Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

7, 0, 14, 2	35.40%
7, 0, 12, 5	58.41%
7, 0, 11, 5	0.88%
7, 0, 10, 5	0.88%
7, 0, 6, 4	4.42%

Relationships

ATKOSD2.exe

ATKOSD2 by ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (Signed)

Remove ATKOSD2.exe

Version:	7, 0, 6, 4
MD5:	32f43be36aac4e10c88ec24b34770c0d
SHA1:	5f50fd7412c83292089f71642097cf265ef75f94
SHA256:	068da52f6ae5676e238cb7fe4a7df14757b8406bfb58ec157150193877f300c9

Overview

atkosd2.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). This is typically installed with the program ATKOSD2 published by ASUS. The file is digitally signed by ASUSTeK Computer Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	atkosd2.exe
Publisher:	ASUS
Product name:	ATKOSD2
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\asus\atk package\atkosd2\atkosd2.exe
File version:	7, 0, 6, 4
Product version:	7, 0, 6, 0
Size:	6.54 MB (6,859,392 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Sunday, August 2, 2009
Expiration date:	Friday, August 3, 2012
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

ATKOSD2

ASUS

7% remove

The ATKOSD2 is an ASUSTeK driver that runs as a process and automatically starts when windows boots via Scheduled task.

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'ATKOSD2' → C:\Program Files\ASUS\ATK Package\ATKOSD2\ATKOSD2.exe

Scheduled tasks

The task 'ATKOSD2' runs on logon in the path '\ATKOSD2'
Entry path '\ATKOSD2'

Scheduled tasks startups

Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00053700%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00026684%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00027016%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	3,640,039 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	39,311/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	2.95 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	7.78 MB
Private (minimum):	3.49 MB
Non-paged memory:	2.95 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	70.27 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	76.17 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	7.45 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	17.36 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	62,348/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O other transfer:	186 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	2/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	2	12
Handles:	61	600
GUI GDI count:	22	103
GUI GDI peak:	27	142
GUI USER count:	13	49
GUI USER peak:	15	71