Estimated safety rating

ath_wlanagent.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers too many of the "probable danger" criteria described bellow. It is not yet known if ath_wlanagent.exe is malware or not that doesn't harm the PC. Please be careful with this program.

Executable file path

Usually, this program is stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm Atheros\Ath_WlanAgent.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this executable is b22b1eabbcc3e40d2d95598cc5426c74.

Is running as a service

This program is registered as a Windows service. This means it runs on your PC in background, usually without showing any user interface to you. Most Windows services are useful programs, which provide useful features to other programs or to Windows in general.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This exe runs in 32-bit mode. It can not use the full set of features of modern computer CPUs. This is quite normal because the makers did not bother to upgrade it to 64-bit code.

File description

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

File version

File version extracted from the file 8.0.0.260.

Manufacturer

Company Atheros.

Copyright

Legal copyright notice Copyright (C) 2009.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some insecure 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. Today the large majority of clean software applications are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is invalid. This indicates this program may be a virus and that somebody probably changed some of its code after the signature was applied. 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 good. si are uninstall.