What is HP Software Update?

HP Software Update is software application developed by Hewlett-Packard. It is most commonly found on computers running Microsoft Windows XP with nearly 75.66% of installations running this operating system. HP Software Update's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 172 files. The most common release is 3.0.7.014 with 47.98% of all installations currently using this version.

HP Software Update is most popular in the United States with 62.74% of installations residing in this country.

HP Software Update adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, HP Software Update is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About HP Software Update?

The HP Software Update Service is a sophisticated program that enables users to efficiently manage all installed HP programs on their computer. It automatically checks for and installs new versions of software, ensuring that users always have the latest and most secure versions. The service operates in the background upon Windows startup and conducts periodic checks for updates.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

hpwucli.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Programas\HP\HP Software Update\HPWUCli.exe'.
hpwuschd2.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\hpwuSchd2.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

hpwucli.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FD64EC00-7199-497C-9258-9DB7219FF78E}' (runs on registration).
hpwuschd2.exe is scheduled as a task named 'HP Software Update_Reg_HKLMWow6432Run'.
softwareupdate.dll is scheduled as a task named 'HP Update' (runs weekly on Sundays at 4:34 AM).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

hpwuschd2.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named HP Software Update.

Registry entries:

hpwuschd2.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'HP Software Update' and executes as C:\Program Files\Hp\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe.

Registry entries (User):

hpwucli.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'HPSoftwareUpdate' which loads as C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWUCli.exe.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.hp.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\hp\hp software update

Uninstaller:

MsiExec.exe /X{BB85ED9C-AFC9-43BD-B8DC-258C3C7DF72E}

Size:

1.00 MB

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