What is wmpnetwk.dll?
wmpnetwk.dll is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\recent\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected wmpnetwk.dll.
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.
Digital signatures [?]
wmpnetwk.dll is not signed.
VirusTotal report
23 of the 53 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wmpnetwk.dll file. That's a 43% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| Ad-Aware | Trojan.GenericKD.1725685 |
| Baidu-International | Trojan.Win32.Sysn.Abzh |
| BitDefender | Trojan.GenericKD.1725685 |
| Emsisoft | Trojan.GenericKD.1725685 (B) |
| F-Secure | Trojan.GenericKD.1725685 |
| Fortinet | W32/Sysn.AGZX!tr |
| GData | Trojan.GenericKD.1725685 |
| Ikarus | Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Sysn |
| Jiangmin | TrojanDropper.Sysn.qj |
| K7AntiVirus | Riskware ( 0040eff71 ) |
| K7GW | Riskware ( 0040eff71 ) |
| Kaspersky | Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Sysn.agzx |
| McAfee | Artemis!A967B439A9FE |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!A967B439A9FE |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Trojan.GenericKD.1725685 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Sysn.dbmgtr |
| Panda | Trj/Chgt.A |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Trojan.Dropper.387 |
| Sophos | Mal/Generic-S |
| Symantec | WS.Reputation.1 |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan-dropper.Sysn.Lned |
| TrendMicro | PAK_Generic.005 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R08NH07FJ14 |
wmpnetwk.dll removal instructions
The instructions below shows how to remove wmpnetwk.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the wmpnetwk.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that wmpnetwk.dll has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
- Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
- Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
- When the scan is finished, locate wmpnetwk.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the wmpnetwk.dll 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 wmpnetwk.dll in the scan result.
c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\recent\wmpnetwk.dll 
- Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the wmpnetwk.dll file.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If wmpnetwk.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If wmpnetwk.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
- If wmpnetwk.dll still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that wmpnetwk.dll no longer appear in the scan result.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | a967b439a9fe5381688a06398d1f55d0 |
| SHA256 | a38f9bf06f800f5442d0f069d6dcdeefaca63049fd786e31c3a76f57086b25c6 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to wmpnetwk.dll:
RUNDLL - Error loading c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\recent\wmpnetwk.dll. The specified module could not be found.
RunDLL - There was a problem starting c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\recent\wmpnetwk.dll. The specified module could not be found.
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