Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Power Technology publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent processes
Child processes
Related files
dfx.exe
By Power Technology (Signed)
| MD5: | bfe77f15a21081eafe613ba966103546 |
| SHA1: | a833d8b7aa346ba7debd95f97a331f6e43d5d0f7 |
Overview
dfx.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. 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). It is installed with a couple of know programs including DFX published by Power Technology, DFX for Windows Media Player from Power Technology and DFX for Windows Media Player by Power Technology. The file is digitally signed by Power Technology which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | dfx.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\dfx\dfx.exe |
| Size: | 1.08 MB (1,131,880 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Power Technology |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, May 10, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“DFX Audio Enhancer brings better sound to all of your music, videos, Internet radio, games, video chats, and other programs. New DFX 11 now enhances all PC audio playback, providing system-wide HD quality sound for all your entertainment. DFX now enhances all PC audio playback, providing system-wide HD quality sound for all your entertainment.”
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'DFX' → C:\Program Files\DFX\DFX.exe -startup
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00054032% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00032683% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00021349% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 10,220 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 9,196,194/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1,230/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 20.17 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 21.53 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 10.25 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 20.17 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 115.68 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 122.46 MB | |
| Working set: | 12.08 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 21.54 MB | |
| Page faults: | 22,332/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 3.59 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1.69 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 55/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 219 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 268 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 275 | |
| GUI USER count: | 28 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 32 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\dfx\dfx.exe" -startup |
| Owner: | User |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
| DFX.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.17607435% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00639376% | |
| User CPU: | 0.16968059% | |
| CPU cycles: | 71,212,637/sec | |
| Context switches: | 406/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.15 MB | |
| wow64win.dll (Wow64 Console and Win32 API Logging by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00008888% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00008888% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 270/sec | |
| Memory: | 368 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
12.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
12.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
8.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 33.33% of dfx.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
43.48% |
|
| Toshiba |
26.09% |
|
| Acer |
21.74% |
|
| Alienware |
8.70% |
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