file. That's a 34% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.3482063
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.CryptXXX.C1525435
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Inject
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D3521CF
AVG	Generic37.CMQU
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.3482063
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.Siggen1.55973
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.3482063 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Injector.DEBP
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.3482063
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.3482063
K7GW	Trojan ( 700001211 )
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Inject.aautf
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.PWSZbot.tc
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.3482063
Panda	Generic Suspicious
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM07.1.0000.Malware.Gen
Rising	Malware.Generic!I1KS1qgadNL@5 (Thunder)
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R0C1H0CHL16

wmpcodec.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove wmpcodec.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the wmpcodec.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that wmpcodec.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate wmpcodec.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the wmpcodec.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate wmpcodec.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\downloads\wmpcodec.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the wmpcodec.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If wmpcodec.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If wmpcodec.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If wmpcodec.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that wmpcodec.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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