Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

1, 0, 50, 1	98.86%
1, 0, 50, 1	1.14%

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

Relationships

HControlUser.exe

ATK Hotkey by ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (Signed)

Remove HControlUser.exe

Version:	1, 0, 50, 1
MD5:	e17a96ec1f9f188edd7466ddaa0bf070
SHA1:	1ce9169b903b459a24c6909fb7786a4e6449b121

What is HControlUser.exe?

The ASUS ATK Hotkey utilities are system programs that controls the use of special functions key, or hotkeys on most Asus laptops.

Overview

hcontroluser.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). The file is digitally signed by ASUSTeK Computer Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	hcontroluser.exe
Publisher:	ASUS
Product name:	ATK Hotkey
Description:	HControlUser
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\asus\atk package\atk hotkey\hcontroluser.exe
File version:	1, 0, 50, 1
Product version:	1, 0, 50, 0
Size:	174.55 KB (178,744 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Monday, July 21, 2008
Expiration date:	Friday, July 31, 2009
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

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

'HControlUser' → C:\Program Files\ASUS\ATK Package\ATK Hotkey\HControlUser.exe

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00003118%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000296%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00002823%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	31 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	1.43 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	3.09 MB
Private (minimum):	728 KB
Non-paged memory:	1.43 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	47.07 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	48.32 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	752 KB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	3.63 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	5	12
Handles:	37	600
GUI GDI count:	15	103
GUI GDI peak:	16	142
GUI USER count:	5	49
GUI USER peak:	5	71