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60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
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AESTSrv.exe
APO Access Service (32-bit) by Andrea Electronics
| Version: | 1.0.32.7 |
| MD5: | 827dbc22c96eecf6d36a13162fabafd3 |
| SHA1: | 73bf0e214ebf9924692fb9530ee8f882573235ba |
| SHA256: | ebbc04a6ad3bc83e3791569c1120bbbb59af70512fa2ceb6a8ba2a257f3f6c32 |
What is AESTSrv.exe?
Andrea filters APO access service (32-bit) for audio devices mostly used with Microphones, for noise cancellation.
Overview
aestsrv.exe runs as a service under the name Andrea ST Filters Service (AESTFilters) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including IDT Audio published by IDT, IDT Audio from IDT and IDT Audio by IDT.
Details
| File name: | aestsrv.exe |
| Publisher: | Andrea Electronics Corporation |
| Product name: | APO Access Service (32-bit) |
| Description: | Andrea filters APO access service (32-bit) |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\driverstore\filerepository\stwrt.inf_x86_neutral_24288096a5cd99f6\aestsrv.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.32.7 |
| Size: | 80 KB (81,920 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.006288 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
This program contains the driver that enables the IDT High-Definition (HD) Audio in supported notebook models that are running a supported operating system.
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'AESTFilters' (Andrea ST Filters Service)
- 'AESTFilters'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 504 KB | |
| Private (maximum): | 1.78 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 1.67 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 504 KB | |
| Virtual memory: | 12.21 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 14.21 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.67 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 1.79 MB | |
| Page faults: | 466/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 43 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\idt\wdm\aestsrv.exe"
- C:\Windows\System32\driverstore\filerepository\stwrt.inf_x86_neutral_92dbc85c81034340\aestsrv.exe
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| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | AESTFilters |
| Display name: | Andrea ST Filters Service |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
46.15% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
15.38% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
11.54% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
11.54% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
7.69% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
3.85% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
3.85% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 30.43% of APO Access Service (32-bit).
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
72.22% |
|
| Dell |
22.22% |
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| Acer |
5.56% |
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