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, 4 |
| MD5: | d50fdad1e57aa60f1973cfc77d905f0e |
| SHA1: | c6ab5affd408aaf3bcc3f551b871a4c89b67cab3 |
| SHA256: | 50700337e984f71020bc0f714e0747a99e48711eac590b22f3f104b3cffdaf5b |
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, 4 |
| Size: | 145.34 KB (148,832 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: | 0.00231435% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00190402% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00041033% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 117 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 220/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.47 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.92 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.88 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.47 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 51.27 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 54.28 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.9 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.83 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,338/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 3 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: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 141 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| hpqwmiex.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00152073% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00107623% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00044450% | |
| CPU cycles: | 32,494/sec | |
| Memory: | 156 KB | |
| ADVAPI32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00042128% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00042128% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 636/sec | |
| Memory: | 792 KB | |
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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