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What is hkwnd.exe? HotKey Client?

Vendor:      Sony
Product:     HotKey Client
Vendor Website:      http://www.sony.com/
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.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: HKWnd.exe - Keyboard background utility program found on Sony Vaio laptops. Without this Windows program you cannot use some of the Fn+Function-Key key combinations.

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


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hkwnd.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: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
hkwnd.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xdf8fb92e0dce7fed9454703d330930f6 2/19/2015 5:34:00 AM Unknown 3.3.0.8140 HotKey Client 292 KB
2 Status 0xa4e7fb37a12f790f119419fc30d3a933 1/19/2015 12:53:00 AM Unknown 4, 3, 0, 10150 HotKey Client 392 KB
3 Status 0x60f24729d5b5d808c0f12bf635d00b18 1/4/2015 6:46:00 PM Unknown 4, 1, 1, 6260 HotKey Client 380 KB
4 Status 0xeebf43e3bfaa409f884bfd464c0dcfed 10/27/2014 6:59:00 PM Unknown 4, 1, 0, 2120 HotKey Client 268 KB
5 Status 0xc61d166c8a99de4da27d882506b30d7c 9/26/2014 5:25:00 PM Unknown 4.0.0.11190 HotKey Client 256 KB
6 Status 0xfd3dd47c88b5a9d271584d514c5105ff 1/25/2012 2:35:00 PM Unknown 4, 2, 0, 7090 HotKey Client 388 KB
7 Status 0xe43b959f3293a64fd53f078316130d1f 1/17/2012 8:43:00 AM Unknown 4, 1, 0, 2190 HotKey Client 268 KB
8 Status 0x0a3d18c90f26b58e91773e10cc0100d8 1/13/2012 4:08:00 PM Unknown 4, 1, 0, 4010 HotKey Client 268 KB
9 Status 0xe6a88416eae490cebd776c9440b2190a 9/13/2011 12:44:00 AM Unknown 3.0.0.11082 HotKey Client 144 KB
10 Status 0x4ade12ad2a9770108788230bad1643d0 7/27/2011 2:51:00 PM Unknown 3.2.0.3280 HotKey Client 260 KB
11 Status 0xfb85ba7f704a3fb996450cc7cde2ce6c 5/4/2011 11:23:00 AM Unknown 3.2.0.3140 HotKey Client 260 KB
12 Status 0x7299aa118f50d4fdb944b4301558b3eb 3/8/2011 6:13:00 AM Unknown 3.3.0.6260 HotKey Client 292 KB
13 Status 0x8d7c6007c3165a2b37a4de7f726efde2 3/4/2011 1:43:00 PM Unknown 3.3.0.7230 HotKey Client 292 KB
14 Status 0x858c479f1da07f437bc8fa4bf854362c 11/12/2010 10:54:00 PM Unknown 3.3.0.7150 HotKey Client 292 KB
15 Status 0x034077663394125abb045f4db80388ec 9/6/2010 10:00:00 PM Unknown 3.2.0.4101 HotKey Client 264 KB
16 Status 0xb228c1d98331f63a9fa98198aa322061 5/18/2010 9:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown HotKey Client 340 KB
17 Status 0x61c50b43c1125e7f55a8072425d678d2 5/14/2010 1:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown HotKey Client 144 KB
18 Status 0xa57d8778292bf7584edb7515349cf3d0 4/15/2010 2:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown HotKey Client 268 KB
19 Status 0xc59c303aea3276d8087091a7bdb1bb9b 3/14/2010 12:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown HotKey Client 268 KB
20 Status 0x91ab110711b3c807f542bdeaf1d43620 3/11/2010 1:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown HotKey Client 184 KB
21 Status 0xa0aef46c2fa103540212efcc016f94f6 11/7/2009 12:06:00 AM Unknown 3.1.0.13090 HotKey Client 184 KB
22 Status 0xcc206049da0ac760fd622cfd9cf09152 8/25/2009 10:34:00 PM Unknown 3.0.0.12050 HotKey Client 144 KB
23 Status 0x8ae83130930f7f91c992eda7baa8a782 3/30/2009 4:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown HotKey Client 184 KB
24 Status 0x06b86c1efa139e5a1f6465c4cf20ad99 3/4/2009 12:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown HotKey Client 272 KB
25 Status 0xe9f9c6b62d87bfe53c7a393462560482 6/13/2008 11:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown HotKey Client 184 KB


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