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Apoint.exe

Alps Pointing-device Driver by Alps Electric Co. (Signed)

Remove Apoint.exe
Version:   6.0.2.186
MD5:   8ebbf7e508ec363bd6933809d17a43a7
SHA1:   a790f4fb9fbd679e7596afe2c35e89d26470cbbf
SHA256:   1833f302d66b0b5e52a45ec21800fa28a6df2349e2307811ae49df1d861c2ffc

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). 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).

DetailsDetails

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:6.0.2.186
Size:192 KB (196,608 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
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BehaviorsBehaviors

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

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00265679%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00214141%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00051538%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:1,000 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:25/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.83 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):5.58 MB
Private (minimum):2.99 MB
Non-paged memory:1.83 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:36.5 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):38.14 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:3.29 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):5.76 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,588/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:43 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:13 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:1
12
Handles:98
600
GUI GDI count:62
103
GUI USER count:28
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Tray notification:Yes
Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\apoint2k\apoint.exe"
Owner:User
Parent process:Explorer.EXE (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
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 countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 48.72% of Alps Pointing-device Driver.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
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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