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ath_wlanagent.exe
Ath_Coex Application by Qualcomm Atheros (Signed)
| Version: | 8.0.0.279 |
| MD5: | 7ae00fe0a9a586da6712458fbf10b3b1 |
| SHA1: | a37cf96cba6e34286854fb07b23f384a436b366b |
Overview
ath_wlanagent.exe runs as a service under the name ZAtheros Wlan Agent with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Dell WLAN and Bluetooth Client Installation published by Dell Inc., Dell Wireless Driver Installation from Dell Inc. and Dell Wireless Driver Installation by Dell Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Qualcomm Atheros which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | ath_wlanagent.exe |
| Publisher: | Atheros |
| Product name: | Ath_Coex Application |
| Description: | Atheros Coex Service Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\qualcomm atheros\ath_wlanagent.exe |
| Original name: | Ath_CoexAgent.exe |
| File version: | 8.0.0.279 |
| Size: | 79.63 KB (81,536 bytes) |
| Build date: | 3/2/2013 4:46 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Qualcomm Atheros |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, February 23, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, February 23, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
The Dell WLAN Utility is a wireless connection manager included with Dell Truemobile Wireless Cards.
This is the software driver package for the installed Dell Wireless device. The driver package is required in order for the Dell Wireless device to function properly and is the software that allows your computer to communicate with this hardware device.
“
Atheros new WLAN and Bluetooth combo solution goes beyond coexistence to enable cooperation between WLAN, Bluetooth and even 3G technologies co-located on PC platforms. To support this new level of radio coexistence, Atheros has engineered a suite of advanced wireless techniques to deliver Atheros Universal Wireless Cooperation, consisting of channel protection and timesharing mechanisms, custom 3G coexistence optimization, and Athero...”
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004539% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001764% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002775% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 219 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 8,973/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.32 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.27 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.23 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.32 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 30.54 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 34.32 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.23 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.36 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,559/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O other transfer: | 27 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 91 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\dell wireless\ath_wlanagent.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | ZAtheros Wlan Agent |
| Description: | “Atheros agent for Wlan” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00010116% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003372% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006744% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,611/sec | |
| Memory: | 276 KB | |
| Ath_WlanAgent.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009219% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006438% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002781% | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,354/sec | |
| Memory: | 76 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 |
41.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
22.22% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
11.11% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.33% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
8.33% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.56% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
2.78% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 33.33% of Ath_Coex Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
83.33% |
|
| Dell |
16.67% |
|
