What is the "hcontroluser.exe" ?

Our database contains 48 different files for filename hcontroluser.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name hcontroluser.exe. This files most often belongs to product ATK Hotkey. and were most often developed by company ASUS. This files most often have description HControlUser. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 3 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process hcontroluser.exe.

hcontroluser.exe Process

File details of most used file with name "hcontroluser.exe"

Product:
ATK Hotkey
Company:
ASUS
Description:
HControlUser
Version:
1, 0, 50, 1
MD5:
5aebf6fa9805c9101220aa4fb4fa17e7
SHA1:
4fe70affb1b2a1ddd7345e9dce3d943334b543c3
SHA256:
a9b2fc41380211a6c44e839a95676a5ba868ceebb56d83a780230434c2a20836
Size:
105016
Directory:
%PROGRAMFILES%\ASUS\ATK Hotkey
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
High oc2
Digital Signature:
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Is the Process "hcontroluser.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
50% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Latest new variant of the file with name "hcontroluser.exe" was discovered 4258 days ago. Our database contains 7 variants of the file "hcontroluser.exe" with final rating Safe and zero variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
Filename "hcontroluser.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

User Reviews of the "hcontroluser.exe"

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Reviews for all files with name "hcontroluser.exe"

  • SAFErating from user hijack for file %PROGRAMFILES%\ASUS\ATK Package\ATK Hotkey\hcontroluser.exe

  • SAFErating from user a for file %PROGRAMFILES%\ASUS\ATK Hotkey\HControlUser.exe (Variant: 1384)

    This file belongs to the ATK service--autohotkey as well, according to MikeOne--you'll probably have it if you own an ASUS laptop/computer; this allows usage of the Fn hotkeys and keyboard shortcut keys, but you can disable it if you don't have use for them.

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\ASUS\ATK Hotkey\HControlUser.exe (Variant: 10446)

    This file belongs to the AutoHotkey application. AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. This file is safe, was not marked as a threat or virus-containing application by any antivirus software. Check the MD5 hash, there can be more versions of this file.