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PC Pitstop is the undisputed leader in PC diagnostics. Our running process library is culled from our database of over 100 million PC diagnostics and scans.
Tip from the PitCrew Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance. Furthermore, perhaps the quickest and most straight forward method to detect malware is through a running process analysis. |
hpqtra08.exe (HP Digital Imaging)
Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 5.28% PC Pitstop Analysishpqtra08.exe is normally installed as part of HP all-in-one printer, scanner, copier devices driver and software installation. It creates an tray bar icon for quick access to all-in-one diagnostics. It is a non-essential process and it is up to user discretion whether to disable. If disabled the buttons like scan in the "all-in-one" will stop work. However if you never use this it's safe to disable. It does not stop scan work, just the button in the multi functional. This application can be disabled from the Startup programs by going into msconfig and removing the checkbox from the hpqtra08.exe entry in the Startup tab. Recommendation
hpqtra08.exe uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance. PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs. IdentificationIn addition to the file name, hpqtra08.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.
To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version. MD5 HashesMD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called hpqtra08.exe, we have detected more than 20 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
PC Pitstop Database ComparisonsEvery week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. hpqtra08.exe (HP Digital Imaging) has been seen on 5.28% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 10 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%. Vendor or Distributor's Web Sitehttp://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html
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