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No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

8.0.0.232 14.29%
8.0.0.196 14.29%
8.0.0.144 14.29%
8.0.0.72 14.29%
7.0.1.70 14.29%
5.2.0.124 14.29%
4.1.0.132 14.29%

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ACU.exe

ACU by Atheros Communications Inc. (Signed)

Remove ACU.exe
Version:   8.0.0.196
MD5:   9ba94966e1d92ee12629f6ea73a1e4ca
SHA1:   1b28f80c2712f6815ff0052db601600e4979bdee

What is ACU.exe?

The Atheros Client Utility (ACU) is a user-mode utility designed to edit and add profiles, as well as display display diagnostics pertaining to the Atheros network adapter.

Overview

ACU.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). The file is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:ACU.exe
Publisher:Atheros Communications, Inc.
Product name:ACU
Description:Atheros Client Utility
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\atheros\acu.exe
File version:8.0.0.196
Size:460.09 KB (471,129 bytes)
Build date:3/28/2011 8:12 AM
Certificate
Issued to:Atheros Communications Inc.
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Friday, January 4, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'ACU' → "C:\Program Files\Atheros\ACU.exe" -nogui

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00872228%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00112779%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00759449%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:615,625 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:51/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:6.55 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):8.55 MB
Private (minimum):8.54 MB
Non-paged memory:6.55 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:58.71 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):60.77 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:8.55 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):8.56 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,722/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:0 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:0 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:738 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:14/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:3
12
Handles:169
600
GUI GDI count:39
103
GUI USER count:84
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Tray notification:Yes
Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\atheros\acu.exe" -nogui
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Microsoft Windows XP 100.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

Thailand installs about 16.67% of ACU.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Toshiba 40.00%
Dell 40.00%
Acer 20.00%
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