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What is hpotdd01.exe? HP choice eliminator?

Vendor:      Hewlett-Packard
Product:     Hewlett-Packard hpotdd01
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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: hpotdd01.exe is a program that changes your default printer to the HP printer when it runs. If you have two printers this can cause great confusion because your choice of default printer won't stick. If you have one printer then you certainly don't need this.

hpotdd01.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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hpotdd01.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: 0.11%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
hpotdd01.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xa564a22308a3f55235ba2478ee82992d 4/19/2021 4:43:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 HP choice eliminator 28 KB
2 Status 0xea35dec2bda6310f48ea724b2cdc3ffe 10/30/2020 4:51:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 HP choice eliminator 28 KB
3 Status 0x7d750887e39563620bc5f057295a501d 11/16/2014 9:55:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 HP choice eliminator 40 KB
4 Status 0x7eef9e578d2aa3d562d074bfdfe56825 8/20/2014 7:07:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 HP choice eliminator 224 KB
5 Status 0x5753197d095a9b12bd4bbe23794e53e8 8/16/2014 9:41:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 HP choice eliminator 40 KB
6 Status 0xca7e928c4a34f10898c941b05968be6f 2/8/2012 1:33:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 HP choice eliminator 28 KB
7 Status 0x12fe5085ce28d10bb022fa6c45a61cef 8/19/2011 6:56:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 HP choice eliminator 28 KB
8 Status 0xf377204bd142cb16271bb0359ad547d5 11/13/2010 10:34:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 HP choice eliminator 40 KB
9 Status 0xb6e31ca259ba6ea206e3c012c838728c 9/21/2010 9:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 28 KB
10 Status 0x38e103fedf1552d317b55a07d9f02a6f 1/25/2010 11:37:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 48 KB
11 Status 0xd87cafbff34f95b78dee9177fcca13d4 12/3/2009 7:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 28 KB
12 Status 0x05b882b36cdbc42335c1ba24bf5d04bb 10/24/2009 6:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 201 KB
13 Status 0x46f84b1339720a8aea6a5f23ce2e7851 7/26/2009 3:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 48 KB
14 Status 0x4d7566403484ba3e6a8556e0c7ecccef 5/14/2009 10:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 292 KB
15 Status 0xb5da93ea0994bcd5648d6331c8a98717 5/14/2009 3:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 244 KB
16 Status 0x71c68058e70854196aa029756e9b589b 5/2/2009 1:27:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 48 KB
17 Status 0x29f8728bbcc66b74f908f12550f7c098 2/21/2009 3:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 48 KB
18 Status 0xbc07c46121310f0ef7f7edd1713805bf 2/9/2009 12:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 48 KB
19 Status 0x4237c9062cc1c6c328149d4f3e975483 10/13/2008 1:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 28 KB
20 Status 0x7675597fcb3b445b8085f22a0b0642db 9/18/2008 10:00:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 28 KB
21 Status 0x43be23182af5104fcb4d499ed1b50a1f 6/29/2008 9:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP choice eliminator 84 KB
22 Status 0xfe86f3aaee6bf6ea34a78721fa3c499c 12/31/2007 Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 HP choice eliminator 40 KB


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