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What is hotkey.exe? HotKey?

Vendor:      Toshiba
Product:     Toshiba
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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: HotKey.exe - One-touch configuration/execution applications from various vendors found on various products, such as scanners, printers, laptops, monitors, motherboards, etc.

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


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hotkey.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: 1%
Average RAM for this program: 9 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
hotkey.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x584167332420fd75bbbc4fd7531f4735 7/6/2017 5:20:00 AM Unknown 1, 6, 7, 1 HotKey 1232 KB
2 Status 0xee5629654958a8fec479708313faa472 9/1/2016 2:58:00 PM Unknown 1, 6, 2, 1 HotKey 1068 KB
3 Status 0x17138da667ea15812bb835296ff066e9 5/13/2016 5:26:00 PM Unknown 1, 6, 6, 1 HotKey 1068 KB
4 Status 0x34fa97dbf7e3c75aee34d065a3b3143a 10/26/2015 8:58:00 PM Unknown 1, 8, 1, 2 HotKey 1552 KB
5 Status 0x41d20415a12adee15a1450afe58a0c89 6/7/2015 4:25:00 PM Unknown 1, 8, 3, 2 HotKey 1728 KB
6 Status 0xfead361927b3e9a974eaa70bf6ac938a 1/20/2015 3:31:00 AM Unknown 1, 8, 9, 2 HotKey 1732 KB
7 Status 0x47e1bec2f943cf99eeb03d77a7cb5267 9/13/2014 6:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown HotKey 1732 KB
8 Status 0xeff7315894344c5f13becb84f162f6f0 7/25/2014 10:48:00 PM Unknown 1, 7, 7, 2 HotKey 1552 KB
9 Status 0x5d5fd1ae9259e2d7b45d4fcbcff8b184 7/18/2012 6:56:00 AM Unknown Unknown HotKey 1732 KB
10 Status 0x360b3432622905f1bf73332ec91632f1 2/2/2012 11:52:00 PM Unknown 1, 3, 9, 0 HotKey 1064 KB
11 Status 0x585838f5f9c6140cd3a16678ee2f4bd1 1/14/2012 1:04:00 PM Unknown 1, 7, 9, 2 HotKey 1552 KB
12 Status 0xcaa4650de4682cd44a4628dcdc6ccbc5 1/13/2012 11:21:00 AM Unknown 1, 3505, 1130, 2 HotKey 2628 KB
13 Status 0x9226907a4866e57cbbe0d22da8700340 9/17/2011 8:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown HotKey 1732 KB
14 Status 0x818360e765ba9838b5a9836ea121bf7b 9/6/2011 10:49:00 PM Unknown 1.14.0.0 HotKey 779 KB
15 Status 0x7eef14fb86fd358f02ac5148b3b8a57c 8/29/2011 1:52:00 AM Unknown 1, 6, 7, 0 HotKey 1232 KB
16 Status 0x2599d3ec38d7c064403c3bcfde389cbd 8/24/2011 8:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown HotKey 1732 KB
17 Status 0x5894a49b953751ee67ba6314af26dc4c 8/12/2011 5:48:00 PM Unknown 1, 6, 5, 1 HotKey 1068 KB
18 Status 0xf9e01f4ea65fc016ba0a932a41db7a46 7/22/2011 10:59:00 AM Unknown 1, 8, 7, 2 HotKey 1732 KB
19 Status 0xa1839e3c4d73020184b22b27c072c539 6/16/2011 1:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown HotKey 2600 KB
20 Status 0xfe1ab46461d3a63f4a1384f464b8b801 6/11/2011 3:37:00 PM Unknown 2, 106, 1101, 1 HotKey 2593 KB
21 Status 0xc4df9abe960d116301c353a30717d7af 6/6/2011 8:42:00 PM Unknown 1,1,3,5 HotKey 604 KB
22 Status 0x21843e9375c5dff44ffeb025a53fef29 6/5/2011 9:37:00 PM Unknown 2, 106, 1101, 1 HotKey 2593 KB
23 Status 0x2b7a2c2aa692872d7e776c8904c30df0 5/13/2011 5:18:00 PM Unknown 1,1,0,5 HotKey 556 KB
24 Status 0xd2b9b56a299f7572d6ea8cf6985b9af7 4/30/2011 7:37:00 PM Unknown 1,0,9,5 HotKey 552 KB
25 Status 0x94777dc5864845aac4405b87bd753635 2/18/2011 12:03:00 PM Unknown 1,1,3,5 HotKey 604 KB


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