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What is ps2.exe? Keyboard Driver?

Vendor:      Hewlett-Packard Company
Product:     Hewlett-Packard Company PS2 EXE
Vendor Website:      http://www.hp.com/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: ps2.exe is used to allow multimedia keys on Hewlett Packard keyboards to function correctly. If you stop this process the 'normal' keys on the keyboard should still function, but the multimedia keys will not.

ps2.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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ps2.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.05%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
ps2.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xff8ccc86c4e42f59b189bd28d362b599 9/26/2017 5:32:00 PM Unknown 1.0.2.2.112404 Keyboard Driver 88 KB
2 Status 0xc4c523e78774e05d06efe3e10017cf6d 1/23/2017 6:03:00 PM Unknown 1.0.2.1 Keyboard Driver 80 KB
3 Status 0x5f48e155d9d723763feaf4a73ddad62c 5/12/2016 8:14:00 PM Unknown 1.0.2.1 Keyboard Driver 80 KB
4 Status 0xe932857433c9cc5792e04ebfb96b2fff 2/21/2015 9:30:00 PM Unknown 1.0.2.0 Keyboard Driver 80 KB
5 Status 0x8b3d67651581347878cd7d8fbf016a64 10/9/2014 10:54:00 PM Unknown 1.0.2.2.911 Keyboard Driver 96 KB
6 Status 0x06801032419ef3b0a0c26d2f7b403c71 1/28/2012 1:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 88 KB
7 Status 0xb413db7b177b6e87c191b052d43eb706 8/30/2011 1:42:00 AM Unknown 1.0.2.1 Keyboard Driver 80 KB
8 Status 0xa4a971dfca062120c2e6b3ec40f2231c 6/28/2010 6:00:00 AM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 88 KB
9 Status 0xdb8feacd895a2033a3c451a1aedda6ba 5/30/2010 1:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 88 KB
10 Status 0x8b1a730e7abdb6734d4c5042c8ee9c55 9/16/2009 5:30:00 AM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 108 KB
11 Status 0x931882c6b9e39f0582f97723c233b987 4/7/2009 2:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 92 KB
12 Status 0x8f998c6a7ebc3d3d162a4dc0ff243a16 12/21/2008 8:37:00 AM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 88 KB
13 Status 0x1211f80b4e5d4569d8d3df1797d93806 12/10/2008 7:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 414 KB
14 Status 0xcbfa49cfdaf2c5cdcd2677c53f38abe4 11/18/2008 8:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 92 KB
15 Status 0x4c67260179272b6e78c00fd913b83ba9 11/14/2008 5:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 80 KB
16 Status 0x9733868d1b4566da3ae93d496c21e893 11/10/2008 5:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 80 KB
17 Status 0x82431d1a12c528a02748115265277ceb 6/23/2008 8:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 80 KB
18 Status 0x3688228b3557f508332b0b7f624f53d5 5/22/2008 9:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 92 KB
19 Status 0x1950c591b55e6775a33a2c9d923a9b66 5/7/2008 4:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 404 KB
20 Status 0xbed4ad7f2e44a685e94217eec81a77b5 4/18/2008 12:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 412 KB
21 Status 0xf71c3b9351722c76b7bac23a9ee56683 4/15/2008 8:22:00 AM Unknown Unknown Keyboard Driver 96 KB
22 Status 0x99308f21a735be32d7d30546116931bf 12/31/2007 Unknown 1.0.2.1 Keyboard Driver 80 KB
23 Status 0xf97dd9d29a30247d03bfdbd62679212e 12/31/2007 Unknown 1.0.2.1 Keyboard Driver 80 KB
24 Status 0xd606a28a104fdc8620174507d0643e8d 12/31/2007 Unknown 1.0.2.1 Keyboard Driver 414 KB
25 Status 0x95069acad94960b4df4734cdad1d9be3 12/31/2007 Unknown 1.0.2.1 Keyboard Driver 415 KB


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