Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

3.0.4.1	45.45%
3.0.4.1	9.09%
3.0.4.1	27.27%
3.0.2.1	18.18%

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WiFiMsg.exe

HP Wireless Assistant by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)

Remove WiFiMsg.exe

Version:	3.0.4.1
MD5:	8d07f0687318214a3cef62ea1048d101
SHA1:	901b61c33c78640ec925f1856d945e949131baa2
SHA256:	eae697503bc97391ad84c1678b8dd6e9b7be8dc5e41555fe46d3618e5376548c

What is WiFiMsg.exe?

Module to process WiFi messages 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

wifimsg.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). It is installed with a couple of know programs including HP Wireless Assistant published by Hewlett-Packard, HP Wireless Assistant from Hewlett-Packard and HP Wireless Assistant by Hewlett-Packard. The file is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company which was issued by the Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd. certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	wifimsg.exe
Publisher:	Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Product name:	HP Wireless Assistant
Description:	Module to process WiFi messages.
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp wireless assistant\wifimsg.exe
File version:	3.0.4.1
Size:	309.3 KB (316,720 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
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs 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'

'WAWifiMessage' → C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Wireless Assistant\WiFiMsg.exe

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00248704%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00116222%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00132482%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	226 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	14,660/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	3.3 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	6.07 MB
Private (minimum):	5.54 MB
Non-paged memory:	3.3 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	68.54 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	70.02 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	5.61 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	6.68 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	7,840/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	20 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O other transfer:	3 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	3	12
Handles:	146	600
GUI GDI count:	11	103
GUI USER count:	4	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp wireless assistant\wifimsg.exe"
Owner:	User

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