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What is hphmon04.exe? HP Media Reader?

Vendor:      Hewlett
Product:     hp photosmart
Vendor Website:     
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: hphmon04.exe - Allows HP series printers to directly read digital camera memory cards. Can be disabled if you do not use this feature.

hphmon04.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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hphmon04.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: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
hphmon04.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xf8855c3b85c6e62127f913ddde8d1a5a 7/4/2015 9:28:00 PM Unknown 4,0,34 HP Media Reader 328 KB
2 Status 0x2f593e885b1539384afeb79bfa211a66 1/18/2015 2:37:00 PM Unknown 4,2,41 HP Media Reader 340 KB
3 Status 0x1aef3b5ce013a4c528f95a70551fc780 7/16/2014 6:59:00 PM Unknown 4,1,11 HP Media Reader 328 KB
4 Status 0x06e3008bd44c11dcd89788b6275cb165 1/28/2012 1:53:00 PM Unknown 4,1,14 HP Media Reader 332 KB
5 Status 0xef0d007983009f06577c9169ff299e85 6/10/2011 11:38:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 340 KB
6 Status 0x7119b5fabdb6b108bdc4e9ddbc808e24 7/12/2010 4:33:00 AM Unknown 4,2,39 HP Media Reader 340 KB
7 Status 0x25465dfaac12f1b5747680e54d3df322 4/15/2010 11:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 332 KB
8 Status 0x8f4afb8180d7190183b458544d3c342a 12/25/2009 1:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 332 KB
9 Status 0x165a427ff63844b392c65bcfc699af0c 12/3/2009 7:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 332 KB
10 Status 0x01d5815423137a260dce28d4f6e64628 12/1/2009 10:47:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 328 KB
11 Status 0x1aee6265fd275854600f217cf84981f4 10/13/2009 5:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 328 KB
12 Status 0x53f622aea27b47ef06b481ccf1793473 9/4/2009 9:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 328 KB
13 Status 0x2bfb37c5c19657986c8ac86e328b544c 7/8/2009 6:52:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 340 KB
14 Status 0xd67c2c8447062985d75a21aacd3bd442 7/5/2009 9:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 340 KB
15 Status 0x2b0a216bec6152d3aaf4657cab8a454e 6/25/2009 1:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 364 KB
16 Status 0xb53f55fd5cca7f85f5ac41e88c82e285 6/23/2009 7:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 332 KB
17 Status 0xc8ed75f261bd554710b65d9cf74a4571 5/15/2009 3:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 332 KB
18 Status 0xb9a4ab126cb5cd70b12b346b34a808b6 4/6/2009 5:03:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 340 KB
19 Status 0x45533f39beba9aa365bf933ae86a93f0 3/15/2009 5:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 340 KB
20 Status 0xd2ade20d05039c50406f469dc89bcaca 2/26/2009 5:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 340 KB
21 Status 0x3aa142f0e0950890387f2eb6f25c5ee3 1/25/2009 6:48:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 340 KB
22 Status 0x0de7b22bd77ed3cc8e1b017125ab1b1f 12/27/2008 12:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 340 KB
23 Status 0x486185e53931dc5aff5c76a5ef50e3e6 10/31/2008 6:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 332 KB
24 Status 0x47acf555e4c58fba6d4f2c582835c3d0 10/17/2008 6:56:00 AM Unknown Unknown HP Media Reader 332 KB
25 Status 0xe7e29bb5c88b6af99713c1b3062bd931 9/11/2008 6:47:00 PM Unknown 4,2,41 HP Media Reader 340 KB


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