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hidserv.exe (HID Service)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


In addition to the file name, hidserv.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:Microsoft
Product contains:Windows

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




Win Patrol

hidserv.exe - Human Interface Device (HID) service. Required by some mice, keyboards, and other user interface devices.

hidserv.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 an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


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 hidserv.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
hidserv.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x6e641141268530855d2476fb38beef7d 19 KB
2 0x75b6d0fdcbb8217c8a29ccc07e4c0900 19 KB
3 0xe7b687dd666f4cdd349cac6cb60fd19e 19 KB
4 0x71ce5bbaa307b2fcfe1eb5aec3b1deb2 19 KB
5 0xc928fe6f9b3d60f48ffb83c3205be958 19 KB
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0xda4b709ced56e31e03021ec7bb74c072 25872 bytes
7 0xdbbb97b7d550cb3a77198f81b47649f4 25872 bytes
8 0xce546e515a59550547109e63aef4fc3b 19728 bytes
9 0xf6604700e9ed8f1c0398dd3cf65fd51c 19728 bytes
10 0x76f1dcd93fa767ca4f3786f083069cfc 73728 bytes


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Tips from the PitCrew

Tips from the Pit Crew

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.

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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.

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