Versions

8, 0, 0, 39	1.39%
7, 0, 0, 38	1.39%
7, 0, 0, 37	1.39%
7, 0, 0, 36	4.17%
7, 0, 0, 36	1.39%
7, 0, 0, 34	18.06%
7, 0, 0, 34	2.78%
7, 0, 0, 31	9.72%
7, 0, 0, 30	8.33%
7, 0, 0, 26	6.94%
7, 0, 0, 26	1.39%
7, 0, 0, 24	2.78%
7, 0, 0, 24	15.28%
7, 0, 0, 21	4.17%
7, 0, 0, 20	6.94%
7, 0, 0, 18	6.94%
7, 0, 0, 15	1.39%
7, 0, 0, 5	5.56%

There are 18 versions of apmsgfwd.exe in the wild, the latest version being 8, 0, 0, 39. apmsgfwd.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 58.22 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Alps Electric Co. by VeriSign. The programs Dell Touchpad, ALPS Touch Pad Driver and Touch Pad Driver have been observed as installing specific variations of apmsgfwd.exe. The executable is a .NET framework assembly utilizing the CLR. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0014% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1.83 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 4.1 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 9 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.

If the ALPS Touch Pad driver is installed on computers running Windows XP, the Fn+F9 (Touch Pad On/Off) function does not operate. To make this function available, the TOSHIBA Touch Pad On/Off Utility should also be updated.