What is MsPMSPSv.exe? Is MsPMSPSv.exe spyware or a virus?

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Process name: Windows Media Player Service

Product: Media Player 7

Company: Microsoft

File: MsPMSPSv.exe

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The WMDM PMSP service will be installed with Windows Media Player 7 on Windows 2000 and is necessary for MS Digital Rights Management. The service allows WMDM (Windows Media Device Manager) to copy audio content from a computer to a portable audio player. You can disable this service if you don't use Media Player. On Windows XP/2003 the WMDM PMSP service is an instance of svchost.exe called Portable Media Serial Number.

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Note: Any malware can be named anything - so you should check where the files of the running processes are located on your disk. If a "non-Microsoft" .exe file is located in the C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 folder, then there is a high risk for a virus, spyware, trojan or worm infection! Check it out!

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717 user ask for this file. 3 user doesn't rated it ("don't know"). 5 user rated it as not dangerous. 1 user rated it as not so dangerous. 2 user rated it as neutral. 1 user rated it as little bit dangerous.

All comments about MsPMSPSv.exe: Wavemaster Microsoft's WMDM PMSP Service, aka Windows Media Device Manager Pre-Message Security Protocol Service. This services enables Windows Media Player to support the SDMI protocol (Secure Digital Music Initiative) when copying CDs or packaging copyrighted downloaded music to SDMI compliant music players and storage devices. Recommendation : This process takes at least 1.2Mb of memory - you can disable it.  See also: Link Psychodonovan This is pretty harmless and a part of Microsoft's Windows Media Player. However it occupies space in your memory and doesn't actually serve you the consumer in any way... Disabling it won't harm your system in anyway and will free up some RAM. So yes, disable it! SelvaKumar.A This is used to avoid (CD-Rom/DVD) piracy.  See also: Link A.SivaKumar Belongs to Microsoft digital rights management system. All communication requests (copying, playing) between an application and the portable audio player must go through Windows Media Device Manager.  See also: Link playlist.exe torages Andrei Rouliakov The most annoying thing about this service is that it is not uninstalled after you uninstall Windows Media Player 7? and just takes up space and memory. There is a built-in way to uninstall it though. Just type "mspmspsv -u" from the command prompt (without quotation marks) and follow the on-screen instructions. Your opinion:  --- don't know ---  1 (not dangerous)  2  3 (neutral)  4  5 (dangerous) What do you know about this file: Link for more details: Your Name:

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