Apoint.exe
Alps Pointing-device Driver by Alps Electric Co. (Signed)
| Version: | 7.0.2101.272 |
| MD5: | 2c890e0760d8c9e6150aea6c7ac63822 |
| SHA1: | 3d9ccfa430a437c2193138a22d162331007f8cd3 |
| SHA256: | 91ccb66b8ba53c21bc7293da2aa936d0a5d8a9cd38e9e7736a275d1801209bc3 |
What is Apoint.exe?
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.
Overview
apoint.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. 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 assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Alps Electric Co. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | apoint.exe |
| Publisher: | Alps Electric Co., Ltd. |
| Product name: | Alps Pointing-device Driver |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\apoint\apoint.exe |
| File version: | 7.0.2101.272 |
| Size: | 212 KB (217,088 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Alps Electric Co. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, May 4, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, June 4, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Apoint' → C:\Program Files\Apoint\Apoint.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00262233% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00208913% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00053320% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 671 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.58 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.87 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.4 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.58 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 66.17 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 70.17 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.5 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.37 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 98 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 56 | |
| GUI USER count: | 31 | |
Process properties
Threads
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
37.18% |
|
| Windows 8 |
10.26% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
8.97% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
7.69% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.41% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
6.41% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
5.13% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
5.13% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
3.85% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
3.85% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
2.56% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
1.28% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.28% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 48.72% of Alps Pointing-device Driver.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
50.00% |
|
| Sony |
24.07% |
|
| Toshiba |
9.26% |
|
| Acer |
8.33% |
|
| ASUS |
3.70% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
3.70% |
|
| Samsung |
0.93% |
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