Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
| 6, 1, 16, 1 |
7.19% |
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| 4, 6, 10, 1 |
19.42% |
|
| 4, 6, 8, 1 |
65.11% |
|
| 4, 5, 12, 1 |
0.72% |
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| 4, 5, 10, 1 |
3.24% |
|
| 4, 5, 1, 1 |
0.36% |
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| 4, 1, 13, 1 |
1.80% |
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| 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, 1, 12, 1 |
| MD5: | bea91412b280171463864f682a1db46e |
| SHA1: | 572c4728d847f9315a0a64dee798510df620fbb5 |
| SHA256: | b09536b8e3f58df557aab3995d9c6a3a3c46f14267d74e4f5d20ca0a85a92b26 |
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, 1, 12, 1 |
| Size: | 966.05 KB (989,240 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: | 0.00002667% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001333% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001333% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 16 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 15,003/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.73 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.61 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.11 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.73 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 47.58 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 51.58 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.13 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.95 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,263/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 7 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 127 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-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) |
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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