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What is tphkmgr.exe? Hotkey Manager?

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Vendor Website:      http://www.ibm.com/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

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Purpose: TPHKMGR.exe - ThinkPad Hotkey Manager task. This background task handles the FN keys on an IBM ThinkPad laptop. It is also valid to Lenovo computers.

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


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tphkmgr.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: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
tphkmgr.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x2781899174469cf77c3aac7960faa851 10/23/2018 1:02:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
2 Status 0x5e2ba3a3644ab7a865fc2fb253e2942d 11/18/2015 8:48:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
3 Status 0x4facb0c0969a8efea63a5e09b807fc9d 9/1/2014 2:48:00 AM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
4 Status 0xeaaeed69826b000639e3ac15dfe7ffdd 2/8/2012 12:38:00 AM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
5 Status 0x12dedbfa2ac9bfbffaf443d3bf74e0a7 1/10/2012 3:34:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
6 Status 0x04a823ee8b19ea7fd416f52efb4798c0 9/7/2011 6:53:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
7 Status 0xebab45f27f078cc731080897d5f55b28 7/31/2011 3:57:00 AM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
8 Status 0x9a99cb3dc649bcc9d3f00599c008f881 3/7/2011 6:33:00 AM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
9 Status 0x556758cc68e66c297cab92d2e2434c34 7/4/2010 2:42:00 AM Unknown Unknown Hotkey Manager 35 KB
10 Status 0x8531595c86ca3a1370cc44307369ace0 1/30/2010 2:41:00 AM Unknown Hotkey Manager 84 KB
11 Status 0x2d97b647ccdf0d30a1231eed11e5f3f0 1/8/2010 5:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotkey Manager 64 KB
12 Status 0x720c92874f8424fa63f61d47bb419dc2 10/25/2009 9:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotkey Manager 118 KB
13 Status 0x5de72f476f5e870b3574289d1c70db7c 6/27/2009 4:22:00 AM Unknown Unknown Hotkey Manager 98 KB
14 Status 0x34ea106b78bb90b3343fbb27460b9559 2/17/2009 4:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotkey Manager 118 KB
15 Status 0xfadd92e1ae20d9a1f52198545c6a2c89 7/21/2008 1:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
16 Status 0x993be1ed44841ea39ebb25b09104d178 5/24/2008 1:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xe97af1f9332d649d8fd5d67291a87ce8 3/11/2019 1:02:00 AM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
2 Status 0x33b84df0481bbc75898d13bd3ffd9bcf 1/8/2019 3:52:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
3 Status 0xc13a777abfa15183ee7b443ad573127f 5/22/2017 10:50:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
4 Status 0xe5d9c99b91901bd40be7faa56d4a17f0 12/20/2016 9:51:00 AM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
5 Status 0x5cd7051eeb1926d305e24092e893a6d0 7/19/2015 12:41:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
6 Status 0xa04cc3b74894ff80424860e507953357 1/24/2015 11:48:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
7 Status 0x3fefe42b3acf13346eaed6bf0999092c 9/23/2014 3:12:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
8 Status 0x30138766a030a832639b47ae11f6caca 7/12/2014 5:13:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 84 KB
9 Status 0x896c61fd88ed2b825601346fe65653ea 1/31/2012 6:47:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
10 Status 0x7a0ab3ceed7bda5ec61edf62d7102965 1/14/2012 5:31:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 68 KB
11 Status 0xef9c800ecd77776daaad90517891b772 1/7/2012 12:40:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
12 Status 0x41984c5b6d44b64877927363f442de69 9/10/2011 7:34:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 52 KB
13 Status 0x8be0e4d7f1cc4a901953f13045959cf2 8/9/2011 11:12:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 88 KB
14 Status 0x2e7c1ae3834d8d53fe76e261baca1dab 7/12/2011 8:12:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
15 Status 0xdf64d113cf0803b7cce3bccb0f0f15e8 7/3/2011 6:36:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 52 KB
16 Status 0x834dea05aa7e9c4753d7adf09cb605de 6/14/2011 4:42:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 68 KB
17 Status 0xa36450aacf5b5069205dcfcdd792f159 4/22/2011 2:25:00 AM Unknown Hotkey Manager 68 KB
18 Status 0x6ce63001262fb82d746e1deebf00b43b 3/24/2011 11:05:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 68 KB
19 Status 0x8f00d8fb0e51d4ab0587b3fc06e8079e 3/15/2011 6:41:00 AM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
20 Status 0x1e0444fc3535af4b41f6ba7d887c4dab 3/9/2010 1:46:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 92 KB
21 Status 0x707be1f4d0f0cd9746246c8115246d70 7/20/2009 9:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown Hotkey Manager 105 KB
22 Status 0xb95ae4f67bc3a40fed4fb51d668816af 6/12/2009 9:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotkey Manager 88 KB
23 Status 0xa74abcf6c2ccd2d163d141385676aabb 3/21/2009 8:42:00 AM Unknown Unknown Hotkey Manager 118 KB
24 Status 0x1741e9883977d4c16165511129b0df2d 11/28/2008 7:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotkey Manager 68 KB
25 Status 0xbb30fb169e0019ed7f90158254f829dd 10/10/2008 2:39:00 PM Unknown Hotkey Manager 33 KB


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