Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
VC.exe
Acer Video Conference Manager by Acer Incoporated
| Version: | 4, 5, 3000, 9285 |
| MD5: | 4eb5c1b5ca2b674daf50a8b0ca6c4054 |
| SHA1: | c7c61ab62a96703ced6a5d821ad2e26f9aad12f3 |
| SHA256: | 5d6d3dd92d37e109579f7e6d50ab16279e9c31c336e00c68d938751c75f64097 |
Overview
vc.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. This is typically installed with the program Acer VCM published by Acer Incorporated.
Details
| File name: | vc.exe |
| Publisher: | Acer Incoporated |
| Product name: | Acer Video Conference Manager |
| Description: | Acer Video Quality Enhancement |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\acer\acer vcm\vc.exe |
| File version: | 4, 5, 3000, 9285 |
| Size: | 5.91 MB (6,201,344 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“Acer Video Conference Manager (VCM) is an application that is preinstalled on selected Acer Aspire One models. Acer VCM enhances Instant Messenger video conferencing. Acer VCM works with Windows Live Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, and Skype and provides additional value to the instant messenger by allowing for crisper calls in high resolution. Additionally, the Acer VCM software extends the functionality of the instant messenger to a...”
Behaviors
Windows firewall allowed program
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Acer\Acer VCM\VC.exe'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00054938% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00039634% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00015304% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 203 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 39,562/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 21.35 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 16.05 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.63 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 21.35 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 122.65 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 125.65 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.78 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 16.05 MB | |
| Page faults: | 4,289/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 7 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 18 | |
| Handles: | 198 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 22 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 24 | |
| GUI USER count: | 23 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 24 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| Vc.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00067153% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00048838% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00018314% | |
| CPU cycles: | 11,833/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.93 MB | |
| channel.dll (Acer Video Conference Manager by Acer) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00021373% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00015266% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006106% | |
| CPU cycles: | 3,307/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.52 MB | |
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 Starter |
50.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
50.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.00% of Acer Video Conference Manager.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
100.00% |
|
