How to remove an DPAgent error

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DPAgent.exe file information

The process known as DigitalPersona Local Agent or DigitalPersona (version 64-bit Helper Process) belongs to software DigitalPersona Pro or HP ProtectTools Security Manager or DigitalPersona Personal or HP SimplePass Identity Protection or DigitalPersona Fingerprint Software by DigitalPersona (www.digitalpersona.com).

Description: DPAgent.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 671,744 bytes (18% of all occurrences), 842,816 bytes and 16 more variants.
The file is not a Windows system file. The program is not visible. It is digitally signed. It is a Verisign signed file. It can change the behavior of other programs or manipulate other programs. DPAgent.exe is able to record inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 40% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If problems with DPAgent.exe occur, you can do the following:
1) uninstall the associated program (Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > DigitalPersona Personal or HP SimplePass Identity Protection)
2) visit the vendor's support site.

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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as DPAgent.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the DPAgent.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

I think "Digital Persona" is the program (on HP computers at least) that manages the fingerprint scanner.
Kevin Mack

It is part of the Digital Persona fingerprint scanner software. dpagent.exe can cause problems with msn/windows live messenger. If autorun is removed from registry it still starts on system boot. just rename the .exe to dpagent.exe.bak or something if your messenger acts weird.
Andreas Späth

DpAgent.exe belongs to the fingerprint identity solution provided by DigitalPersona. Works on Dell laptops.
Alex (further information)

It is run from the Digital Persona on HP computers. Digital Persona runs the fingerprint scan/face recognition for login. On any non-HP system, it might be a problem.
Simon L

We installed our software at a customer's computer and wondered why the windows return the result imeediately instead waiting for a button press event. For showing windows we used the API SendMessage function which usually calls the window procedure for the specified window and does not return until the window procedure has processed the message. We spent one day to find out that if we shutdown the DpAgent.exe the SendMessage function works properly.
pesc

It's related to HP Protect Tools, altought I didn't analyze extensively. Uses around 120Mb RAM which is a waste. Clean version located in \Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP ProtectTools Security Manager\Bin
Anonymous (further information)

DPAgent.exe is the fingerprint authentication agent. To stop it running at start up on Dell machines remove it from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit reg key. Do not remove any other programs also listed on this reg key as it may affect you ability to login!
Simon Alford

Summary: Average user rating of DPAgent.exe: based on 8 votes with 7 reviews.

1 user think DPAgent.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's probably harmless. 4 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user suspect danger. 1 user doesn't grade DPAgent.exe ("not sure about it").

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