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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.

Process Library

  

00thotkey.exe (Toshiba Hotkey)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.16%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

00THotkey.exe - Toshiba hotkey utility. Supports the external play/stop buttons on the notebook. Leave running if you use these buttons.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

00thotkey.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

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.



Identification

In addition to the file name, 00thotkey.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.

Vendor contains:TOSHIBA
Product contains:THotkey

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


MD5 Hashes

MD5 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 00thotkey.exe, we have detected more than 20 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
00thotkey.exe> 20
#MD5Size
10xc1cd1e0c518f05a0760bd9a4c68d4b6d253952 bytes
20xc9f11d08e238907e17debfdb62cd89eb253952 bytes
30x53eef97b217ab5adcd95a88975073e0898304 bytes
40xd001370c990fc0214db7a75677df4755258048 bytes
50xefbbf19e542c74ec7e1687a84f2b0883253952 bytes
60x7877c911525946308894eb18247674c8253952 bytes
70x1593daeaa22debe46fa6b7011bd70990249856 bytes
80x7c8356fd6b691c2c9b2203497737eade253952 bytes
90x775325e736e139f19c7662853fc3c9b2258048 bytes
100x15db4ad7b450bf04afe162d02df90b94253952 bytes
110xccfbb8dfe68149a1a2e49a7b7946850f253952 bytes
120xe43008d4c7f65036b4e46841641fdd42258048 bytes
130xf70c43f383fb47cbd9c940352d4dc76c253952 bytes
140xdd0a9a7f74ac605799df6cd255bd5a1f249856 bytes
150xfcf05e6f7c4461ffaf2779d2f2534a82245760 bytes
160x7be999985d5448fe5842f261951f7822249856 bytes
170x0d9ae95d5ba1f9605e7b348610a53be9647168 bytes
180x82c6b376a2f33ac260e218c428fcf66f253952 bytes
190x4626d8e2bf75be13af4e6b405a1216aa258048 bytes
200xaf222d17fe557af0828ff909c2f8ec72258048 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. 00thotkey.exe (Toshiba Hotkey) has been seen on 0.16% 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 3 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.toshiba.com

Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/00THotKey.exe-43.html

Important note: A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory. If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.