Excessive Memory used by HP Touchpoint Analytics, slowing down the machine for the work in hnad

[edsa0601]

I find that my computer (using Windows 10) often slows and in the Task Master processes, I find HP Touchpoint Analytics Client periodically gobbles a lot of Memory (1000- 2500 MB).

I then click 'End Task' in the SE corner slot.

So what does this Touchpoint Analytics do please??

[banhien]

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@edsa0601 wrote:

... So what does this Touchpoint Analytics do please??

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Hi,

It is probably 1.5 months old now. Hope the following articles help:

     http://windowsreport.com/hp-touchpoint-analytics-client/

     https://www.computerworld.com/article/3238512/microsoft-windows/hp-stealthily-installs-new-spyware-c...

Regards.

[edsa0601 · Accepted solution]

Thanks Banhien for the two links about HP's Touchpoint Analytics. What a fancy name! Is HP trying to impress users?

Anyway I followed George Finley's tips and stopped the spyware. 

But I noticed that it was still runninig in Task Manager. Only when I clicked 'End Task' was that offending spyware removed. Will HP apologise, I wonder. Don't they realise that they slowing done one's work and annoying clients??

Thank you, Banhien. YOu've been a big help  and I am grateful.

I an see you are an expert and I could not have done it without you.

[KenLong]

Great articles. This worked perfectly. First I stopped it in the task manager, then I followed the method described and disabled it, then I went into the programs menu and uninstalled it.  

This has been installed since 11/2017, but it was only after the recent windows update that it started to cause major problems, exactly as described by others. It was using almost 100% of the cpu and interfering with everything. 

[libs_liu]

I just uninstall it and the world is quiet！

HP shall feel shame at this！

[BromleyIan]

Thanks for the tip. I found that this programme was consistently using over 50% of my CPU time. Was thinking I needed to buy a better machine, turns out I just need this programme to buzz off and stop wasting my time.