There are 347 versions of hkcmd.exe in the wild, the latest version being 8.15.10.3517. hkcmd.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 299.25 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Intel Corporation by VeriSign. The programs Internet Download Manager, Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver and Intel_Chipset_Win8x64 have been observed as installing specific variations of hkcmd.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0035% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 2.2 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 5.49 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 1.73 KB per minute for reads and 22 Bytes per minute for writes.
The Common User Interface is part of Intels Common User Interface for chipsets with integrated graphics controllers which allows user to change different driver properties through Windows User Interface. Quick access to the control panel via a System Tray icon.
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Intel(R) Common User Interface.)
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of hkcmd.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 10 of them detected the following malware.
United States installs about 32.04% of Intel(R) Common User Interface.