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Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

Furthermore, perhaps the quickest and most straight forward method to detect malware is through a running process analysis.

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More than one possible match was found; all matches are listed below in order of their prevalence. This only tells you what the file and the correct action might be.

To understand which possibility is actually running on your own system, perform an Overdrive test and then look at the Software|Processes tab.

You may find more information on this process by visiting Process Detail Pages.


Match #1

acevents.exe (ActivCard/ActivIdentity Events)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.13%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 8 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

acevents.exe - ActivCard / ActivIdentity
Belongs to ActivIdentity software
ActivIdentity® solutions include Smart Employee ID, Enterprise Single Sign On, Strong Authentication, Secure Information and Transactions, and Smart Citizen ID. ActivIdentity products include SecureLogin® SSO, ActivClient™ smart card middleware, ActivID™ Card Management System, 4TRESS™ AAA Server, one-time password (OTP) tokens, and ActivKey™ USB tokens.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

acevents.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.



Identification

In addition to the file name, acevents.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:ActivIdentity
Product contains:ActivClient
File name contains:\ActivClient

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


MD5 Hashes

MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called acevents.exe, we have detected 11 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
acevents.exe11
#MD5Size
10xa43d0df537598655152d695b8efb46d262464 bytes
20xf511426d5789ec348cffdd9ae7d4491a60416 bytes
30x74f21de8f88348c81203629aa68194b886016 bytes
40x36461c1a49fdfc5691c4cb5ae8f14ff281920 bytes
50x6b4209e1129e3fb4825aa9c7072e397f62464 bytes
60xfecb438f7abea262c9633616cbd8cfdf95024 bytes
70x4245c2866af20d3cdbd5590f965972c494000 bytes
80x84e3a1046596d7bf2d002892faa985de93736 bytes
90x58c322a1c497b30a940a8039b7f6ebfa141864 bytes
100x904403733b2c678633808e89d5304e20142888 bytes
110x21e858bd6b6ac12c669bf94df159981c153640 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. acevents.exe (ActivCard/ActivIdentity Events) has been seen on 0.13% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 8 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.actividentity.com/


Match #2

acevents.exe (acevents.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 7 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

acevents.exe -


Recommendation

Win Patrol

acevents.exe is returning insufficient information about this program.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.



Identification

In addition to the file name, acevents.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:ActivIdentity
Product contains:ActivClient Services
File name contains:\Program Files\ActivIdentity\ActivClient\acevents.exe

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. acevents.exe (acevents.exe) has been seen on 0.00% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 7 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.



Match #3

acevents.exe (ActivCard/ActivIdentity Events)

This program has not been seen on any systems tested at PC Pitstop in the past week.


PC Pitstop Analysis

acevents.exe - ActivCard / ActivIdentity
Belongs to ActivIdentity software
ActivIdentity® solutions include Smart Employee ID, Enterprise Single Sign On, Strong Authentication, Secure Information and Transactions, and Smart Citizen ID. ActivIdentity products include SecureLogin® SSO, ActivClient™ smart card middleware, ActivID™ Card Management System, 4TRESS™ AAA Server, one-time password (OTP) tokens, and ActivKey™ USB tokens.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

acevents.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.



Identification

In addition to the file name, acevents.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:ActivCard Corp.
Product contains:ActivCard ActivClient
File name contains:\ActivCard\ActivClient\

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


MD5 Hashes

MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called acevents.exe, we have detected 4 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
acevents.exe4
#MD5Size
10x6d050c660b4d01b1d7db87b0f88b89dd110592 bytes
20xb6fe82447d63d49b1bac7964015e8854114688 bytes
30x3babf92bcf27ea234c0e7f253ad70c5a118784 bytes
40xc410cc737478953f17eece738a35a0d786016 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. This program has not been seen on any systems tested at PC Pitstop in the past week.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.actividentity.com/

Important note: A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory. If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.