What is hotkeyservice.exe?

hotkeyservice.exe is part of HotkeyService and developed by CLEVO CO. according to the hotkeyservice.exe version information.

hotkeyservice.exe's description is "HotkeyService"

hotkeyservice.exe is digitally signed by CLEVO CO..

hotkeyservice.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files (x86)\hotkey\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected hotkeyservice.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on hotkeyservice.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameHotkeyService
Company nameCLEVO CO.
File descriptionHotkeyService
Internal nameHotkeyService.exe
Original filenameHotkeyService.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © CLEVO CO. 2015
Product version1.4.5.8
File version1.4.5.8

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameHotkeyService
Company nameCLEVO CO.
File descriptionHotkeyService
Internal nameHotkeyService.exe
Original filenameHotkeyService.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © CLEVO CO. 2015
Product version1.4.5.8
File version1.4.5.8

Digital signatures [?]

hotkeyservice.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCLEVO CO.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number36affced256a92296fdb1fe5eb7e2011

VirusTotal report

1 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hotkeyservice.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Zillya Backdoor.PePatchCRTD.Win32.10502
1 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the hotkeyservice.exe file.

Other files also named hotkeyservice.exe

hotkeyservice.exe (5 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD55ff439d9671a04d7881a70b877eeed39
SHA2569935661639487f155adecbaa564ad7a9e202c5ce0866e49f70e8714fb0c95b38

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to hotkeyservice.exe:

hotkeyservice.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

hotkeyservice.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

HotkeyService has stopped working.

End Program - hotkeyservice.exe. This program is not responding.

hotkeyservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

hotkeyservice.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep100 %
1
Remove0 %
0

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