Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

4, 0, 2, 1	85.00%
4, 0, 2, 1	15.00%

(Note, Hewlett-Packard Company publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Related files

HpService.exe

HP 3D DriveGuard by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)

Remove HpService.exe

Version:	4, 0, 2, 1
MD5:	aa036cc5f5221d9b915f4d4dce74ba9a
SHA1:	693abd2b6da55dc739e88310dc98869ee841f533
SHA256:	b90b9f7753b45387ad56a7ce1365bebc9eb67011b6d2f8c785717942133775aa

What is HpService.exe?

HP 3D DriveGuard mitigates the risk of hard drive failure by protecting against short drops, rough handling, excessive vibration and other everyday wear and tear. with this HP Professional innovation, your critical information is not only better protected, but is more easily protected, whenever you’re on the move.

Overview

hpservice.exe runs as a service under the name HP Service (hpsrv) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	hpservice.exe
Publisher:	Hewlett-Packard
Product name:	HP 3D DriveGuard
Description:	HpService
Typical file path:	C:\Windows\System32\hpservice.exe
File version:	4, 0, 2, 1
Size:	29.8 KB (30,520 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
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Behaviors

Services

Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

'hpsrv' (HP Service)
hpsrv

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00006227%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00004272%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00001955%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	52,037 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	9,423/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	1/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	1.6 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	4.01 MB
Private (minimum):	3.14 MB
Non-paged memory:	1.6 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	35.35 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	36.31 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	3.24 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	4.51 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	1,476/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O other transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	4	12
Handles:	72	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	C:\Windows\System32\hpservice.exe
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	hpsrv
Display name:	HP Service
Type:	Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

sechost.dll
Total CPU:	0.00034086%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00026066%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00008020%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	13,466/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	288 KB	1.16 MB
Hpservice.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00002105%
Kernel CPU:	0.00001277%
User CPU:	0.00000828%
CPU cycles:	338/sec
Memory:	40 KB