What is the "windowscodecs.dll" ?

Our database contains 545 different files for filename windowscodecs.dll . You can also check most distributed file variants with name windowscodecs.dll. This files most often belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System. and were most often developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This files most often have description Microsoft Windows Codecs Library. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 10 reviews.This file is Dynamic-link Library. This library can be loaded and executed in any running process.

This dynamic linking library is part of the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library package. The Windows Media Audio and Video codecs are a collection of objects that you can use to compress and decompress digital media data. Each codec consists of two objects, an encoder and a decoder. The term codec is an amalgamation of the terms compressor and decompressor. A codec is usually implemented as a pair of COM objects: one for encoding content, and another for decoding content. In some cases the COM objects occupy the same dynamically linked library (DLL). More info about this set of libraries is described on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff819508(v=vs.85).aspx

windowscodecs.dll Library

File details of most used file with name "windowscodecs.dll"

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Microsoft Windows Codecs Library
Version:
6.1.7601.17514
MD5:
1db71a41daee6b3f8cd0dda8209fa2d5
SHA1:
22a3861d5183cbcf6a2d37601a79d0773a9e1c5c
SHA256:
add7b965d6d4f1fb4dabf8e40e0322e1fdc4652ca8fd670f487d1e875b770759
Size:
1010688
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
High oc2

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Latest new variant of the file with name "windowscodecs.dll" was discovered 4033 days ago. Our database contains 111 variants of the file "windowscodecs.dll" with final rating Safe and zero variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
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  • THREATrating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\windowscodecs.dll (Variant: 10259530)

    Commonly this dynamic linking library is part of the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library package. In this MD5 version, this file was marked by most antiviruses as TrojanDropper.Dorifel virus. Remove it from Your computer. Scan is recommended. Check the MD5 hash and file location, there can more files with this name.

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\windowscodecs.dll (Variant: 19805219)

    This dynamic linking library is part of the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library package. The Windows Media Audio and Video codecs are a collection of objects that you can use to compress and decompress digital media data. Each codec consists of two objects, an encoder and a decoder. The term codec is an amalgamation of the terms compressor and decompressor. A codec is usually implemented as a pair of COM objects: one for encoding content, and another for decoding content. In some cases the COM objects occupy the same dynamically linked library (DLL). More info about this set of libraries is described on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff819508(v=vs.85).aspx

  • SAFErating from user kajmik for file C:\Windows\System32\WindowsCodecs.dll (Variant: 541628)

    A part of MS Windows

  • SAFErating from user Don't PlaY for file C:\Windows\System32\WindowsCodecs.dll