HPPA_Service.exe

HPPA_Service by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)

Remove HPPA_Service.exe

Version:	1.1.1.6
MD5:	15863e96f68c0b534ae5003f98cabbc3
SHA1:	f963c990981e90dbb043bfd7f2651b2538bdfe31
SHA256:	85c358421df92e28ae91f10f7f865c8ac2884cedd8158e9ab296e0ff1cbb5f97

Overview

hppa_service.exe runs as a service under the name HP Power Assistant Service with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program HP Power Assistant published by Hewlett-Packard and is usually factory installed by the OEM. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	hppa_service.exe
Product name:	HPPA_Service
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp power assistant\hppa_service.exe
File version:	1.1.1.6
Size:	105.05 KB (107,576 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Hewlett-Packard Company
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Expiration date:	Sunday, December 18, 2011
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

HP Power Assistant

Hewlett-Packard

11% remove

The HP Power Assistant provides an easy method for changing operating system and device configuration settings in order to manage power consumption.

Behaviors

Service

Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

'HP Power Assistant Service'

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00040702%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00016238%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00024464%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	265 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	103,244/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	3/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	42.99 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	34.77 MB
Private (minimum):	23.54 MB
Non-paged memory:	42.99 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	547.29 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	552.33 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	26.08 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	34.8 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	13,498/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	241 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	21 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	134 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	5/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	15	12
Handles:	335	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp power assistant\hppa_service.exe"
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	HP Power Assistant Service
Description:	“This service monitors the power usage of this computer and allows the HP Power Assistant application to turn devices on and off.”
Type:	Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

mscorwks.dll
Total CPU:	0.00052326%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00015787%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00036539%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	15,350/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	9.61 MB	1.16 MB
HPPA_Service.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00012605%
Kernel CPU:	0.00010389%
User CPU:	0.00002216%
CPU cycles:	4,284/sec
Memory:	128 KB