Active sync for use with Windows CE based palm PC

Related to copyright protection products by SyncroSoft

Related to CodeMeter from WIBU-SYSTEMS AG. Software protection hardware

Added by a variant of the RBOT WORM!

Added by the HACHILEM TROJAN!

Added by the SCLOG-AG TROJAN!

Added by the "Herman Agent" remote access TROJAN!

Howard the Weatherman desktop client from Halifax by Skinkers - marketing/messaging tool. Leave enabled if you want to receive messages

LogMeIn Hamachi remote control and VPN software

Displays a panel simulating modem lights for the Intel HaM internal modem. The lights are useful as a reminder to disconnect from the net if you are likely to forget, but otherwise pointless

Handy Backup - automatic backup of your critical data to virtually any type of storage media including CD-RW devices and remote FTP servers

Added by the RBOT-GLJ WORM!

Hard Disk Sentinel - a multi-OS hard disk drive monitoring application. Its goal is to find, test, diagnose and repair hard disk drive problems, display hard disk health, performance degradations and failures

Added by the KIMAN.B WORM!

Winbond Hardware Doctor - as included on some motherboard using Winbond's hardware monitoring chips. Displays fan speeds, voltages, temperatures. Only required if you're concerned about your system temperature - typically for "overclocked" systems

Added by the WOLLF-A TROJAN!

Added by a variant of the LOVGATE WORM!

Added by a variant of the LOVGATE WORM!

Utility to monitor fan speed and temperatures - similar to Motherboard Monitor. Only required if you're concerned about your system temperature - typically for "overclocked" systems

Added by a variant of the RBOT WORM!

Hare - improve and optimize performance of desktop/laptop PCs

Added by the BANKER-QF TROJAN!

Control Panel application for the old Number Nine graphics cards to change resolution, colour depth, etc. Available via Start -> Programs

Control Panel application for the old Number Nine graphics cards to change resolution, colour depth, etc. Available via Start -> Programs

Hotbar enhances the surfing experience offering a variety of innovative and fresh skins to the browser while providing users worldwide with access to various services of added value and fun. Also regarded as adware/spyware due to it's adds and browsing habits information gathering - see here

For Compaq PC's. Help Compiler, crunches help database, will run without being in startup when needed

MS HomeClick Network - simple home network setup and configuration program included with 3Com HomeConnect home networking products. Runs in the background for network printer notification, detection, and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) taskbar icon. Not required - network can be set-up manually, also has a known memory leak problem

See also TgAddServer. This part ensures the software is installed correctly (similar to an installation wizard) as reported by Cox Regarded as spyware by some as it has the ability to retrieve user information. Whether it does so depends upon the provider. One Toshiba user reports problems with hibernate on his laptop if disabled - hence the "U" recommendation

Wareout - malware masquerading as a spyware and dialer remover

Hotkeys on an ASUS Notebook. Only required if you use the additional keys

Kuma Notifier for the Shootout! game from the History Channel. "It lets you know whenever there's a new episode that's been released or an announcement from the Kuma team. Just click it to get up-to-the-minute game and event information"

High definition audio page shortcut for Realtek audio devices - not required

Added by the TACTSLAY.U TROJAN!

Added by the TEADOOR-D TROJAN!

Added by the TEADOOR-E TROJAN!

HDD Health is a "full-featured failure-prediction agent for machines using Windows 95, 98, NT, Me, 2000 and XP. Sitting in the system tray, it monitors hard disks and alerts you to impending failure"

HDDlife checks the health of your hard drives at regular intervals and informs you about the results of these checks

Associated with Philips Edge series soundcards. Is it required?

Added by a variant of the RBOT WORM!

Added by the RBOT-FUL WORM!

Philips Edge Series Control Panel Tray Utility - system tray icon for a Philips Edge series soundcards. Available via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel

LZIO.com adware downloader

LZIO.com adware downloader

Added by the MYDOOM.BO WORM!

Added by the MYTOB.AB WORM!

Added by the LEOX.D TROJAN! Note - this is not the legitimate svchost.exe process which is always located in the System (9x/Me) or System32 (NT/2K/XP) folder and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup! This file is located in the Winnt or Windows folder

Added by the YODO WORM!

Added by the MYDOOM.BV WORM!

Added by the MYTOB.JT WORM!

Added by the RITDOOR.A WORM!

??

Added by the BANCOS-BBU TROJAN!

Added by the BANCOS-BCZ TROJAN!

Detected by Kaspersky as the SDBOT.AAD TROJAN! See here

Added by the FORBOT-EM WORM!

Added by the GASLIDE TROJAN!

Added by the BLASTER.T WORM!

AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer variant

AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer variant

AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer variant

AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer variant

AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialler variant

AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialler variant

AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialler variant

CnsMin (Chinese Keywords) hijacker related

Attune HelpExpress - spyware. Disable and uninstall - see here

Added by the RANDEX.J WORM!

Added by the BANLOA-BU TROJAN!

Adware downloader

Added by the TARNO.G TROJAN!

Added by the HEOMS TROJAN!

Added by the GARROCH WORM!

A LAN messenger alternative to WinPopUp - Digital Dreams Software

Added by the MYTOB.KE WORM! Note - this is not a valid Hewlett-Packard program

HP multifunction registration

Hide Folders - hide your folders so only you can view them

Added by the AGOBOT-TI WORM!

Hide Files & Folders is a "password-protected security utility working at the Windows kernel level allowing you to password-protect files and folders, or to hide them securely from viewing and searching"

Hide Folders XP - hide your folders so only you can view them

Added by the FLUSH.F TROJAN!

Herucles Audio tool for the Hercules Game Theater XP soundcard. Available via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel

Added by a variant of the ORCU.B TROJAN!

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Reduces the power consumption when the laptop isn't being used to preserve battery power. Similar programs on other laptops reduce the processor clock rate, etc. Required if you run of battery regularly

Added by the RATSOU.B TROJAN!

HideOE - allows you to 'hide' Outlook Express or minimize it to the System Tray

Added by the BOOHOO WORM!

IE toolbar taking you to Lop.com. If the exe is running, end it and remove the "Stupidmore" directory from C:Program Files

This is the Human Interface Device Server for Win98SE/2000/Me/XP, it is required only if you are using USB Audio Devices you can disable via Msconfig. See here. Typical examples are USB multimedia keyboards with volume control and web-ready keyboards. For example - loaded by default with MS DSS80 Speakers because they have Volume, Mute and Bass controls on the speaker. Some users may experience problems disabling this - if this is the case then re-enable it. Equivalent to MMHid in Win98. On HP Computers, HIDSERV is the controller for the keyboard sound controls on the USB and PS/2 keyboards

AdRotator/IconAds adware

Realtek audio card related - probably adds the odd feature to one of the "Sounds" Control Panel applet tabs - doesn't appear to be required

High definition audio page shortcut for Realtek audio devices - not required

Realtek high definition audio related

HighPoint RAID management - hard disk striping/mirroring utility for increased performance and reliability. See here for more information on RAID

Homepage hijacker, redirecting to "turbo-search101.com" - see here

HijackThis lists the contents of key areas of the Registry and hard drive areas that are used by both legitimate programmers and hijackers. The program is continually updated to detect and remove new hijacks. It does not target specific programs and URLs, only the methods used by hijackers to force you onto their sites. As a result, false positives are imminent, and unless you're sure about what you're doing, you always should consult with knowledgable folks before deleting anything. Required if you'd like HijackThis to run a scan at startup, and show the results when new items are found (if so, check the appropriate box in the "Config" section")

Added by the BANKGERM-D TROJAN!

Added by the STRATION-FW WORM!

Added by and unidentified misleading security program

HistoryKill removes your web surfing path by removing the URL drop-list history, detailed history file, cache, and cookies in both IE and Netscape Navigator browsers. Available via Start -> Programs

Hitman Pro - a utility to start a number of Security Protection software. They can be started individualy

Hijacker, for more information see here

Hitware Popup Killer Lite

Added by the HIVA TROJAN!

KeyLoggerExp keystroke logger/monitoring program - remove unless you installed it yourself!

Part of Intels Common User Interface for chipsets with integrated graphics controllers - which allows user to change different driver properties through Windows User Interface. If the user wishes to have "HotKey" access to Intel's customised graphics properties, it is required, otherwise not. It can be disabled via the Display Properties in the Control Panel

Added by the QQPASS-U TROJAN!

Added by the FORBOT-BJ WORM! (where HKLMRun represents HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun)

Keyboard manager program required to use programmable power and function keys on some laptops such as the Sony PCG R505TS

Compaq HotKey Support - multimedia keyboard support

LinkReplacer/FFinder adware

Added by the BAGLE-KF WORM!

Added by the QLOWZONES-27 TROJAN!

Added by the RBOT.AFG WORM!

Added by the RANDEX.CZZ WORM!

Added by the SDBOT-XL WORM!

Hardware sensor monitoring program. Only required if you overclock your system and want to check on the status

Added by the SDBOT-YW WORM!

Added by the BANKER-HO TROJAN!

Added by the AGOBOT-SF WORM!

Holiday Lights from Tiger Technologies. Festive desktop enhancement that adds lights. Available via Start -> Programs

Added by the SDBOT.BMO WORM!

WinScheduler is installed with Home Theater Remote Control for WinDVD from Intervideo. If you want to schedule recordings from your TV tuner card, you will need it. Available via Start -> Programs

Chameleon Clock - system tray clock replacement

Associated with the no longer supported Xerox HomeCentre printer/scanner

Homeland Network Notifier - pops ads

Added by the ZLOB-QK TROJAN!

Part of Honda Music Link which allows you to use your Honda's audio system's controls to play and search for music on your iPod® in you car

??

Hook99 enables the user to customize the start button. You can change or remove the text and replace the Windows flag on button with icon of your choice. Supports Windows icons, bitmaps and can extract icons from executables and libraries. Hook99 can also make the background of desktop icons captions transparent

SurfinGuard Pro from Finjan - internet protection software, protects against all malicious code delivered through executables, scripting files, ActiveX and Java

Hornet Monitor - monitoring system that detects and responds to unauthorized access attempts and sources of channel interference on any local DSSS network

HorngTech 4D mouse driver

Added by the POPDIS or STARTPAGE.F TROJANS!

Identified as the DELF.LF by Ewido Security Suite

Added by the RBOT-APO WORM!

Detected by Kaspersky as the AGENT.DGO TROJAN! See here. Note - this is not the legitimate svchost.exe process which is always located in the System (9x/Me) or System32 (NT/2K/XP) folder and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup! The file is located in the Fonts directory

Added by the BANKER-BO TROJAN!

Manages a component essential to the operation of most current AOL software. If you remove it from startup it will load when IE is launched, increasing lauching time

Quoted from AOL Beta Team, "Manages a component essential to the operation of most current AOL software, client or not. You should be able to remove it from Startup (it'll just load when Explorer is launched, which will extend load time a bit), but do leave it on your system".

Added by a variant of the RBOT WORM!

Added by PWS.BANKER.F, a variant of the BANKER-BO TROJAN!

Added by the RBOT.BPZ WORM!

Added by a variant of the SDBOT WORM!

AdBin from Gilmore Software Development. An easy solution to managing your Window's hosts file

HostsMan is a freeware application that lets you manage your Hosts file with ease. It is mainly intended to block specific domains (mostly advertising servers) by redirecting them to localhost, but can also be used to add any other domain/Ip combination that you want to be included in the HOSTS file

Added by the LOOKSKY.H WORM! Drops multiple files in the System (9x/ME) or System32 (NT/2K/XP) folders

Added by the LOOKSKY.A or LOOKSKY.F or LOOKSKY.G WORMS!

Added by the LOOKSKY.E WORM!

Added by the RBOT-ANZ WORM!

Hot Corners - "lets you quickly activate or disable your screen saver by moving the mouse into a given corner of the screen"

Detected by Kaspersky as the RBOT.ESX WORM!

Added by the BHARAT.A WORM!

Multimedia keyboard manager - required if you use any special keys

Multimedia keyboard manager - required if you use any special keys

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Added by the SITEICON-B DIALER! An uninstall option can be accessed via the Add or Remove Programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel. The software is listed as "HotAction_hr"

Hotbar enhances the surfing experience offering a variety of innovative and fresh skins to the browser while providing users worldwide with access to various services of added value and fun. Also regarded as adware/spyware due to it's adds and browsing habits information gathering - see here

Hotbar adware

Hotbar adware

Hotbar adware

Added by the BANKER-EHG TROJAN!

Added by the WOOTBOT.AF WORM!

Added by the GAOBOT.ZW WORM!

Related to Hotfoon - a developer and provider of Internet Telephony technology based on LTP (Lightweight Telephony Protocol)

HotIDE allows Acer TravelMate owners to hot-swap external drives without switching of their notebooks

Programmable keys on Acer, Fujitsu and other laptops

Part of Intels Common User Interface for chipsets with integrated graphics controllers - which allows user to change different driver properties through Windows User Interface. If the user wishes to have "HotKey" access to Intel's customised graphics properties, it is required, otherwise not. It can be disabled via the Display Properties in the Control Panel

Added by the PAHATIA-A WORM!

Adult content dialler

Added by the SILLYDL TROJAN!

Related to the SiS_Hot_Plug_Application. Enables automated driver loading for hotpluggable devices. If this service is stopped, hotplug devices will no longer function

Installed when connecting a Palm HotSync cradle up to a USB port. The Blue and Red Arrow Icon that enables Palm / Handspring Synchronizing. Available via Start -> Programs

Adult content dialler. Will not uninstall - components have to be manually deleted

Adult content dialler

Adult content dialler

Premium rate adult content dialer (where * is a random char)

Premium rate adult content dialler

HotTarts adult content dialer

HoverDesk - desktop replacement software

HP LaserJet 1000 related. Is it a driver or automatic firmware update (based upon the filename)?

Installed by HP multi-function printer driver software, related to PC faxing. If you are not using the PC faxing feature you can go ahead and disable these services from the startup

System Tray access to a HP CD-Writer's functions. Available via Start -> Programs

System Tray access to a HP CD-Writer's functions. Available via Start -> Programs

System Tray access to a HP CD-Writer's functions. Available via Start -> Programs

See here - "messaging service that automatically sends you support information, tips, ideas, and special offers from HP and our partners, especially designed for HP and Compaq desktop computer owners". Applies to certain HP Pavilion desktop computers between Fall 2001 and Spring 2003. * can be any digit

User Interface for HP Center - see here

Checks the internet for updated drivers/utilities for your HP product - update manually. Disabling will remove the error "Windows can't shutdown the computer because hpcmpmgr.exe can't be ended"

Added by the FORBOT-DA WORM!

System Tray access to HP Director. Required if you prefer to use the all-in-one buttons to manually scan documents or transfer photos froma camera, for example

Sets default display settings. Unchecking this item has been reported to cure a "Problem sending command to keyboard" error message

HP Health Check Scheduler from Hewlett-Packard

HP Instant Delivery Scheduler

Improves the startup time of HP Image Zone. If you disable it, HP Image Zone takes a long time to start up only the first time you run it. Subsequent startups are much faster than the first time

On HP PCs, allows the computer to automatically receive notifications from HP over the Internet. Associated with BackWeb

matcli.exe is a motive Assistant Command line interface that gathers information about your system's identity like your name email address, city, state, etc and gets written to a log file. HP Instant Support is required to run with the Help and Support program. If you uncheck HP Instant Support and and then run Help and Support it will add another HP Instant Support in the startup menu. If you remove the HP Instant Support in the add/remove program some help menus in help and support will not be available. You decide

Loads the HP Internet center surfboard on startup. HP Internet Center allows you to customize the multimedia keys on the fly without having to go the Control Panel --> Keyboards to change them

HP JetAdmin software which monitors printing jobs on a network environment

Autostart executable for the old multiplayer game HP Jetspeed

System Tray icon that opens various functions such as copy, fax, email, scan, copy plus, etc. Right-click on it and you see a few options such as the preceding bar plus About, Help, ToolBox, Exit, etc

??

xxx represents the series number - such as 700. What does it do and it it required?

xxx represents the series number - such as 700. What does it do and it it required?

Associated with a HP ScanJet scanner

Added by the SDBOT.AXU WORM!

??

HP multifunction scanner software. Available from HP Office Jet R Toolbox so not required

HP Omnibook related: "Press a dedicated button above the keyboard and the system will instantly load your presentation software and change the screen resolution to match your display device"

System Tray icon indicating when the printer is ready. Can be started manually with HP Director but takes time to start

From HP "Software for the CD writer. Do not prevent from starting unless the CD writer is never going to be used."

Program that starts up and automatically fixes earlier versions of the Scanjet 5100c software. If a Scanjet 5100C scanner is not going to be used, then it is safe to remove or prevent from starting

HP multifunction scanner software. Available from HP Office Jet R Toolbox so not required

Installed by HP multi-function printer driver software, related to PC faxing. If you are not using the PC faxing feature you can go ahead and disable these services from the startup

Added by the SDBOT-ZE WORM!

HP related

Supplied with HP CD-RW drives - stores information about CD contents on your hard drive. Available via Start -> Programs or Desktop Icon

HP software updates. If a shortcut doesn't exist create your own and run it manually

HP software updates. If a shortcut doesn't exist, create your own and run it manually

HP Printer Status and Alerts

Copied during installation of HP Inkjet Printer Drivers in Win2K/XP. What does it do and is it required?

Application supplied with HP notebooks. It activates the S-Video port and is said to improve the quality of the output signal (resolution/timeouts)

Added by the MRO TROJAN!

On HP PCs, allows the computer to automatically receive notifications from HP over the Internet. Associated with BackWeb

HP Visualize software related. What does it do and is it required?

HP multifunction registration

HP Total Care Advisor - a suite of help and hardware check programs to help you check the health of your PCs

Direct from HP - "Device Objects Server - detects all device events and handles all ongoing communication on the device. Loads in the Startup group (except when "portable" is chosen during installation)". Related to various HP all-in-one printer/scanner/copier devices. They print and copy fine with those files disabled, and the icon installed on the desktop that points to "hpodir07.exe" works just fine if you need to use the scanner

HP Printer related, reportedly lets file transfers from an HP device pass files through Windows firewall. Is it required?

Installed with a Hewlett Packard 900 series colour printer, scanner, fax, photo card slot printer, copier. Assumed to perform an identical function to the hpaiodevice entry

Directly from HP: "This process has one purpose - detects if the device moves to a different port, and notifies other processes to look on the new port." For various HP all-in-one printer/scanner/copier devices. They print and copy fine with those files disabled, and the HP icon installed on the desktop that points to "hpodir07.exe" works just fine if you need to use the scanner

HP Boot Optimizer intelligently and dynamically launches software during startup, based on available resources, to improve startup performance

Added by the ADCLICK-DS TROJAN!

Checks the internet for updated drivers/utilities for your HP product - update manually. Disabling will remove the error "Windows can't shutdown the computer because hpcmpmgr.exe can't be ended"

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HPFSCHED is a small TSR that will remind you to clean the cartridges in your DeskJet from time to time in order to keep print quality high. It can be removed from the run line in win.ini if you do not want that feature

Wild Tangent demo games that come with some HP computers. Unchecking it can prevent the games from running occasionally. Note that WildTanget's privacy policy used to state that they also collect and share individuals information but this is no longer the case

HP's exclusive Share-to-Web software makes it easy to share content with others through our affiliate Internet websites. Available via Start -> Programs

Media card reader for some HP series printers allowing them to read digital camera memory cards directly. Only needed if you use this feature

Supports the memory card reader on some HP Photosmart and AIO (all-in-one) printers - displaying a System Tray icon for the drive and allowing you to transfer files directly via the SAVE button. This verison is applicable for version 3.3.138 to 3.4.13 drivers - see here. Known to cause 100% CPU load in some cases. Only needed if you use this feature

Media card reader for some HP series printers allowing them to read digital camera memory cards directly. Only needed if you use this feature and known to cause system crashes in some cases. "x" can be 1, 2 or 3 and depends upon driver version. Replaced by HPHmon** (where ** is the version number) from version 4 onwards

Monitors the status of the memory card reader slot on a HP printers and displays a tray icon if a memory card isn't inserted. Also creates a virtual drive and assigns it the first available drive letter - which can lead to problems with drive management. ** represents the version number. Disable if you don't use the reader

Related to the Hewlett-Packard Photosmart's configuration and diagnostics module

Media card reader for some HP series printers allowing them to read digital camera memory cards directly. Only needed if you use this feature

HP printer monitor that detects with flash cards are inserted into the printer and automatically starts HP Photosmart

Related to the Hewlett Packard software HP Photosmart printer, it provides easy access to flash card reading functions. This program is not essential to the running of the system. Your choice

Homepage hijacker

HP software update checker and wizard launcher. ** represents the version number. Available via Start -> Programs

HP software update checker and wizard launcher. Available via Start -> Programs

HP software update checker and wizard launcher. Available via Start -> Programs

HP software update checker and wizard launcher. Available via Start -> Programs

HP software update checker and wizard launcher. Available via Start -> Programs

Related to HP laserjet printers and IP addresses. An IP address is appended to the name field - ie "hpjsiroute192.168.1.2"

Added by the AGOBOT-SI WORM and variants!

HP Scanner Utility that controls your scanners light bulb. Needed if it's switched on

HP Scanner Lamp Utility - fixes an issue with the scanner lamp not going off

Wild Tangent demo games that come with some HP computers. Unchecking it can prevent the games from running occasionally. Note that WildTanget's privacy policy used to state that they also collect and share individuals information but this is no longer the case

Connects system to networked HP printer.

HP LogiFinder helps detect and allows the use of the centre button for the Logitech mouse. Can be disabled if not used

HP's multimedia keyboard driver which enables the end-user to use the automation features of the HP multimedia keyboard

HP Media Vault Networked Storage Device - System Tray management utility

Malware downloader - detected by Kaspersky as the VB.KU TROJAN!

HP OfficeJet Scan Button Monitor on a multi-function printer/copier/scanner. Start your scanning software manually

Installed by the "HP Photo and Imaging Director" software. If you ask for the imaging software, this program will be started

HP OfficeJet Scan Button Monitor on a multi-function printer/copier/scanner. Start your scanning software manually

Detection of new imaging, printing and other peripherals on HP machines such as USB printers, cameras and Bluetooth products. "This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems"

Related to the drivers for HP ScanJet scanners

HP parallel port driver for certain hardware

Added by the CMJSPY-W TROJAN!

HP LaserJet Toolbox

Power save related for HP Scanners. Many users have complained of system freezes with it running but it stops the light from remaining on all the time. Try www.hp.com, pick your OS option under the SUPPORT tab, follow the instructions and you will find an updated lamp control patch

From HP and related to digital imaging

HP scanning software that enables you to scan images from your scanner. Needed if you're using the scanner

HP scanner related

HP ScanJet Button Manager. It allows users of the HPScanJet scanners to indicate what the buttons on the scanner will do automatically if pushed. Not required at startup, unless the scanner is used every day, such as in a business environment

This a script used by HP that runs the first time one of their computers is started. Can't imagine why it would be starting up after the first boot

Added by a variant of the VIVIA.A TROJAN!

This item keeps track of how many times the system has been recovered and the times of the first and last recoveries done on the system. Leaving unchecked will sometimes prevent the Keyboard Manager program from detecting that the computer is an HP. Since this program/driver was only made to run on HP, if it can't tell that it is an HP it will not run. If unchecked, it can prevent the running of the Application Recovery CDs, the use of the multimedia keys, and the HP Instant Support. Also seen that without it running, the Riptide Sound card that was installed on some older HP computers stops working

Added by a variant of the SDBOT WORM!

Added by a variant of the SDBOT WORM!

Proven Internet Marketing software

The HP Wireless Assistant is a user application that provides a way to control the enablement of individual wireless devices (such as Bluetooth or WLAN devices) and that shows the state of the radios for these wireless devices

Wireless application bundled with HP computers that allows you to control different settings on the computer's wireless devices such as Bluetooth and WLAN

Hewlett Packard printer toolbox shortcut that resides in the system tray

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

HP System Tray utility which allows diagnostic and maintainance of your HP Deskjet series printer

On HP PCs, tray icon for dla - which provides drive letter access to HP's and Veritas' version of DirectCD

Added by the AGOBOT-RO WORM!

Added by the AGOBOT-RP WORM!

HiddenRecorder periodically takes screenshots of the computer. If you didn't install this yourself remove it

HREF.OCX is an ActiveX control developed by xFX JumpStart and used to provide HTML-alike clickable links on Windows-based programs such as PopUpKiller

Added by the SDBOT-AET WORM!

Unidentified malware

Unidentified malware

Unidentified malware

HSLABLogger logs user activity and Internet activity. The gathered information can be sent to a predetermined email address. If you didn't install this yourself uninstall it

Toshiba HotStart button support for instant-on entertainment on their laptops

Homescan Internet Transporter - part of ACNielson Homescan. Recognizes when the ACNielsen Homescan Scanner is attached to the computer and allows it to transmit scanner information to ACNielsen

Part of the Starband Internet satellite client. What does it do and is it required?

Appears in startup if you have chosen to participate in on survey by NPD Online Research. Required for the survey to work correctly. Otherwise not required

Added by the RBOT-ATB WORM!

Added by the RBOT-ATE WORM!

HTpatch.exe is part of the SiS AGP patch - BUT unless your processor (and motherboard) supports HyperThreading (HT) and this feature is enabled it will actually SLOW your graphics card by around 6%

Added by the NETSKY.L WORM!

Added by a variant of the SDBOT TROJAN!

Added by the RBOT.EDL WORM!

Added by the MYTOB-AZ WORM!

Added by the MYTOB-AP WORM and variants!

Added by the MYTOB-AQ WORM!

Added by the MYTOB-M WORM!

Added by the MYTOB-CZ WORM!

Added by the MYTOB-P WORM!

Added by the MYTOB-U WORM!

Added by the MYTOB-BF WORM!

Added by the MYTOB-CV WORM!

Added by the MYTOB-EQ WORM!

Added by the MYTOB-EO WORM!

Added by a variant of the DELF-A TROJAN!

Added by the TACTSLAY.C TROJAN!

Added by the TACTSLAY.C TROJAN!

Added by the TACTSLAY.C TROJAN!

Added by the TACTSLAY.C TROJAN!

Added by the TACTSLAY.C TROJAN!

Added by the MOEGA.D WORM!

"matcli.exe is a motive Assistant Command line interface that gathers information about your system's identity like your name email address, city, county, etc and gets written to a log file". HughesNet Help is required to run with the Help and Support program. If you uncheck HughesNet Help and and then run Help and Support it will add another HughesNet Help in the startup menu. If you remove the HughesNet Help in the add/remove program some help menus in help and support will not be available. You decide

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