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HPWA_Service.exe
HPPA_Service by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.4.2 |
| MD5: | 9abd12fce4a62905731c286bb1d66789 |
| SHA1: | 33b53019dfd38466503f29d37f639ad04a483bcd |
| SHA256: | 2d1a5b991ee5bdbaf5501b0ba0ce75b2468b2179b179af0769a8f1542fcd926b |
Overview
hpwa_service.exe runs as a service under the name HP Wireless Assistant Service with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including HP Wireless Assistant published by Hewlett-Packard and HP Wireless Assistant published by Hewlett-Packard. 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: | hpwa_service.exe |
| Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard |
| Product name: | HPPA_Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp wireless assistant\hpwa_service.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.4.2 |
| Size: | 100.55 KB (102,968 bytes) |
| Build date: | 1/27/2010 4:27 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, December 19, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
This program contains the HP Wireless Assistant for the supported notebook models and operating systems. The HP Wireless Assistant reports the power state and Microsoft Windows Device Manager status of integrated wireless devices, alerts the user when the status of a device changes, and enables the user to turn integrated wireless devices on and off.
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'HP Wireless Assistant Service'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00457099% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00019974% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00437125% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 104,552 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,070,180/sec | |
| Context switches: | 10/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 45.45 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 27.26 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 24.89 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 45.45 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 555.93 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 559.68 MB | |
| Working set: | 25.15 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 37.03 MB | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 1.38 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 67/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 3.89 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 7/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 568 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 10/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 18 | |
| Handles: | 352 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp wireless assistant\hpwa_service.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | HP Wireless Assistant Service |
| Description: | “This service monitors the wireless devices in this computer and allows the HP Wireless Assistant application to turn devices on and off.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| mscorwks.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.02878453% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00486164% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02392289% | |
| CPU cycles: | 580,114/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 9.61 MB | |
| Wlanapi.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00230369% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00053194% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00177175% | |
| CPU cycles: | 39,411/sec | |
| Memory: | 128 KB | |
| HPWA_Service.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00145947% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00116171% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00029776% | |
| CPU cycles: | 26,196/sec | |
| Memory: | 120 KB | |
| ole32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00014711% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000209% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00014501% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,935/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.01 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 40.00% of HPPA_Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
75.00% |
|
| Acer |
25.00% |
|
