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How to remove Apoint error

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Apoint.exe file information

The process Alps Pointing-device Driver belongs to the software Alps Pointing-device Driver or ALPS Touch Pad Driver or SereneScene Marine Aquarium or Apoint.exe or IDAutomation.com Linear or PDFCreator or Brave Soul or Remote Administrator v2.1 KWC or Acoustica Effects Pack or MapSource or Able2Extract Professional v or Alps Pointing-device for VAIO or Dell Touchpad or Security Task Manager 1.7e by Alps Electric Co., Ltd (www.alps.com).

Description: Apoint.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" - mostly C:\Program Files\Apoint\. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 155648 bytes (19% of all occurrence), 159744 bytes, 114688 bytes, 143360 bytes, 118784 bytes, 192512 bytes, 131072 bytes, 122880 bytes, 176128 bytes, 151552 bytes, 196608 bytes, 147456 bytes, 163840 bytes, 135168 bytes, 126976 bytes, 37388 bytes, 98304 bytes, 31730 bytes, 14348 bytes, 25600 bytes, 24592 bytes, 102400 bytes, 34304 bytes, 30102 bytes, 28172 bytes, 23564 bytes, 186880 bytes, 203035 bytes, 172032 bytes, 16897 bytes, 26954 bytes, 24080 bytes.
It is not a Windows system file. It is a trustworthy file from Microsoft. The application is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The program has no visible window. Apoint.exe is able to record inputs, monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 35% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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External information from Paul Collins:

• "AlpsPoint" can run at start up. Touchpad software for laptop PC's. For instance it is found on the Panasonic machines and allows part of the touchpad to be used for document or Web-page scrolling. Required for proper functioning of the pointing software but not required for the laptop to work

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as Apoint.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the Apoint.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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