Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

6, 0, 18, 1	16.67%
6, 0, 9, 1	50.00%
4.2.9.1	33.33%

Relationships

accelerometerst.exe

HP 3D DriveGuard by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)

Remove accelerometerst.exe

Version:	6, 0, 18, 1
MD5:	396a498982c926020b0d4429806fad1e
SHA1:	b38287db3e8c4900f6687743c68c05fb11505bf3

Overview

accelerometerst.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It is installed with a couple of know programs including HP 3D DriveGuard published by Hewlett-Packard and HP 3D DriveGuard published by Hewlett-Packard. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	accelerometerst.exe
Publisher:	Hewlett-Packard Company
Product name:	HP 3D DriveGuard
Description:	Hp Accelerometer System Tray
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp 3d driveguard\accelerometerst.exe
Original name:	SystemTrayApplet.exe
File version:	6, 0, 18, 1
Size:	123.28 KB (126,240 bytes)
Build date:	2/13/2014 11:04 PM
Certificate
Issued to:	Hewlett-Packard Company
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

HP 3D DriveGuard

Hewlett-Packard

5% remove

HP 3D DriveGuard receives notifications from the integrated accelerometer and protects the hard drive (HDD) by automatically "parking the heads" to reduce the risk of damage if the notebook is accidentally dropped or is abruptly impacted by another object.

Behaviors

Startup files (user) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'AccelerometerSysTrayApplet' → "C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP 3D DriveGuard\AccelerometerSt.Exe"

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'AccelerometerSysTrayApplet' → C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP 3D DriveGuard\AccelerometerST.exe

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00000218%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000165%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00000054%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	46,875 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	1.69 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	2.12 MB
Private (minimum):	664 KB
Non-paged memory:	1.69 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	100.5 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	108.41 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	1.9 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	6.54 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	1	12
Handles:	90	600
GUI GDI count:	22	103
GUI GDI peak:	23	142
GUI USER count:	13	49
GUI USER peak:	15	71