hpqtra08.exe
hp digital imaging by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
Overview
There are 2 versions of hpqtra08.exe in the wild, the latest version being 70.0.170.000. hpqtra08.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges.  The process displays a GUI (graphical user interface) which allows the user to interact with it as well as displays a notification icon in the taskbar. When the program is installed, it will add a shortcut pointer in the Start Menu which will execute the file as a process upon a user login. The average file size is about 278.86 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Hewlett-Packard Company by Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 5.59 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 8.37 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 320.39 KB per minute for reads and 852 Bytes per minute for writes. 
What is hpqtra08.exe?
HP Digital Imaging Monitor is installed when you install a piece of Hewlett Packard hardware such as a printer or scanner onto your PC. It is used to communicate various function between the HP hardware and installed software.
 Details
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| File name: | hpqtra08.exe | 
| Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 
| Product name: | hp digital imaging | 
| Description: | HP Digital Imaging Monitor | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hp\digital imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe | 
| Original name: | HPQTRA00.EXE | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Hewlett-Packard Company | 
| Authority (CA): | Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd. | 
| Effective date: | Friday, April 8, 2005 | 
| Expiration date: | Saturday, April 7, 2007 | 
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of hpqtra08.exe, select a unique version for details.)
All users start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%programdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu' (shared by all users)
- Shortcut to 'hpqtra08.exe'
 
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
- Shortcut to 'hpqtra08.exe'
 
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Programmer\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe'
 
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe'
 
All file variations of hpqtra08.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Microsoft Windows XP | 
88.89% | 
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| Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | 
11.11% | 
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 75.00% of hp digital imaging.