What is the "BTHSSecurityMgr.exe" process on Windows 8? Is the "BTHSSecurityMgr.exe" process a virus? Can I terminate the "BTHSSecurityMgr.exe" process?

"BTHSSecurityMgr.exe" process represents "Intel(R) BlueTooth(R) HS Security Manager Service" program.

"BTHSSecurityMgr.exe" process is normally running under the parent process "Boot" as shown in the process tree below:

Boot
   BTHSSecurityMgr

On the Processes tab of "Task Manager", "BTHSSecurityMgr.exe" process may be listed as:

Image Name                 Memory   Description
--------------------   ----------   -----------
BTHSSecurityMgr.exe       2,756 K   Intel(R) BlueTooth(R) HS Security Manager Service

Additional information about "BTHSSecurityMgr.exe" process:

Command line:
   "C:\Program Files\Intel\BluetoothHS\BTHSSecurityMgr.exe"

Programe file information:
   Name: BTHSSecurityMgr.exe
   Location: C:\Program Files\Intel\BluetoothHS\BTHSSecurityMgr.exe
   Description: Intel(R) BlueTooth(R) HS Security Manager Service
   Version: 15.5.0.8
   Size: 135952 bytes
   Last modified: 5/2/2012 3:49:44 PM
   Company Name: Intel(R) Corporation
   
Some data files used:
C:\Windows\System32
C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6871_none_08e717a5a83adddf

Some registry keys used:
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Versions
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SESSION MANAGER
HKCR\AppID\{482B172F-9F8D-4426-82F1-A25293FC962A}
HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\crypt32
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Ids
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Cryptography\OID\EncodingType 0\CertDllCreateCertificateChainEngine\Config
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\SystemCertificates\ROOT
HKU\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\SystemCertificates\CA

Some DLL libraries used:
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
C:\Windows\system32\WINTRUST.dll
C:\Windows\system32\USER32.dll
C:\Windows\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
C:\Windows\system32\ole32.dll
C:\Windows\system32\OLEAUT32.dll

"BTHSSecurityMgr.exe" process is not a virus. You should not terminate "BTHSSecurityMgr.exe" process.

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