Should I block it?

60%

60% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Additional versions

3.5.12.1	75.00%
3.5.11.2	25.00%

Relationships

HPWAMain.exe

HP Wireless Assistant by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)

Remove HPWAMain.exe

Version:	3.5.11.2
MD5:	a171b56da31cea530bfc03734841bd79
SHA1:	6b990d178f4feed56f861d1038822d79bfc63adc
SHA256:	d4b4333fe15787fa0fec46697aabd44f0960556ec54a07726d90a8a9e23dfa21

What is HPWAMain.exe?

he 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.

Overview

hpwamain.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 Wireless Assistant published by Hewlett-Packard and is usually factory installed by the OEM. 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:	hpwamain.exe
Publisher:	Hewlett-Packard Company
Product name:	HP Wireless Assistant
Description:	HP Wireless Assistant Main Program
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp wireless assistant\hpwamain.exe
File version:	3.5.11.2
Size:	489.05 KB (500,792 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Hewlett-Packard Company
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

HP Wireless Assistant

Hewlett-Packard

21% remove

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

Startup files (all users) run

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

'WirelessAssistant' → C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Wireless Assistant\HPWAMain.exe

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00024067%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00019429%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00004638%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	8,424,054 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	32.1 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	31.11 MB
Private (minimum):	16.71 MB
Non-paged memory:	32.1 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	563.37 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	569.64 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	19.45 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	31.15 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	10	12
Handles:	436	600
GUI GDI count:	36	103
GUI GDI peak:	38	142
GUI USER count:	19	49
GUI USER peak:	22	71