Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

4.0.66	11.54%
4.0.66	11.54%
4.0.66	3.85%
4.0.66	11.54%
4.0.66	3.85%
4.0.66	3.85%
4.0.66	3.85%
4.0.66	3.85%
4.0.66	11.54%
4.0.66	3.85%
4.0.66	3.85%
4.0.66	3.85%
4.0.66	3.85%
4.0.66	3.85%
4.0.64	3.85%
4.0.64	3.85%
4.0.54	3.85%
4.0.48	3.85%

Relationships

Child process

hydradm64.exe (ATI Technologies Inc. HydraVision Desktop Manager by AMD)

Related files

HydraDM.exe

AMD HydraVision Desktop Manager by AMD

Remove HydraDM.exe

Version:	4.0.48
MD5:	47920443e1cec72b92b28f18c8b4f2d2
SHA1:	c55428b99835475e3ec1cbf8b859e706f147529f
SHA256:	cca605805d73917f7426a50e3f2facd037a2eb859f545a83f0f9c33b9aeb6923

What is HydraDM.exe?

HydraVision is a desktop/screen management software mostly providing multi-monitor and virtual-screen management. Besides screen management, it includes hardware-accelerated eyefinity and has extensive hot-key support.

About HydraDM.exe (from AMD)

“HydraVision™ Multi-monitor Management Software enables you to tailor your desktop to the way you work, so you can manage increased amounts of information and improve your productivity.”

Overview

hydradm.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user).

Details

File name:	hydradm.exe
Publisher:	AMD
Product name:	AMD HydraVision Desktop Manager
Description:	HydraDM
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\ati technologies\hydravision\hydradm.exe
File version:	4.0.48
Size:	376 KB (385,024 bytes)
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Startup files (user) run

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

'HydraVisionDesktopManager' → "C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\HydraVision\HydraDM.exe"

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00004226%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00002518%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00001708%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	4,976 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	67,337/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	1.68 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	6.77 MB
Private (minimum):	2.57 MB
Non-paged memory:	1.68 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	63.05 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	66.6 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	4.41 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	6.77 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	4,501/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	5 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O other transfer:	2 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	1	12
Handles:	84	600
GUI GDI count:	25	103
GUI GDI peak:	29	142
GUI USER count:	13	49
GUI USER peak:	13	71