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WacomHost.exe

Wacom Host by Wacom Technology Corp. (Signed)

Remove WacomHost.exe
Version:   1.0.0.2
MD5:   19e0b5b6202ce85796ea6c0ebb7334df
SHA1:   ddff3276b70aa192c72fd0ae8c7330562ca7ce66
SHA256:   8625dac11461bcbc13bea1799a1b9236af268d97bb31f525b20a5b91f7669603

Overview

wacomhost.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent wtabletservicecon.exe (WTablet Service by Wacom Technology Corp.). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Bamboo published by Wacom Technology Corp., Bamboo from Wacom Technology Corp. and Bamboo by Wacom Technology Corp.. The file is digitally signed by Wacom Technology Corp. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:wacomhost.exe
Publisher:Wacom Technology
Product name:Wacom Host
Description:Wacom Load Agent
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\tablet\wacom\wacomhost.exe
File version:1.0.0.2
Size:38.88 KB (39,808 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Wacom Technology Corp.
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Expiration date:Friday, March 1, 2013
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
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ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Wacom Technology Corp.
10% remove
This is the Bamboo hardware driver, a small computer program that allows your computer to interact with the Wacom Bamboo Tablet. This driver supports user-specific preferences in Windows.

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00024587%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00020164%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00004423%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:55 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:1,819/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.74 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):5.15 MB
Private (minimum):4.25 MB
Non-paged memory:1.74 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:73.39 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):85.12 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:4.27 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):7.43 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,092/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 other transfer:15 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:3
12
Handles:114
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:9
142
GUI USER count:1
49
GUI USER peak:3
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\tablet\wacom\wacomhost.exe" "C:\Program Files\tablet\wacom\wacom_tablet.exe" au
  • "C:\Program Files\tablet\pen\wacomhost.exe" "C:\Program Files\tablet\pen\pen_tablet.exe" au
Owner:SYSTEM
Parent processes:

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 37.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate 25.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro 12.50%
Windows 8 Single Language 12.50%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 12.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 37.50% of Wacom Host.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 44.44%
Lenovo 22.22%
Acer 11.11%
Alienware 11.11%
Hewlett-Packard 11.11%
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