Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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cxaudmsg64.exe
Conexant Audio Message Service by Conexant Systems (Signed)
| Version: | 1.2.0.0 |
| MD5: | 9d0d050170d47e778b624a28c90f23de |
| SHA1: | e3f7684f2f22b73d371c5cd3da9eb4b92b415dab |
| SHA256: | 48528aa9eb0c9fb5086d992ef1f9556c8249d267c2e3d4e681d5c8b6bc316c71 |
What is cxaudmsg64.exe?
Conexant Audio Message Service is part of the device driver for the Conexant High Definition Audio that comes preinstalled with OEM PCs.
About cxaudmsg64.exe (from Conexant Systems)
“Conexant has a long history of technological innovation in audio technology, which provides superior high definition audio quality and premium performance. Today, Conexant offers a line of industry le”
Overview
cxaudmsg64.exe runs as a service under the name Conexant Audio Message Service (CxAudMsg) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Conexant Systems which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | cxaudmsg64.exe |
| Publisher: | Conexant Systems Inc. |
| Product name: | Conexant Audio Message Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\cxaudmsg64.exe |
| Original name: | CxAudMsg.exe |
| File version: | 1.2.0.0 |
| Size: | 194.13 KB (198,784 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Conexant Systems |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, March 22, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'CxAudMsg' (Conexant Audio Message Service)
- CxAudMsg
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00005455% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002540% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002915% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 988,030 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 3,063/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 6.14 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.84 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.12 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 6.14 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 53.09 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 53.89 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.62 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.49 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,217/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 1.46 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 3 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 93 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | C:\Windows\System32\cxaudmsg64.exe |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | CxAudMsg |
| Display name: | Conexant Audio Message Service |
| Description: | “Monitors audio device events and forward them to subscribing application. If this service is stop. the aduio effects will not function properly.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00014034% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003318% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00010716% | |
| CPU cycles: | 3,539/sec | |
| Memory: | 124 KB | |
| CxAudMsg64.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00008451% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006693% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001758% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,556/sec | |
| Memory: | 212 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
34.29% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
17.14% |
|
| Windows 8 |
17.14% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
11.43% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
5.71% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
5.71% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
2.86% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
2.86% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
2.86% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 22.86% of Conexant Audio Message Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Lenovo |
71.70% |
|
| Toshiba |
18.87% |
|
| Acer |
9.43% |
|
