HP Wireless Assistant
What is HP Wireless Assistant?
HP Wireless Assistant is software application developed by Hewlett-Packard. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 92.66% of installations running this operating system. HP Wireless Assistant's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 26 files. The most common release is 4.0.9.0 with 45.59% of all installations currently using this version.
HP Wireless Assistant is most popular in the United States with 74.74% of installations residing in this country.
HP Wireless Assistant adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, HP Wireless Assistant is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.
About HP Wireless Assistant?
This software program includes the HP Wireless Assistant for compatible notebook models and operating systems. The HP Wireless Assistant provides information on the power state and Microsoft Windows Device Manager status of integrated wireless devices. It also notifies users of any changes in device status and allows them to toggle the integrated wireless devices on and off as needed.
Software Behaviors
- Services:
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- HPWA_Service.exe runs as a service named 'HP Wireless Assistant Service' (HP Wireless Assistant Service) "This service monitors the wireless devices in this computer and allows the HP Wireless Assistant application to turn devices on and off.".
- Firewall:
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- DelayedAppStarter.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Wireless Assistant\DelayedAppStarter.exe'.
- Scheduled tasks:
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- DelayedAppStarter.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B7C4BAAB-A37C-4683-8A83-5375D4D79D2E}' (runs on registration).
Startup Entries
- Startup tasks:
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- DelayedAppStarter.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 6.
Software Details
- URL:
- https://www.hp.com
- Support:
- https://www.hp.com
- Installation path:
- C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Wireless Assistant\
- Uninstaller:
- MsiExec.exe /X{B5FC1E1B-E70D-45F1-8E40-A3C30698B323}
- Size:
- 2.00 MB
- Language:
- English
HP Wireless Assistant Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- WAMobCtr.exe
- Name:
- HP Wireless Assistant
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Wireless Assistant\WAMobCtr.exe
- MD5:
- 527dd7430c58b65d721cdf8470796048
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –