Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
| 6, 1, 16, 1 |
7.19% |
|
| 4, 6, 10, 1 |
19.42% |
|
| 4, 6, 8, 1 |
65.11% |
|
| 4, 5, 12, 1 |
0.72% |
|
| 4, 5, 10, 1 |
3.24% |
|
| 4, 5, 1, 1 |
0.36% |
|
| 4, 1, 13, 1 |
1.80% |
|
| 4, 1, 12, 1 |
0.36% |
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| 4, 1, 8, 1 |
1.80% |
|
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
hpqwmiex.exe
HP Software Framework by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
| Version: | 4, 6, 10, 1 |
| MD5: | 514455f6586473791c5c6b25ba4e1bab |
| SHA1: | ec0c2ebf6de66fc4a9036646d91223c05eae73b3 |
| SHA256: | 0c2cae8f35241f1b936c502aab7c9303c643d898bab1d060fca1e6b3a7d9fdb9 |
Overview
hpqwmiex.exe runs as a service under the name HP Software Framework Service (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 Company |
| Product name: | HP Software Framework |
| Description: | HP Software Framework WMI Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\shared\hpqwmiex.exe |
| File version: | 4, 6, 10, 1 |
| Size: | 977.91 KB (1,001,376 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, November 15, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'hpqwmiex' (HP Software Framework Service)
- hpqwmiex
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00039351% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00025342% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00014010% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 677,034 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 38,919/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.78 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 6.78 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 5.35 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.78 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 59.49 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 65.72 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.82 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.51 MB | |
| Page faults: | 16,770/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 64 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 141 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 16/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 199 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\shared\hpqwmiex.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | hpqwmiex |
| Display name: | HP Software Framework Service |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.20134738% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.10065308% | |
| User CPU: | 0.10069430% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,721,540/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00076488% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00076198% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000290% | |
| CPU cycles: | 3,524/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
| hpqWmiEx.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00064315% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00041138% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00023178% | |
| CPU cycles: | 11,051/sec | |
| Memory: | 1004 KB | |
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 Home Premium |
55.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
20.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
9.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
4.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
4.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
1.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 62.81% of HP Software Framework.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
99.49% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
0.51% |
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