Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
| 2, 0, 14, 1 |
61.04% |
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| 2, 00, 5, 4 |
9.09% |
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| 2, 00, 2, 5 |
6.49% |
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| 2, 00, 2, 4 |
3.90% |
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| 2, 0, 1, 9 |
14.29% |
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| 2, 0, 1, 5 |
3.90% |
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| 2, 0, 1, 2 |
1.30% |
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Relationships
hpqwmiex.exe
hpqwmiex Module by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
| Version: | 2, 00, 2, 5 |
| MD5: | 1665c7121a026df10c903db9bc5e9d43 |
| SHA1: | 3ac55aaf23e2ccb69619ed5f56fad6fe287c544c |
| SHA256: | d96189406774842923bc420c4af33fa81c83b815e14ce7c444f9ccf545971b7e |
Overview
hpqwmiex.exe runs as a service under the name hpqwmiex with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | hpqwmiex.exe |
| Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
| Product name: | hpqwmiex Module |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\shared\hpqwmiex.exe |
| File version: | 2, 00, 2, 5 |
| Size: | 161.32 KB (165,192 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 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00539798% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00398767% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00141031% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 117 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.81 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.32 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 5.28 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.81 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 44.09 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 47.12 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.31 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.34 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,216/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 50 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 9 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 122 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
36.36% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
25.45% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
18.18% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
5.45% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
3.64% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
3.64% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.64% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
1.82% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
1.82% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 56.36% of hpqwmiex Module.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
81.08% |
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| ASUS |
10.81% |
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| Acer |
8.11% |
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