How to remove an hprblog error

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Hprblog.exe file information

The process known as Hewlett-Packard Product Assistant or HP Product Assistant Event Logger or HP Diagnostic Assistant Event Logger belongs to software hp digital imaging - hp all-in-one series or HP Diagnostic Assistant or HP Product Assistant by Hewlett-Packard Co (www.hp.com) or Hewlett-Packard (www.hp.com).

Description: hprblog.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 77,824 bytes (92% of all occurrences), 122,880 bytes or 151,552 bytes.
It is not a Windows system file. The program is not visible. The process can be uninstalled in the Control Panel. Therefore the technical security rating is 26% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If problems with HP Image Zone Express or HP Image Zone occur, you can also remove the entire program using Windows Control Panel.

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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as hprblog.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the hprblog.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

Nothing because it seems that I run two programs that are imcompatable.
merlemullan

Uses resources but does not seem necessary for anything
Anthony R Rasmus III

Ugh. Process starts seemingly randomly and often takes up 95-99% CPU. Trying to figure out how to solve the problem.
John Richardson

uses up cpu time

It runs itself periodically without asking, and creates a 99%+ memory leak the slows every on your computer to a crawl. no answer from HP (it started when I installed a new printer) so I don't know exactly what it does, but my networked all-in-one printer works fine without it. It appears to be a tool to send info to HP behind the scenes without asking you.
www.justiceimages.com

uses all my resources and kills my laptop.
dener

Can lead to IE not working after a PC wakes up from standby - deleting the folder solves the problem. / Der Prozess kann dazu führen, dass ein PC der aus dem Standby aufwacht, nicht mehr mit dem IE ins Internet kann (Process blockiert Handle WininetProxyRegistryMutex). Sobald er gelöscht wurde, startet IE wieder.
Armin (further information)

It is a high CPU hog that will automatic start after your computer comes out of the sleep mode. On Windows Vista it will pull 50% of available cpu. You then have to bring up Task Master and end the process.
William Gunkle

Usless Process which only slows down your computer. Kill this Process(Thread). Some sort of usless software which sends information to HP and is bad programmed. Look like this application has lots of memory leaks.

Probably came with multipass printer
Clarence Jones

rename or delete it and you are fine
Björn Spielvogel

slowed my comp. to a crawl
Brian

It comes with HP Printer, suddenly it cunsumes up to 99% of cpu time or at least 50% if you hav a dual core.
Peter Enis (further information)

Takes up 50% of cpu resouces. Killing it gave me back my cpu and had no negative effects.
Ron S

Summary: Average user rating of hprblog.exe: based on 12 votes with 14 reviews.

7 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 3 users suspect danger. 2 users think hprblog.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 4 users doesn't grade hprblog.exe ("not sure about it").

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