What is HPZipm12.exe?
HPZipm12.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as PML Driver. It belongs to software HP PML and was developed by HP. It is commonly stored in C:\Windows\System32. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as HPZipm12.exe to damage the software and hardware.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with HPZipm12.exe malware?
Malicious authors try to infect the systems with different types of malicious programs. Each form of malicious software is designed to infect the system that creates different issues and impact on the system. One can notice the following changes once the system is infected with HPZipm12.exe malware
- If the internet connection fluctuation is high
- If the HPZipm12.exe file is taking more of your CPU memory
- If the system performance is very low
- If the system is redirected to some strange websites
- If the system is getting some annoying popup ads
- If the system freezes quiet often
- If it invites other malware to infect and damage the system and exploits the same to collect the user private informaton
When one of these happens then you can be sure that your system is infected with setup.exe malware. To confirm that go to task manager by pressing the combination of keys ctrl+alt+del and go to the process tab and right click on the HPZipm12.exe and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\Windows\System32 files then the system is not affected by HPZipm12.exe, if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by HPZipm12.exe malware.
How to remove HPZipm12.exe malware from system using Comodo Antivirus?
Ideally, replacing the existing HPZipm12.exe file on your computer with a different version procured from the Internet is advisable. To remove the file using Comodo's trusted and effective antivirus software, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Download the award-winning Comodo Free Antivirus.
Step 2: Installation configuration frames will be displayed. Select the configuration you would like to apply.
Step 3: After network detection is complete, press “Close” button for a scan window.
Step 4: Restart your PC.
Step 5: It will take some time for the Comodo Internet Security to update the antivirus.
Step 6: Proceed with a quick scan that automatically begins after the update.
Step 7: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.
Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove HPZipm12.exe malware from your computer including all other malwares!
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | HP | Executable | 4fab5851d820ad05 788c044db00aa445 87bfbc60 |
9bf5ff5961b6c31d 055bf566964265e5 |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 10, 1, 1, 2 |
10, 1, 1, 2 |
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N/A |
2 | N/A | Executable | 0edd2213b3bfc3e3 0a1ef33f63ae4c23 1550d2b7 |
b96466496499ab2a 7a5735c7abaf82de |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
3 | HP | Executable | 5aa7c63c6057641b 0d241aa07b6f4146 342ff2ac |
18615fabe79bc0ff 63f475be9e2ba2ee |
Virus.Win32. Ramnit.A |
No | 10, 1, 1, 5 |
10, 1, 1, 5 |
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N/A |
4 | HP | Executable | bd0dab181e51954a be8ec575429560af a0c70ba4 |
f3c327fe51886b2c afdef8fd1639ec78 |
Virus.Win32. Virut.AT |
No | 5, 0, 5, 3 | 5, 0, 5, 3 | ![]() |
N/A |
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | N/A | Executable | 01842e4ed202c373 6bc1b6c5160cd7a7 c129db26 |
2d091a99624fb9e7 eef0a86d872ec0c3 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
2 | HP | Executable | 7b8601e03dbcf4fb dae199b9aa5b0730 6983f02c |
05ac047972f69d10 329690e16a5d2ddc |
No | 7, 0, 5, 0 | 7, 0, 5, 0 | ![]() |
3 | HP | Executable | 57b5b645ef8c68ea 290e109155f4f295 671286e0 |
b489e534d30f95c6 240c7fb6c9bf9ec5 |
No | 10, 1, 0, 2 |
10, 1, 0, 2 |
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4 | HP | Executable | 55a5f9d84661ce98 8e9dff59a1dbcc53 ec53fb6d |
5c1cadd1cb67c0b9 d8a84ec6e4d6b5cc |
No | 7, 0, 0, 0 | 7, 0, 0, 0 | ![]() |