Estimated safety rating

ath_wlanagent.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers too many of the "probable danger" flags detailed in this document. It is yet unknown if ath_wlanagent.exe is malware or an ok program which doesn't harm your computer. We advise you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

Normally, this application is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell Wireless\Ath_WlanAgent.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is 7ae00fe0a9a586da6712458fbf10b3b1.

Is running as a service

This application is a Windows service. This means it runs on your PC in background, usually without showing anything to you. Most Windows services are ok programs, which perform useful functions to other applications or to Windows in general.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This exe runs in 32-bit mode. It can not exploit the entire power of nowadays' PC processors. This is quite normal because the publishers did not upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description present in the exe is Atheros Coex Service Application.

File version

File version extracted from the file 8.0.0.279.

Manufacturer

Author Atheros.

Copyright

Copyright notice Copyright (C) 2009.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some dangerous functions of the Operating System have been used, such as functions for tapping the keyboard. We recommend you to be very careful regarding this program.

Digitally signed

ath_wlanagent.exe is digitally signed. Nowadays most clean software applications are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is broken. This means it is most likely that this software application may be a virus and that somebody probably modified it after the signature was generated. We advise extreme caution!

Certifier name

Digitally signed by: Qualcomm Atheros

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA

Can be uninstalled

It has an uninstall routine, which is good. si are uninstall.