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What is hpcmpmgr.exe? HP coretech?

Vendor:      hewlett-Packard Company
Product:     hp coretech
Vendor Website:      http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: hpcmpmgr.exe - hpcmpmgr.exe supports HP products such as the HP Photosmart, Deskjet, and All-In-One printers, and it runs in background to automatically update drivers. PC Pitstop recommends that this application be disabled because it may slow down your internet performance. If you would like driver updates, just visit HP/Compaq's site directly.

hpcmpmgr.exe uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.


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hpcmpmgr.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.28%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
hpcmpmgr.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xb75b654ee1da99876461b24597ae3ff3 7/29/2018 12:35:00 PM Unknown 2.1.1.0 HP coretech 236 KB
2 Status 0xf5f1a8cdd473d55f9bf6fe23f715b0fa 3/31/2018 6:00:00 AM Unknown 2.1.1.0 HP coretech 236 KB
3 Status 0xe91cde1b706189c03904a901a1ca1832 3/7/2018 2:50:00 AM Unknown 2.1.1.0 HP coretech 236 KB
4 Status 0xc130eae1da69ac31208880ef5e0bec4c 8/7/2017 2:10:00 PM Unknown 1.80.0 HP coretech 216 KB
5 Status 0x12509373ade2a148c18e63e0ad19c96b 1/18/2017 7:33:00 PM Unknown 1.76.0 HP coretech 208 KB
6 Status 0x48ea078d949b13cdc06a47df20489b9c 4/1/2016 7:11:00 PM Unknown 2.1.1 HP coretech 228 KB
7 Status 0xe9b4d167643611408ffa0c2c34f5a985 2/19/2016 4:52:00 PM Unknown 1.7.1.0 HP coretech 208 KB
8 Status 0xcadb944930b38e88cdda90122a6cdb5b 9/22/2012 1:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 296 KB
9 Status 0x731c3086511670528c640c9585a789af 7/15/2012 5:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 292 KB
10 Status 0x00644f0c78c1d450394585f9133bf265 2/4/2012 3:04:00 AM Unknown 1.7.1.0 HP coretech 208 KB
11 Status 0xdc8662efeddf2df4fd34dc08a4d3ea7c 12/10/2010 4:03:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 236 KB
12 Status 0xa88a45ec40b0f4534f3c8271c8f91307 4/10/2010 3:16:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 409 KB
13 Status 0x42a8e9c21f5baac3b54f321933b788c8 2/20/2010 12:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 276 KB
14 Status 0xcd72cb720b1e86686c80e0d616700c6b 2/14/2010 12:24:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 248 KB
15 Status 0x83c0c5dcb8d43108aac53ba7c5f961b2 12/28/2009 5:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 236 KB
16 Status 0x6346cc588675396f06eb6a7f39bc8ab9 11/30/2009 2:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 236 KB
17 Status 0xe0684a9be6f19ecddf152d7ad413e887 10/6/2009 5:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 312 KB
18 Status 0x989be7778d5df695eb196c566b937538 9/24/2009 4:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 236 KB
19 Status 0xb11a225b6e4e5a15eef3ed1e30324db8 9/13/2009 12:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 256 KB
20 Status 0x85d28c2fb0b6909973d0ac9a8bb25ee4 8/29/2009 11:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 236 KB
21 Status 0xa7a7ed5d6866ded787d47d432d8804fb 8/18/2009 2:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 256 KB
22 Status 0x98c085ab5a8225d52c138e826d4af1df 8/17/2009 12:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 236 KB
23 Status 0x35aed249763be203d5524e1848fa5ac2 8/16/2009 8:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 208 KB
24 Status 0x1bdfe86645155b921a48d9e6b6b35f8f 7/16/2009 7:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 256 KB
25 Status 0xad1f4b37bbb5de8d5a49af9d169d5cbc 7/2/2009 8:48:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP coretech 232 KB


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