Estimated safety rating

acs.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers too many of the "probable danger" flags detailed bellow. It is not yet known if acs.exe is malware or an ok program which doesn't harm your computer. We recommend you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

The default name and folder where this application is stored is
C:\Windows\System32\acs.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is 5ac144f03b31afab6717ad3622d1680d.

Is running as a service

This application is registered as a Windows service. This means it runs on your system in background, usually without displaying anything to you. Most Windows services are ok programs, which perform useful functions to other applications or to the Windows Operating System.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This executable runs as a 32-bit program. It can not use the entire set of features of current PC CPUs. This is quite normal because the publishers did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description present in the file is ACS.

File version

File version extracted from the file 8.0.0.97.

Manufacturer

Author Atheros.

Copyright

Intellectual property rights notice Copyright © 2003, Atheros Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved..

Potentially dangerous functions

Some unusual functions of Windows appear to be used, such as functions for recording the keyboard. We advise you to read more about this program.

Digitally signed

The digital signature is missing from this program. The maker did not bother to sign it. This is usually bad.

Can be uninstalled

This application does NOT have a removal routine set up in registry.