Atiptaxx.exe
ATI Desktop Component by ATI Technologies
Warning 3 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of Atiptaxx.exe.
Overview
atiptaxx.exe has 9 known versions, the most recent one is 6.14.10.5194. atiptaxx.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 324.44 KB. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program ATI Control Panel from ATI Technologies, Inc.. 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 3.02 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 4.46 MB.
About atiptaxx.exe (from ATI Technologies)
“AMD’s award-winning ATI Catalyst Control Center delivers high performance, easy configurability, and advanced features and functionality far beyond traditional driver configuration software. The ATI C”
 Details
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| File name: | atiptaxx.exe |
| Publisher: | ATI Technologies, Inc. |
| Product name: | ATI Desktop Component |
| Description: | ATI Desktop Control Panel |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\ati technologies\ati control panel\atiptaxx.exe |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of ATI Desktop Component.)
“AMD’s award-winning ATI Catalyst Control Center™ delivers high performance, easy configurability, and advanced features and functionality far beyond traditional driver configuration software. The ATI ...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of atiptaxx.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'ATIPTA' → C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 3 of them detected the following malware.
| Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection | File version |
| Antiy Labs AVL |
2.0.3.7 |
Worm/Win32.Polip.gen |
6.14.10.5155 |
| McAfee Gateway Anti-Malware |
v2010.1-dat |
Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.H |
6.14.10.5155 |
| Rising Antivirus |
24.77.02.04 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic.1268B3FF |
6.14.10.5160 |
All file variations of atiptaxx.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
100.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.00% of ATI Desktop Component.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
40.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
30.00% |
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| Toshiba |
20.00% |
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| Sahara |
10.00% |
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