HPNetworkCommunicatorCom.exe

by HP
Application

Summary

HP Network Communicator handles network communication for HP printer and device management software.

HPNetworkCommunicatorCom.exe is the 64th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 473,716 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet Pro 8610\Bin and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.

64th
most commonly executed Windows program
473,716
observed executions
medium
statistical confidence

Behavior

Top Paths

  • C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet Pro 8610\Bin55.55%
  • C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet Pro X576dw MFP\Bin36.57%
  • C:\Program Files\HP\HP ENVY 4500 series\Bin5.79%
  • C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet Pro X476dn MFP\Bin2.09%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

  • bd38c4c091f6675e7e8582f2420f54ffe2fcd691ea8c325bf316b9673285bebf60.97%
  • 72baaa30ee538bb3f43b5c71df0ff46336fd3bbbaf99441c66190ab3987e1fa939.03%

Process Ancestry

Top Grandparents

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Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.

Security Analysis

What does HPNetworkCommunicatorCom.exe normally do?

Part of HP software.

When is HPNetworkCommunicatorCom.exe suspicious?

Running from unexpected paths.

How do attackers abuse HPNetworkCommunicatorCom.exe?

Not commonly abused.

Detection guidance

No specific detection needed.

False positive notes

Normal operation.

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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.