Versions

8.1.101.156	1.28%
8.0.101.166	1.28%
8.0.101.155	3.85%
8.0.101.155	1.28%
8.0.101.147	6.41%
8.0.0.281	1.28%
8.0.0.242	1.28%
8.0.0.234	2.56%
8, 1, 101, 178	1.28%
8, 1, 0, 375	1.28%
8, 0, 0, 342	1.28%
7.3.102.126	1.28%
7.3.101.99	6.41%
7.3.101.99	1.28%
7.3.101.97	11.54%
7.3.101.94	6.41%
7.3.101.49	3.85%
7.3.101.17	1.28%
7.3.101.17	1.28%
7.3.101.14	1.28%
7.3.0.9	1.28%
7.3.0.62	3.85%
7.3.0.32Alps_SetMouseMonitor	1.28%
7.3.0.182	1.28%
7.0.7.193	1.28%
7.0.7.186	7.69%
7.0.7.168	6.41%
7.0.7.168	1.28%
7.0.7.151	1.28%
7.0.2101.272	1.28%
7.0.202.267	1.28%
7.0.2.232	1.28%
7.0.2.203	1.28%
7.0.1.274	1.28%
7.0.1.260	3.85%
7.0.1.256	1.28%
6.0.2.186	3.85%
5.5.101.155	1.28%

apoint.exe has 38 known versions, the most recent one is 8.1.101.156. apoint.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 393.76 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Alps Electric Co. by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs Alps Pointing-device for VAIO, ALPS Touch Pad Driver and Touch Pad Driver have been observed as installing specific variations of apoint.exe. This is a .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) assembly. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0017% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 3.18 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 8.13 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 48 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.

If the ALPS Touch Pad driver is installed on computers running Windows XP, the Fn+F9 (Touch Pad On/Off) function does not operate. To make this function available, the TOSHIBA Touch Pad On/Off Utility should also be updated.