Apoint.exe
Alps Pointing-device Driver by Alps Electric Co. (Signed)
| Version: | 8, 1, 101, 178 |
| MD5: | 49250ec8e64916cf40a78ac6cd916f40 |
| SHA1: | 039a0e00cb29ba2d8b2bba535ba1c0de7dc32c8a |
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. 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). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Dell Touchpad published by Alps Electric Co., Dell Touchpad from Alps Electric Co. and Dell Touchpad by Alps Electric Co.. 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: | 8, 1, 101, 178 |
| Size: | 692.34 KB (708,952 bytes) |
| Build date: | 7/8/2013 7:00 AM |
| 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
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Explore or expand your interactive capabilities by using up to four fingers at once on the large, smooth glass surface of the Dell Wireless Touchpad. Competitive touch games, drawing and music apps and more come to life with this multi-touch solution. Pair it with a non-touch display to experience four-finger touch and interactive computing, or add it to your touchscreen setup for a flexible multi-touch alternative. Discover full-touch ...”
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: | 0.00124847% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00085437% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00039410% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 93,132,597 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.85 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 10.28 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 7.72 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.85 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 77.95 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 86.31 MB | |
| Working set: | 7.79 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 10.8 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 140 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 94 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 104 | |
| GUI USER count: | 43 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 44 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\delltpad\apoint.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
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% |
|
