Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

6.14.4105	2.44%
6.14.4065	2.44%
6.14.10.4132	2.44%
6.14.10.4132	12.20%
6.14.10.4131	2.44%
6.14.10.4129	12.20%
6.14.10.4129	2.44%
6.14.10.4124	7.32%
6.14.10.4123	2.44%
6.14.10.4119	4.88%
6.14.10.4119	9.76%
6.14.10.4118	12.20%
6.14.10.4118	2.44%
6.14.10.4116	2.44%
6.14.10.4115	2.44%
6.14.10.4114	9.76%
6.14.10.4110	2.44%
6.14.10.4107	2.44%
4.12.4011	4.88%

Relationships

Parent processes

Related files

ati2evxx.dll (ATI External Event Utility for NT, W2K and W9X by ATI Technologies)

ATI2EVXX.exe

ATI External Event Utility for WindowsNT and Windows9X by ATI Technologies

Remove ATI2EVXX.exe

Version:	6.14.10.4114
MD5:	6633cbf0d658440f0962d90e5bd20dde
SHA1:	266068f2cae64aeaeb707d932946e67a94b12841
SHA256:	6a73ebd6f813ba456ec0b5e8f60bfc6d195e893635f3cb42a56645e6f2a9727d

What is ATI2EVXX.exe?

The ATI External Event Utility for Windows reacts to external events (such as hotkeys or programs starting or stopping) and changes your video card's settings.

Overview

ati2evxx.exe runs as a service under the name Ati HotKey Poller within the local user context.

Details

File name:	ati2evxx.exe
Publisher:	ATI Technologies Inc.
Product name:	ATI External Event Utility for WindowsNT and Windows9X
Description:	ATI External Event Utility EXE Module
Typical file path:	C:\Windows\System32\ati2evxx.exe
File version:	6.14.10.4114
Product version:	6.14.10.4114.01
Size:	352 KB (360,448 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Service

Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

'Ati HotKey Poller'

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00203856%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00114758%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00089097%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	212,402 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	12/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	904 KB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	3.21 MB
Private (minimum):	1.78 MB
Non-paged memory:	904 KB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	23.5 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	26.77 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	1.86 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	3.34 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	1,028/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	196.6 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	129/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	5.02 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	129/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	5.03 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	898/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	6	12
Handles:	74	600
GUI GDI count:	11	103
GUI USER count:	6	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Undefined
Platform:	32-bit
Command lines:	ati2evxx.exe -client C:\Windows\System32\ati2evxx.exe
Owner:	User
Windows Service
Service name:	Ati HotKey Poller
Type:	Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess
Parent processes:	winlogon.exe (Windows NT-logonprogram by Microsoft) services.exe (Tjenester og controllerprogrammer by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

advapi32.dll (Advanced Windows 32 Base API by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.00187734%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00142168%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00045567%	0.165382%
Context switches:	7/sec	79/sec
Memory:	620 KB	1.16 MB
Ati2evxx.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00169899%
Kernel CPU:	0.00114561%
User CPU:	0.00055338%
Context switches:	2/sec
Memory:	372 KB