Most anti-virus programs and end users consider hgqhp.exe file as malware. It can control and monitor other applications. Malware or malicious software is a program created to interrupt the normal operations of the target system, to access private systems without consent from the owner or to steal private or sensitive information. It can be in the form of active content, scripts, code or a software. It is also known as computer contaminant, intrusive software or hostile software. Malware includes malicious BHOs, rootkits, viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware, adware, ransomware, dialers, keyloggers, rogue security software and other forms of threat. It can disguise itself as genuine software through an official Website that offers promising software with the malware embedded in it and a tracking application to gather information such as marketing statistics.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. hgqhp.exe. is used by hgqhp.exe, If you shut down hgqhp.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop hgqhp.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is hgqhp.exe, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed hgqhp.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as hgqhp.exe, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if hgqhp.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that hgqhp.exe, belongs to, in this case hgqhp.exe