Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	87.50%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	12.50%

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

Relationships

Parent process

svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Child process

chrome.exe (Google Chrome by Google Inc)

Related files

helppane.exe

Microsoft Help and Support by Microsoft

Remove helppane.exe

Version:	6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
MD5:	cd47548a52b02d254bf6d7f7a5f2bfd3
SHA1:	75ada2125495834424a1e79e72dd3ce1a2d7fbe0

This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

Overview

helppane.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). This version is designed to run on Windows 7 and is compiled as a 64 bit program.

Details

File name:	helppane.exe
Publisher:	Microsoft Corporation
Product name:	Microsoft Help and Support
Description:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:	C:\windows\helppane.exe
Original name:	HelpPane.exe.mui
File version:	6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Product version:	6.1.7600.16385
Size:	716.5 KB (733,696 bytes)
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Network connections

[TCP] a23-0-160-82.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.0.160.82:80)

[TCP] cds112.sjc9.msecn.net (65.54.87.115:80)

[UDP] listens on port 64653

[UDP] listens on port 56186

[UDP] listens on port 57114

[UDP] listens on port 59749

[UDP] listens on port 60594

[UDP] listens on port 61152

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.07637486%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.03594524%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.04042962%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	1,160,581 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	1,962,364/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	57/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	19.74 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	41.58 MB
Private (minimum):	25.53 MB
Non-paged memory:	19.74 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	217.34 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	223.01 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	31.92 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	42.81 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	17,675/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	1.39 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	494 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	1.15 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	36/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	18	12
Handles:	400	600
GUI GDI count:	97	103
GUI GDI peak:	113	142
GUI USER count:	56	49
GUI USER peak:	74	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command lines:	C:\windows\helppane.exe -embedding
Owner:	User
Parent process:	svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Threads

Averages

helppane.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.11630716%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.04047128%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.07583588%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	3,481,558/sec	5,741,424/sec
Context switches:	15/sec	79/sec
Memory:	732 KB	1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.02898488%
Kernel CPU:	0.00723328%
User CPU:	0.02175160%
CPU cycles:	461,308/sec
Context switches:	3/sec
Memory:	1.66 MB
MSHTML.dll
Total CPU:	0.01448228%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000000%
User CPU:	0.01448228%
CPU cycles:	278,059/sec
Memory:	22.15 MB
msvcrt.dll (Windows NT CRT DLL by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.00483795%
Kernel CPU:	0.00159352%
User CPU:	0.00324443%
CPU cycles:	132,901/sec
Memory:	636 KB
WINMM.dll
Total CPU:	0.00049424%
Kernel CPU:	0.00045729%
User CPU:	0.00003695%
CPU cycles:	10,060/sec
Memory:	236 KB
WININET.dll
Total CPU:	0.00035229%
Kernel CPU:	0.00017158%
User CPU:	0.00018071%
CPU cycles:	28,376/sec
Memory:	1.36 MB