Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Valve publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
hl2.exe
By Valve (Signed)
| MD5: | a6fd0d1f72b8c89407310ebaabc14248 |
| SHA1: | 2fbfa1e278bfcf545d0b759269324a709f54a64c |
| SHA256: | 090a9269336b35116efaf61d436d38f584c799f817b55659cd61571a910fab14 |
Overview
hl2.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
steam.exe (Steam Client Bootstrapper by Valve). It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. It is installed with a couple of know programs including Garry's Mod published by Team Garry, Team Fortress 2 from Valve Corporation and Team Fortress 2 by Valve Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Valve which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | hl2.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\steam\steamapps\toniboni5\team fortress 2\hl2.exe |
| Size: | 89.91 KB (92,072 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Valve |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, November 23, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Garry's Mod is a sandbox physics game using a modified Source engine. Garry's Mod has been available on Valve's content delivery service, Steam. Garry's Mod used to require the user to own at least one game on Steam based on the Source engine. It is also commonly used for the creation and publishing of videos on YouTube. Garry's Mod was originally a modification for Valve's Half-Life 2, but was later made into a standalone Steam game. A...
Team Fortress 2 is a team-based first-person shooter (FPS) multiplayer video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is a sequel to the original mod Team Fortress based on the Source engine. Team Fortress 2 is distributed online through the Steam system, while retail distribution was handled by Electronic Arts. Team Fortress 2 is the first of Valve's multiplayer games to provide detailed statistics for individual players.
Day of Defeat: Source is a team-based first-person shooter multiplayer video game developed by Valve Corporation. Set in World War II, the game is an updated version of Day of Defeat, moving from the GoldSrc engine used by its predecessor to the Source engine. Day of Defeat: Source is set in World War II, specifically the European Theatre in the year 1944. Players choose to join the forces of either the United States Army or the German ...
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation. Released on Steam it uses many of the assets from Half-Life 2, and the same Source engine. It features unique levels, optimized for multiplayer arena play, and a few new weapons. Also included are portions of the game's source code, which were the basis for many early Source-based multiplayer modifications. The game is the successor ...
Behaviors
Windows firewall allowed program
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\smiddy96\team fortress 2\hl2.exe'
Network connections
Access through an approved Windows firewall exception
[UDP] listens on port 61307
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00163310% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00052044% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00111266% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 465,569 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 27,399,550/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 261.26 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 271.71 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 248.95 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 261.26 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 988.34 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 995.7 MB | |
| Working set: | 271.68 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 271.72 MB | |
| Page faults: | 239,673/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 3.11 MB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2,475/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 38.59 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 3,512/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1.01 MB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 66,380/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 41 | |
| Handles: | 798 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 1170 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 1172 | |
| GUI USER count: | 18 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 20 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| hl2.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 9.23109492% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.54456486% | |
| User CPU: | 8.68653005% | |
| CPU cycles: | 284,961,003/sec | |
| Context switches: | 133/sec | |
| Memory: | 100 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00043795% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00043795% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 470,569/sec | |
| Context switches: | 10/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
66.67% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
33.33% |
|
Distribution by country
Australia installs about 33.33% of hl2.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| MSI |
100.00% |
|
