Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

5, 0, 0, 0	6.67%
5, 0, 0, 0	16.67%
5, 0, 0, 0	60.00%
5, 0, 0, 0	10.00%
5, 0, 0, 0	3.33%
5, 0, 0, 0	3.33%

(Note, CyberLink publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

Relationships

hpdvdsmart.exe (HP DVDSmart by CyberLink)

DVDAgent.exe

HP DVDSmart by CyberLink (Signed)

Remove DVDAgent.exe

Version:	5, 0, 0, 0
MD5:	4d9ab9b3b1684817704238b9f9e72830
SHA1:	01527e321b30d164ee7c3a036749e9a6a392c517
SHA256:	1b6eda1bcd581d9b989ed7ae7b4a63b934b7d35a0328f212cbe1c5a40579c9f0

What is DVDAgent.exe?

HP DVDSmart Resident Program enables the playback of DVD and Blu-Ray media.

Overview

dvdagent.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). This is typically installed with the program HP MediaSmart DVD published by Hewlett-Packard. The file is digitally signed by CyberLink which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	dvdagent.exe
Publisher:	CyberLink Corp.
Product name:	HP DVDSmart
Description:	HP DVDSmart Resident Program
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\media\dvd\dvdagent.exe
File version:	5, 0, 0, 0
Size:	1.1 MB (1,148,200 bytes)
Build date:	11/30/2008 7:19 PM
Certificate
Issued to:	CyberLink
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Monday, February 16, 2009
Expiration date:	Thursday, April 12, 2012
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

HP MediaSmart DVD

Hewlett-Packard

23% remove

The HP MediaSmart DVD Software enables users to watch movies in DVD or Blu-ray disc (BD) formats.

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

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

'DVDAgent' → "C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Media\DVD\DVDAgent.exe"

Scheduled tasks

The job 'DVDAgent' runs on logon in the path '\DVDAgent'
Entry path '\DVDAgent'

Scheduled tasks startups

Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00069889%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00042633%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00027256%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	952 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	36,752/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	9.55 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	15.26 MB
Private (minimum):	15.07 MB
Non-paged memory:	9.55 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	110.74 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	114.43 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	15.23 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	16.07 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	5,723/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	53 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	10 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	11 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	4	12
Handles:	182	600
GUI GDI count:	14	103
GUI USER count:	16	49