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What is mhotkey.exe? Multimedia Driver?

Vendor:      
Product:     Multimedia Keyboard Driver
Vendor Website:      http://www.chicony.com.tw/
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: mHotkey.exe - Enables special keys on Chicony keyboards. Only required for extended features.

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


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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.06%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 6 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
mhotkey.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xed2674e1796b46a6fdd3e81f66ad45db 9/12/2018 4:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 567 KB
2 Status 0x644235e843359aeb70bc76cc84f72a2b 5/29/2016 3:56:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 8 Multimedia Driver 536 KB
3 Status 0x841d8f4d631a0a6b36eb937ecedabfcd 9/14/2015 4:03:00 AM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 566 KB
4 Status 0x13b69712c51dff907968107e1b2511ca 3/31/2015 9:12:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 10 Multimedia Keyboard Driver 538 KB
5 Status 0x001af481f2d0f51d40444f9f2137e0c4 3/14/2015 6:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 535 KB
6 Status 0xcefb82830dd4b48f958add2988fd585f 11/8/2014 7:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 566 KB
7 Status 0x344fb0244acc0cca744f742565b9b6e2 2/1/2012 8:42:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 9 Multimedia Driver 537 KB
8 Status 0xf97ae5c79a9b268cab8bb6db1a4942a9 8/29/2011 10:18:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 9 Multimedia Driver 538 KB
9 Status 0x542658ad61004babf2bcce9ced14f422 8/19/2011 6:04:00 AM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 566 KB
10 Status 0x2bd5eeee7b620bf730f7153974949b45 8/8/2011 4:18:00 PM Unknown 4, 0, 1, 0 Multimedia Driver 538 KB
11 Status 0x1dc1d33983e166fad2422e2a3d09744f 7/28/2011 3:36:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 9 Multimedia Driver 535 KB
12 Status 0x3fa175131ac8f109d6eb06695b3502a1 6/16/2011 6:50:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 17 Multimedia Driver 544 KB
13 Status 0x1d1f926fd3c852394d4257caea719c8c 5/22/2011 1:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 536 KB
14 Status 0xcfb19d0984c7febbff1a68815ba6f82f 5/17/2011 9:33:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 14 Multimedia Driver 536 KB
15 Status 0xe2a9970b9eb58e05f03c7e2bbf1cd569 1/16/2011 7:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 539 KB
16 Status 0xccc3a374a68f83d9ae32081fb9b9d4ea 11/16/2010 8:08:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 11 Multimedia Driver 541 KB
17 Status 0x73b254d82c823e19fa16151d69652db3 6/16/2010 12:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 536 KB
18 Status 0x8deb379099a150b792bee36a0a82fd87 4/2/2010 7:23:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 17 Multimedia Driver 546 KB
19 Status 0x5501f9c9443db750123ef81596be985e 3/6/2010 11:30:00 AM Unknown 4, 0, 1, 1 Multimedia Driver 534 KB
20 Status 0xc8655352de2acec5a83cd5dc9c876fcc 1/16/2010 11:23:00 AM Unknown 4, 0, 0, 0 Multimedia Driver 535 KB
21 Status 0xf16348d42616275f1deff7ab7ad13b30 12/8/2009 4:06:00 AM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 538 KB
22 Status 0x0562bb9ac4486ccf3a52fd09404b6773 8/9/2009 11:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 533 KB
23 Status 0x7b60830ab72becee355fb0a4caff0d19 2/7/2009 6:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 539 KB
24 Status 0x69d71d1bda1c9fca2e7ecf87dce375ab 3/29/2008 10:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 540 KB

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x94229807ad00a72b50195f1d3dfb205f 8/1/2016 4:18:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 8 Multimedia Driver 496 KB
2 Status 0x7a785f75b72ca46fa201d6b2c2be61ef 2/15/2015 8:23:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 3, 0 Multimedia Driver 462 KB
3 Status 0xb48e00f730ff2a81b19a45b2ab2dc04c 12/16/2014 4:37:00 PM Unknown 2, 2, 1, 0 Multimedia Driver 468 KB
4 Status 0xef6cb5858d17f5d7b484db7b78383e93 10/28/2014 11:14:00 PM Unknown 2, 2, 1, 0 Multimedia Driver 461 KB
5 Status 0x7228805705de08579eb13d79c033b4a5 1/29/2012 12:41:00 PM Unknown 2, 2, 2, 0 Multimedia Driver 466 KB
6 Status 0xd4992c7a0aa4b379d98588159e3eea1b 1/21/2012 7:58:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 3, 0 Multimedia Driver 481 KB
7 Status 0x64d3ec9e46470f6398dd5f369b810612 1/15/2012 5:12:00 AM Unknown 2, 2, 2, 0 Multimedia Driver 472 KB
8 Status 0x653d8019b2ba477563e78da7732fbb9d 1/8/2012 2:15:00 AM Unknown 2, 0, 2, 2 Multimedia Driver 467 KB
9 Status 0x6445778a67e427603de3085519cc35d7 8/27/2011 3:06:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 7 Multimedia Driver 498 KB
10 Status 0xb9504c633ddcf4b9166e0a4b5fd3eb33 8/26/2011 8:41:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 3, 0 Multimedia Driver 462 KB
11 Status 0xd739e3d7ff308a620327b4fe21999188 7/25/2011 9:27:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 6 Multimedia Driver 494 KB
12 Status 0xed3fd2744f67e7ae190dc828351d5f7b 5/2/2011 5:52:00 AM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 5 Multimedia Driver 514 KB
13 Status 0x4e17c7a76b0ca3f7d6ba78b121221194 3/21/2011 10:02:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 7 Multimedia Driver 493 KB
14 Status 0x435bd6d7feb1f4e2c6b82c7d393a194f 3/1/2011 7:09:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 2, 5 Multimedia Driver 456 KB
15 Status 0x6d24d033c15f8ac8a25996cc0860fba3 2/13/2011 8:08:00 PM Unknown 2, 2, 2, 0 Multimedia Driver 471 KB
16 Status 0xfeff51897b6be89f3a05e0fca538578c 1/26/2011 5:51:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 0, 9 Multimedia Driver 445 KB
17 Status 0x1d37ea547516e7ce8e49d5f0716a54e0 11/11/2010 4:22:00 AM Unknown 2, 1, 2, 5 Multimedia Driver 456 KB
18 Status 0xaa3046bc2f32ab9a2f8b4abe148643ee 11/8/2010 9:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 502 KB
19 Status 0x729a66ebbb76aea4727566a28fdeffeb 11/4/2010 9:03:00 AM Unknown 2, 0, 3, 0 Multimedia Driver 512 KB
20 Status 0xcc31036f9d9749836170f7b1d5921cdc 10/3/2010 6:13:00 PM Unknown 2, 2, 0, 0 Multimedia Driver 467 KB
21 Status 0xd878b5d706f41f923306e0b8c4e1afa3 9/28/2010 9:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 461 KB
22 Status 0x7caaf410127ee40c5a7c1ff168545aa1 8/5/2010 11:38:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 6 Multimedia Driver 507 KB
23 Status 0xca27663dab5ee44e9f0258d66077414a 7/19/2010 8:18:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 8 Multimedia Driver 499 KB
24 Status 0x4d3131e840bce3e7f84df47c0b9b5d6e 7/11/2010 4:11:00 AM Unknown 2, 1, 3, 0 Multimedia Driver 460 KB
25 Status 0xfb12d0a097c7274aef54ef9b64eb6319 5/21/2010 6:47:00 AM Unknown Unknown Multimedia Driver 461 KB


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