Estimated safety rating

ath_wlanagent.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers many of the "possible danger" flags detailed bellow. It is yet unknown if ath_wlanagent.exe is a virus or a legit program which doesn't cause harm the PC. We advise you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

This program is usually stored on disk in C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell Wireless\Ath_WlanAgent.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this program is 7dd4f85cb997834e1adc1238045ad905.

Is running as a service

This application is set up as a Windows service. This means it operates on your PC in background, usually without showing any user interface to you. Most Windows services are legit programs, which provide useful features to other applications or to Windows in general.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This exe runs as a 32-bit program. It can not benefit of the full set of features of current PC processors. This ordinarily happens because the publishers did not upgrade it to 64-bit code.

File description

The description stored in the program is Atheros Coex Service Application.

File version

File version stored as a property 8.0.0.292.

Manufacturer

Company name Atheros.

Copyright

Copyright notice Copyright (C) 2009.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some unusual functions of Windows appear to be used, such as functions for recording the keyboard. We recommend you to perform more in-depth research about this program.

Digitally signed

ath_wlanagent.exe is digitally signed. Nowadays most serious programs are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is broken. This means it is most likely that this program may be malware and that somebody probably changed some of its code after the signature was generated. Please be very careful regarding this!

Certifier name

Digital certificate name: Qualcomm Atheros

Issuer name

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

Can be uninstalled

It has an uninstall string in registry, which is a good sign. si are uninstall.