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hpqste08.exe (HP digital imaging)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 3.18%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 9 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

hpqste08.exe is the HP digital imaging application for all-in-one printer/scanner/fax.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

hpqste08.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.



Identification

The file name alone identifies this program.


MD5 Hashes

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 hpqste08.exe, we have detected more than 20 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
hpqste08.exe> 20
#MD5Size
10xf6540952ca2e7e103868e87c8eb11b42217088 bytes
20xc04cd53819aafb45f45492e787fa81b5271960 bytes
30x2aead1fcc799e5663488b8bb094c19cc271960 bytes
40xbe3f80ede2286c15709300b379259ada217088 bytes
50x95967ba44ccc51382beb882a15e314d2271960 bytes
60xfeddd3579fee51a9873d856df3933c68151552 bytes
70x0bbb54f72e49233ed9e5a71f05f62d37204800 bytes
80x4cb09c878da5b61386fa785cc9dbf30a239192 bytes
90x1b5b496b6805a6dc631405c81e0a4b0c204800 bytes
100x7476780891c8c6219bade6ead21a2eb1266240 bytes
110x0313129323aaefadb820082d014f4dac204800 bytes
120x85e7bb8a103644085c5c665481022e56271960 bytes
130x2db4d4386ac0f8cc367e1aa8ab1004ef204800 bytes
140x88029974b1c9995cfa3bd9560bba2eef239320 bytes
150xa271da599261620ca72e466219d212c1271960 bytes
160x6a263687f13c43433b517d5f24a1e172212992 bytes
170x8c724eafbaa2345151f1892b917b678a204800 bytes
180xb70278d1459a677639d51892160fd365184320 bytes
190x4c79dee14f92e1ddbbfda8492bcbed46217088 bytes
200xb41eefaf3903b6bd864d7c6f93680323151552 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. hpqste08.exe (HP digital imaging) has been seen on 3.18% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 9 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.hp.com/

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. If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.