Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

5.1.0.5006	7.69%
5.1.0.4874	7.69%
5.1.0.4736	7.69%
5.1.0.4492	46.15%
5.0.0.3790	15.38%
5.0.0.3790	7.69%
4.3.0.3581	7.69%

Relationships

DpAgent.exe

DigitalPersona Pro by DigitalPersona (Signed)

Remove DpAgent.exe

Version:	5.0.0.3790
MD5:	1d48ca37faa59919c1138357ed67e14a
SHA1:	10a5587b878413ac25f5962beaf6cbf6bbef90db
SHA256:	2771df3aab6445c8f1ef93527b9f9249c5ce28a5cc615c1618dd7c9682737440

What is DpAgent.exe?

DigitalPersona 64-bit Helper Process is part of HP ProtectTools Security Manager Suite which installs the HP ProtectTools Security Manager and the Credential and Fingerprint Manager for HP ProtectTools.

About DpAgent.exe (from DigitalPersona)

“DigitalPersona offers software and complementary hardware products that make it practical and cost-effective for businesses of all sizes to use strong authentication to secure access to critical syste”

Details

File name:	dpagent.exe
Publisher:	DigitalPersona, Inc.
Product name:	DigitalPersona Pro
Description:	DigitalPersona 64-bit Helper Process
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\digitalpersona\bin\dpagent.exe
File version:	5.0.0.3790
Size:	823.06 KB (842,816 bytes)
Build date:	7/18/2009 1:15 AM
Certificate
Issued to:	DigitalPersona
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Expiration date:	Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

DigitalPersona Personal

DigitalPersona, Inc.

5% remove

DigitalPersona offers centrally-managed solutions that help Small Businesses and Enterprises achieve security and compliance with endpoint protection for access, data and communication. DigitalPersona offers fingerprint-based Windows log-in and an extra-cost file encryption module.

DigitalPersona WBF Fingerprint Support

DigitalPersona, Inc.

6% remove

This is the software driver and additional utilities required for managing and connecting the DigitalPersona WBF Fingerprint device to the PC. Uninstalling this driver may cause the hardware to stop functioning properly (only remove this package if you no longer have the device connected to your PC).

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'DpAgent' → C:\Program Files\DigitalPersona\Bin\dpagent.exe

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00035285%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00016385%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00018900%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	1,404 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	53,684/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	11.93 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	10.74 MB
Private (minimum):	10 MB
Non-paged memory:	11.93 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	103.84 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	110.09 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	10.34 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	14.18 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	15,653/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	332 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	2/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	64 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	4/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	10	12
Handles:	310	600
GUI GDI count:	35	103
GUI USER count:	24	49