Should I block it?

45%

45% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Additional versions

3, 1, 2, 10231	3.13%
3, 1, 2, 10229	3.13%
3, 1, 1, 10197	34.38%
3, 1, 1, 10184	15.63%
3, 1, 0, 9742	37.50%
3, 0, 3, 9925	3.13%
3, 0, 0, 9057	3.13%

Relationships

PE file structure

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Import table

advapi32.dll

RegSetValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegCloseKey, RegQueryValueExW

kernel32.dll

WriteFile, FileTimeToSystemTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, MultiByteToWideChar, ReadFile, DeleteFileW, LocalFree, GetFileAttributesW, GetLocaleInfoW, CreateEventW, GetUserDefaultUILanguage, GetTimeZoneInformation, GetComputerNameW, GetSystemDefaultLCID, GetSystemDefaultUILanguage, GetUserDefaultLCID, WritePrivateProfileStringW, CloseHandle, GetLastError, InterlockedExchange, Sleep, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetStartupInfoW, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, CreateFileW, GetModuleHandleW, HeapFree, lstrlenW, GetProcAddress, GetProcessHeap

mscoree.dll

DllMain

msvcr90.dll

DllMain

netapi32.dll

NetUserGetInfo, NetApiBufferFree

ole32.dll

CoUninitialize, CoCreateInstance, OleRun, CoInitialize

shell32.dll

SHGetSpecialFolderPathW

user32.dll

RegisterClassExW, LoadCursorW, LoadIconW, CreateWindowExW, TranslateMessage, GetMessageW, LoadStringW, DispatchMessageW, DefWindowProcW, PostQuitMessage

wtsapi32.dll

WTSFreeMemory, WTSQuerySessionInformationW

hpqwutils.exe

HP QuickWeb by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)

Remove hpqwutils.exe

Version:	3, 1, 0, 9742
MD5:	53966c74a69b0cfe51c8bf01c94028f3
SHA1:	9f004b42783c83445fb8eb43839f65eb2ec051ec
SHA256:	d802b7194baf0a261ffae59a9a0d38c9d568b91f5e31edfd6ed83a145a44481d

About hpqwutils.exe (from Hewlett-Packard Company)

“HP QuickWeb is an innovative suite of applications that can be accessed within seconds of powering on the notebook. HP QuickWeb resides outside of the notebook’s Windows operating system, allowing you”

Overview

hpqwutils.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including HP QuickWeb published by Hewlett-Packard and HP QuickWeb published by Hewlett-Packard. The file is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	hpqwutils.exe
Publisher:	Hewlett-Packard Company
Product name:	HP QuickWeb
Description:	HP QuickWeb Utilities
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp quickweb\hpqwutils.exe
File version:	3, 1, 0, 9742
Size:	164.55 KB (168,504 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Hewlett-Packard Company
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Expiration date:	Sunday, December 18, 2011
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

HP QuickWeb

Hewlett-Packard

40% remove

“Sometimes you just want quick web access—that’s where HP QuickWeb is ready to help. Get to your favorite online content within seconds of powering on. As soon as you hit the HP QuickWeb launch button you have access to the web.1 Open your webmail, check Facebook, browse the web and enjoy face-to-face time with your friends on Skype.1 It just got easier to use all the web content you love, right away.”

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'HPQuickWebProxy' → "C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP QuickWeb\hpqwutils.exe"

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00076021%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00072567%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00003454%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	510 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	270,317/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	1/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	11.38 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	9.82 MB
Private (minimum):	5.11 MB
Non-paged memory:	11.38 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	139.56 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	145.64 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	4.97 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	14.84 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	8,393/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	1.69 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	2/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	14 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	316 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	55/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	7	12
Handles:	310	600
GUI GDI count:	14	103
GUI GDI peak:	16	142
GUI USER count:	5	49
GUI USER peak:	6	71