DAP.exe
Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) by Speed-Bit LTD (Signed)
Overview
dap.exe has 15 known versions, the most recent one is 10, 0, 5, 9. dap.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 3.43 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Speed-Bit LTD by the certification authority Thawte. The programs Download Accelerator Plus (DAP), DAP Plug-in for 64 Bit IE and Radio G Toolbar have been observed as installing specific variations of dap.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 52.5 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 1.1 MB per minute for reads and 28.83 KB per minute for writes.
What is dap.exe?
Download Accelerator Plus (also referred to as DAP) is a download manager for Microsoft Windows that uses multipart download to increase speeds, creating multiple connections of different file segments to speed up downloads. Download Accelerator Plus works by splitting files into smaller pieces and automatically seeking faster mirrors. It also can get a file simultaneously from several sites.
About dap.exe (from Speed-Bit LTD)
“SPEEDbit is the leader in download acceleration technology with a variety of products and services that ease and enhance some of the most common internet and web related activities. SPEEDbit's patente”
Details |
File name: | dap.exe |
Publisher: | Speedbit Ltd. |
Product name: | Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\dap\dap.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Speed-Bit LTD |
Authority (CA): | Thawte |
Expiration date: | Monday, September 3, 2012 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Download Accelerator Plus (DAP).)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of dap.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'DAP10' → "C:\Program Files\DAP\DAP.EXE" /STARTUP
- 'DownloadAccelerator' → "C:\Program Files\DAP\DAP.EXE" /STARTUP
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\DAP\DAP.exe'
All file variations of dap.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Ultimate |
39.68% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
19.05% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
12.70% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate N |
12.70% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
9.52% |
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Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.17% |
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Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.59% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
1.59% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 30.51% of Download Accelerator Plus (DAP).
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
36.36% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
18.18% |
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Intel |
10.91% |
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Acer |
10.91% |
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ASUS |
7.27% |
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Toshiba |
7.27% |
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GIGABYTE |
5.45% |
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Lenovo |
3.64% |
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