SMax4.exe
Audio Control Panel by Analog Devices
Overview
There are 3 versions of smax4.exe in the wild, the latest version being 5, 2, 0, 52. smax4.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process displays a GUI (graphical user interface) which allows the user to interact with it as well as displays a notification icon in the taskbar. 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 737.33 KB. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program SoundMAX from Analog Devices. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0000% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1.6 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 3.18 MB.
 Details
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| File name: | smax4.exe |
| Publisher: | Analog Devices, Inc. |
| Product name: | Audio Control Panel |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\analog devices\soundmax\smax4.exe |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Audio Control Panel.)
“SoundMAX is a suite of audio processing algorithms tailored to run on ADI components. These processing algorithms are licensed to equipment manufacturers, who integrate them with ADI’s signal processi...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of smax4.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'
- 'SoundMAX' → "C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\Smax4.exe" /tray
All file variations of smax4.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
90.91% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
9.09% |
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Distribution by country
BG installs about 27.27% of Audio Control Panel.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
62.50% |
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| Lenovo |
25.00% |
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| American Megatrends |
12.50% |
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