What is hp.exe?

hp.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

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

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

hp.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

hp.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

32 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hp.exe file. That's a 56% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.3166034
AegisLab Uds.Dangerousobject.Multi!c
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Dynamer
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.3166034
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.BTSGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D304F52
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Avira TR/Agent.114177
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.3166034
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren W32/Trojan.UROE-2812
DrWeb Trojan.StartPage1.27057
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.3166034 (B)
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.3166034
Fortinet PossibleThreat
GData Trojan.GenericKD.3166034
Kaspersky UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
McAfee RDN/Generic.grp
McAfee-GW-Edition RDN/Generic.grp
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.3166034
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.StartPage1.ecnumy
nProtect Trojan.GenericKD.3166034
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Rising Malware.Undefined!8.C-DUPt1qS13YH (Cloud)
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R00XC0EDR16
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Agent.114176.WE[h]
Zillya Trojan.GenericKD.Win32.7127
32 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the hp.exe file.

hp.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove hp.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the hp.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that hp.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate hp.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the hp.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate hp.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\hp.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the hp.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If hp.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If hp.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If hp.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that hp.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5059c0815cafb87accb7e0a8f8d1a941f
SHA25611338d6138ab34d89ecbdf0722808ac106d06a75203f7fd78dd9d6512f71670d

Error Messages

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

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

hp.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.

hp.exe has stopped working.

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

hp.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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