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, 2, 10231
MD5:	73b2a31d56a22a076627efef7531d6f6
SHA1:	ba2b08d0fb07bfa5f81cfff45032ab2df6744d89
SHA256:	f21a5cbefba14c44e6d4860117703f0295d88a54072a2e6a1178197d4bfc54d3

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). This is typically installed with the program HP QuickWeb published by Hewlett-Packard and is usually factory installed by the OEM. 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, 2, 10231
Size:	165.55 KB (169,528 bytes)
Build date:	11/21/2011 8:46 PM
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 program 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:	0.00040778%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00019853%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00020926%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	2,964,019 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	13.44 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	15.27 MB
Private (minimum):	10.76 MB
Non-paged memory:	13.44 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	150.46 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	157.96 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	11.79 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	18.03 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	7	12
Handles:	343	600
GUI GDI count:	13	103
GUI GDI peak:	14	142
GUI USER count:	7	49
GUI USER peak:	9	71