"As we have said previously, the majority of this [$8.8bn] impairment charge, more than $5bn, is linked to serious accounting improprieties, disclosure failures and outright misrepresentations discovered by HP's internal investigation into Autonomy's practices prior to and in connection with the acquisition," the company said in a statement.
It added that it was co-operating with the US Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the UK's Serious Fraud Office.
"We continue to believe that the authorities and the courts are the appropriate venues in which to address the wrongdoing discovered at Autonomy," it said.
HP's claim that Autonomy was involved in accounting fraud emerged last month in filings to the SEC but the US technology company has yet to disclose full details.
HP has said that Autonomy used serious accounting improprieties "wilfully" to misrepresent the business, which specialises in searching unstructured data such as voicemails and texts.
Mr Lynch, the British entrepreneur who founded the Cambridge firm and last year sold it to HP for $11.1bn, strongly denies the charges and has called for the US business to tell him in detail where it thinks Autonomy's problems lie.
HP bought Autonomy 2011 to help to cut its reliance on the declining PC market. Mr Lynch made about £500m from the deal.
HP's share price closed down 2.6pc in New York on Friday, after it was confirmed that the US Department of Justice had opened an investigation into Autonomy.
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