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What is chkadmin.exe? Network Management?

Vendor:      Hewlett-Packard Company
Product:     CHKADMIN Application
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

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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: CHKADMIN.EXE - This process allows users to access and manage their network resources. It is a tray process for Compaq Network Management System.

chkadmin.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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chkadmin.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: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
chkadmin.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x82d1a0c8acb477267af9b99ce71913ec 8/5/2015 9:19:00 PM Unknown 5.0.9.1 Network Management 80 KB
2 Status 0xeb178a725ee910365d40f0a85026f39e 12/28/2014 3:13:00 PM Unknown 5.01.2.1 Network Management 80 KB
3 Status 0x89a73e0edaf007e3b6ca3e923f9a5595 12/28/2014 2:08:00 PM Unknown 5.01.3.1 Network Management 80 KB
4 Status 0x6c2c9fc15e15d9b7f66fc58707c25852 8/7/2014 10:33:00 PM Unknown 5.01.1.1 Network Management 80 KB
5 Status 0x8340126566c743e990b8946688c39edf 9/8/2011 4:08:00 PM Unknown 5.01.0.3 Network Management 80 KB
6 Status 0x1d73cb8712bb83107af58aac4da437c1 3/19/2011 1:43:00 AM Unknown 5.0.8.1 Network Management 80 KB
7 Status 0xda45c758356bc2f21b08c8565b2496df 2/20/2010 6:58:00 AM Unknown 5.0.7.3 Network Management 80 KB

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xb9b3626c7b73d0cfe20ca095e6662207 1/30/2012 4:12:00 PM Unknown 5.0.3.4 Network Management 80 KB
2 Status 0xb4360414a9abd0f543048ecc37f4211e 8/4/2010 7:51:00 PM Unknown 5.0.2.1 Network Management 80 KB
3 Status 0x1accf3b4c49271846808397c1204a512 5/4/2010 2:12:00 AM Unknown 5.0.1.2 Network Management 80 KB
4 Status 0xb390ef371851c11bcb076e607d350772 1/13/2010 9:06:00 PM Unknown 5.0.6.3 Network Management 80 KB
5 Status 0x271616e6a6e3500181e4b847c43a603d 12/7/2009 5:38:00 AM Unknown 5.0.4.2 Network Management 80 KB
6 Status 0x77a3dba2300cd1b82b13880511db71ef 7/3/2009 11:47:00 PM Unknown 5.0.0.8 Network Management 80 KB
7 Status 0xd236adec67c2ebff58cfd9364ec38108 7/2/2009 9:50:00 AM Unknown 5.0.5.3 Network Management 80 KB
8 Status 0x2663f1951987e4b9710427ca0523b61c 5/3/2008 9:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown Network Management 7 KB
9 Status 0x37420fbba1bc564b179db091b173d813 12/31/2007 Unknown 4.37 Network Management 8 KB


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