Is kbd.exe safe or is this task spyware?



Purpose of kbd.exe:









File purpose and description:

This program should be found on your hard drive in the following disk location shown below. Many spyware programs will often use similiar names so always check to make sure the hard drive location is correct for this file. This program is from Logitech, and it is a Multimedia related software program. This is considered a safe program and it is not spyware. This also comes installed on alot of HP (Hewlett Packard) computers. It also allows you to configure additional keyboard keys. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
kbd.exe

File type:
This is a running program and is a keyboard manager.

File or folder location:
The actual disk location is at C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE


General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, kbd.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of kbd.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.

Lookup other processes below.
hostie.dll hotkeyapp.exe hot_canada.exe hpadvisor.exe hpbootop.exe
hpbpsttp.exe hpcmpmgr.exe hpgs2wnd.exe hpgs2wnf.exe hphipm07.exe
hphipm11.exe hphmon03.exe hphmon04.exe hphmon05.exe hphupd05.exe
hphupd08.exe hpoddt01.exe hpqcmon.exe hpsysdrv.exe hpwamain.exe
hpwuschd2.exe hpztsb04.exe hpztsb07.exe hpztsb12.exe hson.exe
htpatch.exe hxdef.exe i1impipe.exe iaanotif.exe iaantmon.exe
iap.exe ibm00001.exe ibserver.exe icdd7ee6.dll ico.exe
icq.exe icqlite.exe idxclnr.exe ie4uinit.exe iedkcs32.dll
ieexplorer.exe iefdm2.dll iegr32.exe iehelper.dll iehost.exe
iel2cde8.dll ielowutil.exe iesdpb.dll iesdsg.dll iesmn.exe