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VersionsAdditional 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%
4, 1, 8, 1 1.80%

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advapi32.dll
SetServiceStatus, CryptAcquireContextW, CryptReleaseContext, CryptVerifySignatureW, CryptDestroyKey, CryptDestroyHash, CryptCreateHash, CryptHashData, CryptImportKey, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExW, ControlService, DeleteService, CreateWellKnownSid, CreateServiceW, StartServiceW, OpenThreadToken, OpenProcessToken, InitializeAcl, AddAccessAllowedAce, GetAclInformation, AddAce, GetAce, GetTokenInformation, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, IsValidSid, GetLengthSid, CopySid, RegisterEventSourceW, ReportEventW, DeregisterEventSource, QueryServiceStatus, OpenServiceW, ChangeServiceConfigW, OpenSCManagerW, GetServiceKeyNameW, CloseServiceHandle, AllocateAndInitializeSid, SetEntriesInAclW, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, FreeSid, RegQueryValueExW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegSetValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegCloseKey, RegDeleteValueW, RegDeleteKeyW, EqualSid
kernel32.dll
DllMain, GetCurrentThreadId, CreateEventW, OpenProcess, GetVersionExW, DeleteTimerQueue, GetCurrentProcessId, CreateTimerQueueTimer, CreateTimerQueue, SetEnvironmentVariableW, GetVolumeInformationW, FlushFileBuffers, QueryDosDeviceW, LoadLibraryW, GlobalAlloc, TerminateProcess, GetExitCodeProcess, CreateProcessW, VerifyVersionInfoW, VerSetConditionMask, FormatMessageW, DeleteFileW, ReleaseMutex, QueryPerformanceFrequency, QueryPerformanceCounter, OutputDebugStringW, SetLastError, MoveFileW, GetTempFileNameW, FindClose, FindNextFileW, FindFirstFileW, GetFullPathNameW, GetFileAttributesExW, CreateDirectoryW, CreateMutexW, GetFirmwareEnvironmentVariableW, CompareStringW, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, GetProcessHeap, WriteFile, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, WideCharToMultiByte, HeapDestroy, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, SetFilePointer, IsValidLocale, EnumSystemLocalesA, GetLocaleInfoA, GetUserDefaultLCID, ReadFile, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentThread, GetCurrentProcess, LoadLibraryExW, FreeLibrary, GetModuleFileNameW, lstrcmpiW, RaiseException, SetEvent, FindFirstVolumeW, FindNextVolumeW, FindVolumeClose, GetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW, GetCommandLineW, GetSystemPowerStatus, DeviceIoControl, ReleaseSemaphore, CreateSemaphoreW, LocalFree, LocalAlloc, CreateThread, WaitForSingleObject, SetProcessShutdownParameters, MultiByteToWideChar, SetThreadPriority, GetLocalTime, InitializeCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, Sleep, WaitForMultipleObjects, TerminateThread, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, DeleteCriticalSection, GlobalFree, GetModuleHandleW, GetProcAddress, InterlockedCompareExchange, CreateFileW, InterlockedExchange, InterlockedDecrement, OpenEventW, PulseEvent, CloseHandle, lstrlenW, InterlockedIncrement, GetLastError, FindResourceExW, FindResourceW, LoadResource, LockResource, SizeofResource, SetStdHandle, WriteConsoleW, SetEndOfFile, SetEnvironmentVariableA, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, GetTickCount, GetFileType, SetHandleCount, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetTimeZoneInformation, GetLocaleInfoW, GetStdHandle, HeapCreate, ExitProcess, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, GetACP, IsDebuggerPresent, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, GetCPInfo, LCMapStringW, GetFileAttributesW, GetStartupInfoW, HeapSetInformation, VirtualQuery, RtlUnwind, ExitThread, ResumeThread, GetTimeFormatW, GetDateFormatW, VirtualProtect, VirtualAlloc, GetSystemInfo, GetStringTypeW
ole32.dll
CoTaskMemFree, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoFreeUnusedLibraries, CoRevokeClassObject, CoRegisterClassObject, CoSuspendClassObjects, StringFromGUID2, CoSetProxyBlanket, CoResumeClassObjects, CoInitializeEx, CLSIDFromString, OleRun, CoDisconnectObject, CoCreateGuid, CoInitializeSecurity, CoInitialize, CoUninitialize, CoCreateInstance, CoAddRefServerProcess, CoReleaseServerProcess
psapi.dll
GetProcessImageFileNameW, EnumProcesses
setupapi.dll
CM_Get_Sibling, CM_Get_Device_ID_Size, SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList, CM_Get_Device_IDW, SetupDiOpenDeviceInfoW, CM_Get_Child, SetupDiOpenClassRegKeyExW, SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces, CM_Get_DevNode_Status, SetupDiGetClassDevsW, SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo, SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryPropertyW, CM_Locate_DevNodeW
shell32.dll
CommandLineToArgvW, SHGetFolderPathW
shlwapi.dll
StrTrimW, StrCmpNIW, StrCmpIW, StrCmpW
user32.dll
UnregisterDeviceNotification, RegisterDeviceNotificationW, LoadStringW, CharUpperW, TranslateMessage, DispatchMessageW, GetMessageW, PostThreadMessageW, GetSystemMetrics, CharNextW
version.dll
GetFileVersionInfoW, GetFileVersionInfoSizeW, VerQueryValueW

hpqwmiex.exe

HP Software Framework by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)

Remove hpqwmiex.exe
Version:   4, 5, 10, 1
MD5:   e7c7829ba0395e48f8c8fe16b8832344
SHA1:   8986ca6cf2d50da6b76341849474eb5f16f2cca9
SHA256:   05f02ce3da6534a2b5e242cd1f4acd2054573e2cc5180e316e343df3645ef6ed

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).

DetailsDetails

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, 5, 10, 1
Size:970.88 KB (994,176 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

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'hpqwmiex' (HP Software Framework Service)
  • hpqwmiex

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00031924%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00022753%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00009171%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:31,356,439 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:4,266/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:4.14 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):8.74 MB
Private (minimum):6.9 MB
Non-paged memory:4.14 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:62.99 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):69.26 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:7.69 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):8.85 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:50,850/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:4 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:0 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:7
12
Handles:227
600

BehaviorsProcess 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)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.00074388%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00074388%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00000000%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:40,313/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:1.23 MB
1.16 MB
hpqWmiEx.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00011256%
Kernel CPU:0.00005779%
User CPU:0.00005478%
CPU cycles:1,390/sec
Memory:996 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
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 countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 62.81% of HP Software Framework.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 99.49%
GIGABYTE 0.51%
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