Before deleting anything, follow this forensic checklist.
Rarely, but possible. If you delete it and it returns after reboot, run Windows Defender Offline or Kaspersky Rescue Disk – these boot before rootkits activate. hpbq138.exe
Because hpbq138.exe sounds technical and obscure, malware authors often use similar filenames to disguise their payloads. Cybercriminals know that users are less likely to kill a process that looks like a driver or update tool. Before deleting anything, follow this forensic checklist