Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
| 5, 0, 0, 0 |
6.67% |
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| 5, 0, 0, 0 |
16.67% |
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| 5, 0, 0, 0 |
60.00% |
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| 5, 0, 0, 0 |
10.00% |
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| 5, 0, 0, 0 |
3.33% |
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| 5, 0, 0, 0 |
3.33% |
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(Note, CyberLink publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
DVDAgent.exe
HP DVDSmart by CyberLink (Signed)
| Version: | 5, 0, 0, 0 |
| MD5: | dac8ece29919fcab441447c75e2b6037 |
| SHA1: | 8bbe38c521af181865ea98bced214e2eba2e2941 |
| SHA256: | 1c65dad19f118feb2640ee33b2f71c40a6adc6810737958ac827e05c95bd5d5f |
What is DVDAgent.exe?
HP DVDSmart Resident Program enables the playback of DVD and Blu-Ray media.
Overview
dvdagent.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including HP MediaSmart DVD published by Hewlett-Packard and HP MediaSmart DVD published by CyberLink Corp.. The file is digitally signed by CyberLink which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | dvdagent.exe |
| Publisher: | CyberLink Corp. |
| Product name: | HP DVDSmart |
| Description: | HP DVDSmart Resident Program |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\media\dvd\dvdagent.exe |
| File version: | 5, 0, 0, 0 |
| Size: | 125.29 KB (128,296 bytes) |
| Build date: | 7/23/2009 8:05 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | CyberLink |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, February 16, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'DVDAgent' → "C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Media\DVD\DVDAgent.exe"
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'DVDAgent' runs on logon in the path '\DVDAgent'
- Entry path '\DVDAgent'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\DVDAgent'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00743310% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00316595% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00426715% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 47 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 399,573/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.89 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 8.62 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 852 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.89 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 89.91 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 94.96 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.02 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 9.18 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,784/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 6.15 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 10 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 519 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 91/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 183 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 10 | |
| GUI USER count: | 11 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 11 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\media\dvd\dvdagent.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
53.33% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
23.33% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
20.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.33% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 86.67% of HP DVDSmart.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
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