What's Toast application?

[DSparil]

Good evening.

I have a Notebook HP Pavillon dv6 series. Today I noticed that an application named Toast appears for few seconds on Task Manager every time that i switch the WI-FI button.

The related process is hpCaslNotification.

I'd like to know what this object is and if is this normal on this notebook. I found it pretty suspicious despite my antivirus software didn't detect nothing because I've never noticed it before.

[banhien]

Hi,

Do you have a product called Roxio in your machine ? It is a multimedia suite and Toast is a component of it, it is a burning program and it's ok to leave it there.

Hope this helps.

[DSparil]

Thanks for your reply.

No, I have none of Roxio products on my PC. It's a case of homonymy I suppose.

 As, i wrote before, it's related with hpCaslNotification.exe process.

[banhien]

Hi,

It's an HP program/tool, some antivirus program may treat it as a real "toaster" and may remove it but it's safe.

  http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-Systems-e-g-Windows-8-and-Software/Problem-With-the-...

You can find more info from the following link:

   http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/hpqtoaster.exe.html

Regards.

[customsignart]

I responded to a suspicious email...and as I pressedsend...I received the toaster has unexpectadly been terminated or somthing to that nature?  I then read online that I was in grave danger...to turn off everything and purchase mal ware

[TwoPointOh]

Hi customsignart. Grave danger seems a bit extreme. If you are concerned about Malware, you can try several free options. It sounds like you might have been a victim of internet panic advertising. The file that crashed might have been HpqToaster.exe which is a known HP file.

If you are going to do a free scan, trust Microsoft's first:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/malware-removal.aspx

HpqToaster Module: (for reference)
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-Systems-and-Software/Problem-With-the-HpqToaster-Mod...