acs.exe
Atheros Configuration Service (ACS) by Atheros Communications Inc. (Signed)
Overview
There are 8 versions of acs.exe in the wild, the latest version being 8.0.0.232. It is started as a Windows Service called 'Atheros beállítási szolgáltatás' with the name 'ACS' and described as “Gives access to single sign on and a mechanism to communicate with the supplicant for security negotiation.”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 462.98 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Atheros Communications Inc. by VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program NVIDIA Drivers from NVIDIA Corporation. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 7.1 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 8.9 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 17.11 KB per minute for reads and 11 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is acs.exe?
The Atheros Configuration Service (ACS) is a Windows Service that handles wireless configuration and authentication. It is also an alternate to the built-in Windows Wireless Zero Config (WZC) service.
 Details
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| File name: | acs.exe |
| Publisher: | Atheros |
| Product name: | Atheros Configuration Service (ACS) |
| Description: | ACS |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\acs.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Atheros Communications Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Friday, January 4, 2013 |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | ACS |
| Display name: | Atheros beállítási szolgáltatás |
| Description: | “Gives access to single sign on and a mechanism to communicate with the supplicant for security negotiation.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Atheros Configuration Service (ACS).)
The NVIDIA Driver is the software driver for NVIDIA Graphics GPU installed on the PC. It is a program used to communicate from the Windows PC OS to the device. This software is required in most cases ...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of acs.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'ACS' (Atheros beállítási szolgáltatás)
- ACS
All file variations of acs.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
100.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 24.14% of Atheros Configuration Service (ACS).
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
37.50% |
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| Toshiba |
18.75% |
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| Compaq |
12.50% |
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| MSI |
12.50% |
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| American Megatrends |
9.38% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
9.38% |
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