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zHotkey.exe file information

The process Chicony Multimedia Driver or Multimedia Keyboard Driver belongs to the software Chicony Multimedia Driver or Multimedia Keyboard Driver or zHotkey.exe by Chicony (www.chicony.com).

Description: File zHotkey.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows or sometimes in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings". Known file sizes on Windows XP are 543,232 bytes (59% of all occurrence), 550,912 bytes, 496,640 bytes, 547,840 bytes, 515,584 bytes.
zHotkey.exe is not a Windows core file. The program starts when Windows starts (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The program is not visible. It is located in the Windows folder, but it is not a Windows core file. zHotkey.exe is able to record keyboard inputs. There is no description of the program. zHotkey.exe is able to record inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 93% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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External information from Paul Collins:

• "CHotKey" can run at start up. Enables special keys on Chicony keyboards. Special combinations include Internet, E-mail, vol , vol-, mute, etc. Only required for extended features

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as zHotkey.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the zHotkey.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

Links: zHotkey.exe, zHotkey.exe

You can actually dissable the zhotkey function in the start- run menu. Type msconfig and select the tab start, you will find it in that list and can de-select it. Howver when you re-start most likely a window will appear with the message you changed the config. It does solve the problem. Check out the miscrosoft support link
  zhotkey issu   (further information)

Well, it freaked me out a bit when I first seen it, but since it says it was last modified three years ago I will assume its safe. If it had been made recently I would delete it.
  Multamaru  

nicht viel, nur, dass meine Tastatur nach Standby ohne diesen Eintrag im Autostart nicht mehr funktioniert (Reset erforderlich). Mit dem Autostart-Eintrag kommt zwar eine Fehlermeldung, aber die Tastatur (USB) geht.
  Andy  

It's a keyboard monitoring application. Lets user know when his caps lock/scroll lock/num lock is on, and keyboard and mouse low battery warning.
  Add  

eMachines have Chicony keyboards. Unfortunately, Windows Vista flagged "ZHotKey" as having an unknown publisher. Vista also responded to this application as an "unidentified program is attempting to access your computer. Allow or Disallow?." If Windows VIsta flags this program as a threat and the publisher is unknown, I think that this application should be deleted from your hard drive.
  Donna  

the actual driver name does NOT have the capital H, zhotkey.exe vs zHotkey.exe the latter is a keyboard logger and malicious
   

UGH. It won't let me on my internet. But the "GUEST" account is working just fine.
  Alex  

a nuisance,just cant get rid,hundreds of its dialogue boxes appear on my screen on start up,
  derek winder  

when I blocked this file from accessing the internet, firefox stopped connecting
  Bill Riemers  

When I first saw this file, i thought it might be a key-logger, because I've had people run key-log software on my computer before, but from reading all of the other blogs, it just looks like whatever...
  Jeff  

All it affects is the hot key functions of the keyboard such as play/pause etc. I now have an advent keyboard and without Hotkey the hot buttons still work, but their on screen display disappears.
  Joe  

zHotkey.exe is a startup file that adds functionality (e.g., on-screen volume display, cut, copy, paste, etc.) to Chicony keyboards bundled with Gateway desktop computers. It is completely harmless.
  Steve  

After I restored Windows XP, my computer automatically rebooted and zhotkey appeared on the bottom of my screen next to the Start button. I thought that this was unusual, so I tried to remove it, quarentine it and open it. I was denied access to this file and could not do anything with it. When I deleted the prefetch, all of my games disappeared.
  Donna  

it seems pretty safe... scan it with this site,
  Randy   (further information)

Puter ran snails pace out of the box (attached a compaq keyboard instead of the keyboard that came with the puter). Noticed zhotkey was using 99% of resources. After coming here, I closed the application, connected the keyboard that came with the computer, restarted and the puter now works great.
  David  

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