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What is qlbctrl.exe? QlbCtrl.exe?

Vendor:      Hewlett-Packard
Product:     HP Quick Launch Buttons
Vendor Website:      http://www.hp.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.
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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: QLBCTRL.exe is a Driver file for HP's Quick Launch Buttons. Disabling will cause loss of functionality.

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


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qlbctrl.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: 0.82%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 7 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
qlbctrl.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x8f89e6cb82e6db45bc993d423cd0fdbd 6/30/2022 11:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 316 KB
2 Status 0x0771a5c3b78967f9f83c1c429334ad2a 6/13/2021 12:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 312 KB
3 Status 0x20321ca0f49d143fdb4cef926a05e10a 6/29/2020 5:12:00 AM Unknown 6, 1, 2, 9 QlbCtrl.exe 156 KB
4 Status 0xfe7ce849db8c3986b2e721c6a3184faa 5/29/2019 2:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 281 KB
5 Status 0xe27ec6488344271109d1b12480f681c4 4/12/2018 12:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 281 KB
6 Status 0x019d774b725dcfd9a188f07764a32214 3/11/2018 6:01:00 AM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 314 KB
7 Status 0x50692c4a8156384aaaf0fd9616663d8a 11/21/2017 9:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 173 KB
8 Status 0xaef50c71530b415afa40e1d478befccc 11/13/2017 9:24:00 AM Unknown 6, 3, 5, 1 QlbCtrl.exe 197 KB
9 Status 0x52cefb5974bc6332f8b8fd2c87611cf2 11/9/2017 5:59:00 PM Unknown 6, 3, 6, 1 QlbCtrl.exe 197 KB
10 Status 0x6fc398f279d5f5e53e61683b5450195d 9/27/2017 2:26:00 AM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 197 KB
11 Status 0x72839658341fe6b7e7e2fba8311a4e27 8/13/2017 8:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 313 KB
12 Status 0xf7cf218e5caa6fc0bb55791ad31e2b3f 5/19/2017 5:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 197 KB
13 Status 0xceffa4aaa8fead0db83a19d5c38347b2 2/5/2017 6:16:00 PM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 314 KB
14 Status 0x58b43d801fd05c793d606789f0d27d0f 12/17/2016 2:32:00 AM Unknown 6, 3, 6, 1 QlbCtrl.exe 173 KB
15 Status 0x2c45af6fb8aadd7959078cc1b13b1a65 10/22/2016 4:30:00 AM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 201 KB
16 Status 0xdcb36d4ed2950f3f675d27d422a6b365 10/1/2016 2:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 197 KB
17 Status 0x8445468cfbb2a3d40356227c8beebbfb 8/24/2016 3:21:00 AM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 0 KB
18 Status 0x0b55d3a8cdab67f647ee0cbad87ccb6d 4/5/2016 5:20:00 PM Unknown 6, 1, 1, 2 QlbCtrl.exe 160 KB
19 Status 0x995311a6c46f6fb5ccd190022b6bad6f 2/2/2016 11:33:00 PM Unknown 6, 0, 4, 1 QlbCtrl.exe 128 KB
20 Status 0x1eea95a7483a678551108b6dcf308cc1 2/1/2016 1:30:00 PM Unknown 6, 3, 8, 1 QlbCtrl.exe 173 KB
21 Status 0xa9f61600366b0348ddf68e3867338f43 1/31/2016 5:53:00 PM Unknown 6, 2, 6, 2 QlbCtrl.exe 160 KB
22 Status 0x1cd3e40beba77d1058e5c159c382ca95 1/31/2016 5:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown QlbCtrl.exe 342 KB
23 Status 0xd33702c5e1141eda502ed8858d64f417 1/11/2016 9:56:00 PM Unknown 6, 3, 9, 1 QlbCtrl.exe 197 KB
24 Status 0xa04be1dbba0e554b2f33555ccba5f969 9/22/2015 8:29:00 PM Unknown 6, 2, 2, 1 QlbCtrl.exe 156 KB
25 Status 0xa29f4525de562102d73aec53c18866c9 8/27/2015 12:12:00 PM Unknown 6, 2, 4, 1 QlbCtrl.exe 156 KB


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