pthosttr.exe
HP ProtectTools Security Manager by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
Overview
There are 3 versions of pthosttr.exe in the wild, the latest version being 23, 00, 1, 8. pthosttr.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. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 139.85 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Hewlett-Packard Company by Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program HP ProtectTools Security Manager from Hewlett-Packard. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0009% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 2.9 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 4.98 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 170 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
 Details
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| File name: | pthosttr.exe |
| Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
| Product name: | HP ProtectTools Security Manager |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp protecttools security manager\pthosttr.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd. |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, July 4, 2007 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of HP ProtectTools Security Manager.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of pthosttr.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'PTHOSTTR' → C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP ProtectTools Security Manager\PTHOSTTR.EXE /Start
All file variations of pthosttr.exe
