acs.exe

Atheros Configuration Service (ACS) by Atheros Communications Inc. (Signed)

Remove acs.exe
Version:   8.0.0.65
MD5:   4acf9052a6355d1530cf782e0919c5b4
SHA1:   0071e47107e32c9e758939ec661722ab310ad93b
SHA256:   a20b733010d29ab8f21a17d3fbd3c6354ba8f9d75d116348d93548aba5f4e4bd

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.

Overview

acs.exe runs as a service under the name Atheros beállítási szolgáltatás (ACS) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:acs.exe
Publisher:Atheros
Product name:Atheros Configuration Service (ACS)
Description:ACS
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\acs.exe
File version:8.0.0.65
Size:484.08 KB (495,700 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Atheros Communications Inc.
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Friday, January 4, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'ACS' (Atheros beállítási szolgáltatás)
  • ACS
Network connections
  • [UDP] listens on port 9977

  • ResourcesResource utilization

    (Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
    Averages
     
    CPU
    Total CPU:0.00061764%
    0.028634%
    Kernel CPU:0.00020732%
    0.013761%
    User CPU:0.00041032%
    0.014873%
    Kernel CPU time:411,723 ms/min
    100,923,805ms/min
    Context switches:252/sec
    284/sec
    Memory
    Private memory:7.01 MB
    21.59 MB
    Private (maximum):8.87 MB
    Private (minimum):2.65 MB
    Non-paged memory:7.01 MB
    21.59 MB
    Virtual memory:65.76 MB
    140.96 MB
    Virtual memory (peak):68.51 MB
    169.69 MB
    Working set:3.24 MB
    18.61 MB
    Working set (peak):8.88 MB
    37.95 MB
    Page faults:6,859/min
    2,039/min
    I/O
    I/O read transfer:129 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:17.28 KB/sec
    448.09 KB/min
    I/O other operations:885/sec
    1,671/min
    Resource allocations
    Threads:12
    12
    Handles:189
    600
    GUI GDI count:4
    103
    GUI USER count:5
    49

    BehaviorsProcess properties

    Integrety level:Undefined
    Platform:32-bit
    Command line:C:\Windows\System32\acs.exe
    Owner:SYSTEM
    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
    Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

    ResourcesThreads

    Averages
     
    acs.exe (main module)
    Total CPU:0.00331922%
    0.272967%
    Kernel CPU:0.00183894%
    0.107585%
    User CPU:0.00148028%
    0.165382%
    Context switches:55/sec
    79/sec
    Memory:488 KB
    1.16 MB
    msvcrt.dll (Windows NT CRT DLL by Microsoft)
    Total CPU:0.00082918%
    Kernel CPU:0.00048496%
    User CPU:0.00034422%
    Context switches:2/sec
    Memory:352 KB
    dsa.dll (Devicescape Windows WPA Supplicant (Core 0.4.3) by Devicescape)
    Total CPU:0.00045916%
    Kernel CPU:0.00024937%
    User CPU:0.00020979%
    Context switches:8/sec
    Memory:1.48 MB
    xpsp2res.dll
    Total CPU:0.00028495%
    Kernel CPU:0.00009498%
    User CPU:0.00018997%
    Context switches:5/sec
    Memory:2.77 MB
    advapi32.dll (Advanced Windows 32 Base API by Microsoft)
    Total CPU:0.00014493%
    Kernel CPU:0.00008263%
    User CPU:0.00006230%
    Memory:620 KB
    wsimd.dll (wsimd by Atheros Communications)
    Total CPU:0.00003875%
    Kernel CPU:0.00003875%
    User CPU:0.00000000%
    Memory:260 KB

    Common loaded modules

    These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

    Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

    OS versiondistribution
    Microsoft Windows XP 100.00%

    Distribution by countryDistribution by country

    United States installs about 24.14% of Atheros Configuration Service (ACS).

    OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

    PC Manufacturerdistribution
    Dell 37.50%
    Toshiba 18.75%
    Compaq 12.50%
    MSI 12.50%
    American Megatrends 9.38%
    Hewlett-Packard 9.38%
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