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Hello,
can anyone tell me what is this , it comes again and again
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Hi Priyan
dst.exe is known to be associated with Skanix Network Client by Skanix AS
Is that something you would have installed on your PC?
If you did install that on your PC, then you can add dst.exe to the allowed apps in Controlled Folder Access
If you did not install that software, you should locate that file and delete it or uninstall Skanix Network Client
Hi Priyan
In the notification you posted on the screenshot that indicates the location of that file, see if you can find the full path to that file and delete it form there, from what I can see it is somewhere in your user folder, perhaps in the hidden AppData folder . . .
Are you using an HP Laptop?
How did you get on with this issue as I have just started getting the same prompt?
It seems that a few people have also asked this on HPs website and my investigation of the file found it to be located in AppData\Local\Temp*HPDIAGS*\64819556-07a0-42c4-a925-bba17af6db61
This seems to suggest it is an HP diagnostic tool of some kind. Also the properties of the file indicate that it is digitally signed by HP Inc.
In the same folder is are 2 other files; a CSV (spreadsheet file) and a text file. Both files indicate that it has something to do with the Laptops NVMe hard drive - on my PC it lists the modal number as KXG50ZNV1T02 TOSHIBA.
So my guess is that the DST exe file is some monitoring tool for the laptops hard drive and probably perfectly safe.
It might be worth confirming that with HP.
I don't knopw what it is.... but it is coming again and again...
Hi Priyan
dst.exe is known to be associated with Skanix Network Client by Skanix AS
Is that something you would have installed on your PC?
If you did install that on your PC, then you can add dst.exe to the allowed apps in Controlled Folder Access
If you did not install that software, you should locate that file and delete it or uninstall Skanix Network Client
I haven't installed it .
how to uninstall or delete it becoz it is not visible in programme list.
