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ACS.exe file information

The process ACS or Agnitum Client Service or Agnitum Outpost Service belongs to the software acs.exe or ACU Configuration Service or Atheros Configuration Service or vitalsource KEY or NETGEAR Wireless Adapter WG311T or NETGEAR Wireless Adapter WPN or Belkin Wireless Utility or IBM ThinkPad Scroll Lock or Atheros Configuration Service (ACS) or D-Link Configuration Service or DWL-G520M Wireless 108G MIMO or D-Link Wireless G WNA- or 802.11g Wireless CardBus & PCI Adapter HW.61 V or VGA Dual Camera or NETGEAR WG311T Wireless Adapter or SMCWPCIT-G 108Mbps Wireless PCI adapter or NETGEAR WPN311 Wireless Adapter or D-Link RangeBooster G WNA- or 108Mbps Wireless LAN Adapter or Proxim Configuration Service or SMCWCB-G WLAN Cardbus or 3Com Configuration Service or TRENDnet TEW-441PC/TEW-443PI 802.11g Wireless Cardbus/PCI Adapter Driver and Utility or TP-LINK Configuration Service or Ekahau Configuration Service or Agnitum Outpost Security or Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro by NETGEAR or Belkin (www.belkin.com) or Atheros or OEM or SMC or TRENDnet or Agnitum Ltd.

Description: File ACS.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32 or sometimes in a subfolder of C:\Windows. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 36864 bytes (82% of all occurrence), 20480 bytes, 360533 bytes, 360532 bytes, 364629 bytes, 376917 bytes, 364628 bytes, 278613 bytes, 32768 bytes, 214496 bytes.
There is no information about the maker of the file. The program is not visible. The file is not a Windows core file. ACS.exe is an unknown file in the Windows folder. ACS.exe is able to hide itself. Therefore the technical security rating is 70% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

If ACS.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" then the security rating is 55% dangerous. File size is 360532 bytes (42% of all occurrence), 36864 bytes, 20480 bytes, 1179648 bytes, 368724 bytes, 364629 bytes, 1527808 bytes, 1466368 bytes. The program is not visible. File ACS.exe is not a Windows core file. ACS.exe is a file without information about the maker of this file. ACS.exe is able to hide itself, monitor applications.

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as ACS.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the ACS.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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used for wlan
   
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It came with my Level1 108Mbps Wireless card (WPC-0300 version 4). It's safe to have it.
  Levimor  
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Atheros configuration service
  shultz  
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installed along with the wireless router stuff
   
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Comes with D-Link wireless adapter located in C:\Program Files\D-Link\D-Link RangeBooster N DWA-542
  Norman  
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Really slows down my Win-ME system. Needed for D-Link wireless card. Havn't found a way around
  Tony  
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Comes with the wifi transmitter/receiver in Toshiba. May not be neccessary in some cases.
  Alex  
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Treiber für Atheros W-LAN Karten
  sf  
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Runs with belkin wireless hardware. no big deal to leave it.
  rastafari  
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it depends on location : it's a worm if located "under %ProgramFiles%\ACS-Style\acs.exe". It's a D-Link wireless PCMCIA card utility under %Windows%\System32
  Sbreccius  
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Virus! delete it
   
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ACS is a part of my Atheros Client Utility (wireless card)
  denn  
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used also in TP-link PCMCIA wi-fi card. Sometimes takes even 300Mb in pagefile
  Michael  
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atheros wireless configuration utility
  koyot  
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Got it with Bandridge USB WLAN adapter
  Igor Farago  
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Summary: 65 users think ACS.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 6 users think it's probably harmless. 18 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 3 users suspect danger. 2 users think ACS.exe is dangerous and recommend to remove it.. 8 users doesn't grade ACS.exe ("not sure about it").

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