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60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
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HPMSGSVC.exe
HP System Event Utility by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.4.0 |
| MD5: | 30d312fb9f4cd0db48884ac58841d420 |
| SHA1: | 2a32b40aa76e06a850dd23256fdbd3fda4bcd4a8 |
Overview
hpmsgsvc.exe 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 Hewlett-Packard Company which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | hpmsgsvc.exe |
| Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
| Product name: | HP System Event Utility |
| Description: | HP Message Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp system event\hpmsgsvc.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.4.0 |
| Size: | 1020.8 KB (1,045,304 bytes) |
| Build date: | 2/25/2013 5:35 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
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Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'HPMessageService' → C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP System Event\HPMSGSVC.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8.1 |
80.00% |
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| Windows 8 |
20.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 40.00% of HP System Event Utility.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
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