Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

32.2.188.47710	0.98%
28.0.1315.0	20.59%
28.0.1315.0	37.25%
28.0.989.0	0.98%
27.0.847.0	2.94%
26.0.784.0	0.98%
25.0.622.0	4.90%
25.0.621.0	0.98%
25.0.619.0	15.69%
25.0.619.0	2.94%
25.0.617.0	0.98%
25.0.571.0	4.90%
25.0.571.0	0.98%
24.0.342.0	2.94%
24.0.342.0	0.98%
23.0.504.0	0.98%

Relationships

Parent process

explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Child process

hpnetworkcommunicator.exe (HP Digital Imaging by Hewlett Packard)

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

CheckTokenMembership, RegOpenKeyExW, RegCloseKey, FreeSid, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, RegQueryInfoKeyW, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, SetEntriesInAclW, AllocateAndInitializeSid, GetUserNameW, RegEnumValueW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegDeleteValueW, RegSetValueExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegDeleteKeyW, BackupEventLogW, CloseEventLog, OpenEventLogW, CreateProcessAsUserW, ChangeServiceConfigW, QueryServiceConfigW, ControlService, StartServiceW, QueryServiceStatus, CloseServiceHandle, OpenServiceW, OpenSCManagerW, CryptReleaseContext, CryptDestroyHash, CryptGetHashParam, CryptHashData, CryptCreateHash, CryptAcquireContextW, RevertToSelf, DuplicateToken, ImpersonateLoggedOnUser, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, AdjustTokenPrivileges, LookupPrivilegeValueW, OpenProcessToken, RegCreateKeyExW

crypt32.dll

CertOpenStore, CryptUnprotectData, CertDeleteCertificateFromStore, CertCloseStore, CertAddEncodedCertificateToStore

iphlpapi.dll

AddIPAddress, DeleteIPAddress, IcmpCreateFile, IpRenewAddress, IpReleaseAddress, GetInterfaceInfo, IcmpSendEcho, IcmpCloseHandle, NotifyAddrChange, GetIfEntry, GetAdaptersAddresses, GetAdaptersInfo

kernel32.dll

DllMain

ole32.dll

OleRun, GetHGlobalFromStream, OleUninitialize, CoCreateGuid, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, CoCreateInstance, CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize, CoInitialize, CLSIDFromString, OleInitialize, PropVariantClear

psapi.dll

EnumProcessModules, GetModuleFileNameExW, GetModuleBaseNameW, EnumProcesses

secur32.dll

GetUserNameExW

setupapi.dll

SetupDiGetDeviceInterfaceDetailW, SetupDiSetDeviceInstallParamsW, SetupDiCreateDeviceInfoW, SetupDiOpenDeviceInfoW, SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo, SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces, SetupDiGetDeviceInstallParamsW, SetupDiCreateDeviceInfoList, SetupDiGetClassDevsW, CM_Disable_DevNode, CM_Set_DevNode_Registry_PropertyW, CM_Get_DevNode_Registry_PropertyW, CM_Get_Device_IDW, SetupDiSetClassInstallParamsW, CMP_WaitNoPendingInstallEvents, SetupCloseInfFile, SetupGetLineTextW, SetupFindFirstLineW, SetupDiCallClassInstaller, SetupDiOpenClassRegKey, SetupDiCreateDevRegKeyW, SetupDiOpenDevRegKey, SetupDiBuildDriverInfoList, SetupDiDestroyDriverInfoList, CM_Get_DevNode_Status, SetupOpenInfFileW, SetupDiRemoveDevice, SetupDiGetSelectedDriverW, SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryPropertyW, CM_Locate_DevNodeW, SetupDiGetDriverInfoDetailW, SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList

shell32.dll

ShellExecuteW, SHGetFolderPathW, SHGetSpecialFolderPathW, ExtractIconW, CommandLineToArgvW, ShellExecuteExW

shlwapi.dll

PathFindExtensionW, PathIsFileSpecW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, PathFindFileNameW

user32.dll

wsprintfW, GetAsyncKeyState, WaitForInputIdle, MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx, OpenWindowStationW, CloseWindowStation, GetProcessWindowStation, SetProcessWindowStation, SetThreadDesktop, OpenDesktopW, CloseDesktop, ExitWindowsEx, AllowSetForegroundWindow, PeekMessageW, MsgWaitForMultipleObjects, GetSystemMetrics, GetDesktopWindow, SystemParametersInfoW, LoadIconW, DestroyIcon, DispatchMessageW, TranslateMessage, GetKeyState, SendMessageCallbackW, GetMessageW, SetTimer, GetThreadDesktop, RegisterWindowMessageW

version.dll

GetFileVersionInfoW, GetFileVersionInfoSizeW, VerQueryValueW

wininet.dll

InternetCloseHandle, HttpOpenRequestW, InternetConnectW, InternetOpenW, HttpQueryInfoA, InternetReadFileExA, HttpQueryInfoW, HttpAddRequestHeadersW, InternetErrorDlg, HttpSendRequestW, InternetQueryOptionW, InternetSetOptionW

winspool.drv

SetPrinterDataExW, GetPrinterDataExW, GetPrinterDriverW, ClosePrinter, OpenPrinterW, XcvDataW, GetPrinterW, DeletePrinterDriverExW, GetPrinterDriverDirectoryW, DocumentPropertiesW, FindClosePrinterChangeNotification, FindNextPrinterChangeNotification, FindFirstPrinterChangeNotification, EndDocPrinter, EndPagePrinter, WritePrinter, StartPagePrinter, StartDocPrinterW, EnumPortsW, EnumMonitorsW, DeleteMonitorW, SetPrinterW, AddMonitorW, EnumJobsW, GetJobW, SetJobW, EnumPrintersW, EnumPrinterDriversW, DeletePrinter

ws2_32.dll

WSAStringToAddressW, WSASocketW, WSACreateEvent, WSAEventSelect, WSAConnect, WSAEnumNetworkEvents, WSAResetEvent, WSACloseEvent, WSADuplicateSocketW, getaddrinfo, freeaddrinfo, WSAAddressToStringW

ScanToPCActivationApp.exe

HP Digital Imaging by Hewlett Packard (Signed)

Remove ScanToPCActivationApp.exe

Version:	25.0.619.0
MD5:	6b06ff37263e4b3978fd358f610fab92
SHA1:	245c690cdabde53913ceceb2b60753533a23e921
SHA256:	e5f60b147cd4ad35ddae8cdc991baf5f47394d21df11b3fae610a118df764a01

What is ScanToPCActivationApp.exe?

Scan To PC Activation App part of HP’s Digital Imaging utilities are bundled with many HP printer drivers as well as various HP printers, scanners and digital cameras. The utility adds functionality to HP devices from managing settings to instantly activating the device from Windows.

Overview

scantopcactivationapp.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. 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). The file is digitally signed by Hewlett Packard which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	scantopcactivationapp.exe
Publisher:	Hewlett-Packard Co.
Product name:	HP Digital Imaging
Description:	ScanToPCActivationApp
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\hp\hp envy 110 series\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe
File version:	25.0.619.0
Product version:	025.000.619.000
Size:	1.72 MB (1,804,648 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Hewlett Packard
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Expiration date:	Monday, September 3, 2012
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
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'

'HP ENVY 4500 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP ENVY 4500 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN39A2R5D705X4:NW" -scfn "HP ENVY 4500 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Photosmart 6520 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Photosmart 6520 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN29Q152CG05TC:NW" -scfn "HP Photosmart 6520 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Officejet Pro 8500 A910 (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet Pro 8500 A910\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN09PAK3K4:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet Pro 8500 A910 (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Officejet 7500 E910 (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet 7500 E910\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "MY2583104505JC:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet 7500 E910 (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Officejet 4620 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet 4620 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN22F120C805S1:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet 4620 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Officejet 6700 (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet 6700\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN2813QKHJ05RC:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet 6700 (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Photosmart 7520 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Photosmart 7520 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN2C33B0DB05VC:NW" -scfn "HP Photosmart 7520 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Deskjet 3510 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Deskjet 3510 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN2951844C05R7:NW" -scfn "HP Deskjet 3510 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Deskjet 3050 J610 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\hp\HP Deskjet 3050 J610 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN15E3B63805HC:NW" -scfn "HP Deskjet 3050 J610 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Photosmart 7510 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Photosmart 7510 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN24A351JW05PC:NW" -scfn "HP Photosmart 7510 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Deskjet 3050A J611 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Deskjet 3050A J611 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN19H4450J05PC:NW" -scfn "HP Deskjet 3050A J611 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Officejet Pro 8600 (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet Pro 8600\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN1C61Q24J05KC:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet Pro 8600 (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Officejet 6600 (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\hp\HP Officejet 6600\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN2231917405RC:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet 6600 (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Photosmart 5510 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Photosmart 5510 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN1AJ0867405NC:NW" -scfn "HP Photosmart 5510 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Officejet 6500 E710n-z (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet 6500 E710n-z\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN11Q112RH05JW:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet 6500 E710n-z (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP Photosmart 5520 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\hp\HP Photosmart 5520 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN2621C1GN05SC:NW" -scfn "HP Photosmart 5520 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
'HP ENVY 110 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP ENVY 110 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN24HC204G05RC:NW" -scfn "HP ENVY 110 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1

Scheduled tasks

The job 'ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{5B7220BC-4C2A-495A-9074-1C1BAE87A78C}' runs in the path '\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{5B7220BC-4C2A-495A-9074-1C1BAE87A78C}'
The task 'ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{5531346D-42EC-430E-B467-002DDBBA40BC}' runs in the path '\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{5531346D-42EC-430E-B467-002DDBBA40BC}'
The job 'ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{0437D8CC-BFCE-4040-9728-7D86DDE8C5B6}' runs in the path '\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{0437D8CC-BFCE-4040-9728-7D86DDE8C5B6}'
Entry path '\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{403E8B4F-3A73-4561-BFCD-182360105593}'

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00044235%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00019015%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00025220%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	9,563 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	282,992/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	4.29 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	6.03 MB
Private (minimum):	2.17 MB
Non-paged memory:	4.29 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	91.9 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	95.34 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	5.99 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	7.82 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	4,946/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	6.32 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	4/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	1.98 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	4/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	115 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	6	12
Handles:	311	600
GUI GDI count:	24	103
GUI USER count:	25	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	High
Platform:	32-bit
Command lines:	"C:\Program Files\hp\hp officejet pro 8600\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe" -deviceid "cn215aq17205kC:nw" -scfn "hp officejet pro 8600 (net)" -autostart 1 "C:\Program Files\hp\hp officejet 6700\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe" -deviceid "cn2813qkhj05rC:nw" -scfn "hp officejet 6700 (net)" -autostart 1
Owner:	User
Parent process:	explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Home Premium	37.25%
Windows Vista Home Premium	13.73%
Windows 7 Ultimate	11.76%
Windows 7 Starter	5.88%
Windows 8	4.90%
Microsoft Windows XP	4.90%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center	4.90%
Windows 8 Pro	4.90%
Windows 8 Single Language	3.92%
Windows Vista Business	2.94%
Windows 8.1	1.96%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center	1.96%
Windows 8.1 Pro	0.98%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 66.34% of HP Digital Imaging.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Sony	23.16%
Toshiba	16.84%
Hewlett-Packard	16.84%
Dell	10.53%
Acer	8.42%
Intel	8.42%
Lenovo	4.21%
ASUS	4.21%
Samsung	3.16%
GIGABYTE	2.11%
Packard Bell	2.11%

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