HPWAMain.exe
HP Wireless Assistant by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
| Version: | 3, 0, 8, 2 |
| MD5: | cb4ee42ee2d33a58efd48c276b683663 |
| SHA1: | 84402a89a088b43c773cf16079031d257ee698b2 |
| SHA256: | 45e8ac97b2d161543cbf92135120eb5112da31bd2e7d11bf42c5154dbe494162 |
What is HPWAMain.exe?
HPWAMain Module is part of the HP Wireless Assistant which is a user application that provides a way to control the enablement of individual wireless devices (such as Bluetooth, WLAN, or WWAN devices) and that shows the state of the radios for these wireless devices.
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 file is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company which was issued by the Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd. certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | hpwamain.exe |
| Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
| Product name: | HP Wireless Assistant |
| Description: | HPWAMain Module |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp wireless assistant\hpwamain.exe |
| File version: | 3, 0, 8, 2 |
| Size: | 469.3 KB (480,560 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd. |
| Effective date: | Friday, April 8, 2005 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, April 7, 2007 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program 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
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'hpWirelessAssistant' → C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Wireless Assistant\HPWAMain.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
62.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
25.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
12.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 28.57% of HP Wireless Assistant.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
|
