DCWpaSupplicant.exe

DirectConnect by Atheros Communications

Remove DCWpaSupplicant.exe
Version:   3.0.0.238
MD5:   e29e3e3d6f7d92093f77c3dc012534e8
SHA1:   c31a326e3ef0943b5840738461e0c224baacbb9c

Overview

dcwpasupplicant.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). This is typically installed with the program Atheros Direct Connect published by Atheros Communications. This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).

DetailsDetails

File name:dcwpasupplicant.exe
Publisher:Atheros Communications, Inc.
Product name:DirectConnect
Description:DirectConnect P2P Supplicant
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\atheros direct connect\dcwpasupplicant.exe
File version:3.0.0.238
Size:569.5 KB (583,168 bytes)
Build date:3/31/2011 11:56 AM
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following program will install this file
Atheros Communications
6% remove
Direct Connect allows for simple peer-to-peer connections between devices in the home or office, such as computers to printers, cameras to computers, smartphones to computers, computers to gaming devices….without hopping through the access point. This preserves bandwidth, as an indirect hop through the access point cuts throughput virtually in half and enables easy file sync and printing. And, with Direct Connect, a device like a comput...

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00014763%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00003467%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00011296%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:62 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:9,326/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:2.47 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):7.74 MB
Private (minimum):6.04 MB
Non-paged memory:2.47 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:63.41 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):74.27 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:6.04 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):7.74 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:26,753/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:0 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:0 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:7
12
Handles:110
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:9
142
GUI USER count:5
49
GUI USER peak:7
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\atheros direct connect\dcwpasupplicant.exe" -embedding
Owner:User
Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 100.00%

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 100.00%
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