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Tip from the PitCrew

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.

Process Library

  

atkosd2.exe (ATKOSD2)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.14%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 8 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

atkosd2.exe is a ATKOSD2.exe belonging to ATKOSD2


Recommendation

Win Patrol

atkosd2.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, atkosd2.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 is not specified
Product contains:ATKOSD2

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 atkosd2.exe, we have detected 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
atkosd2.exe10
#MD5Size
10x6f3c6e627c038373237c25ac8f54e8f07651328 bytes
20xedeeab02f1a6828dff61ff50059baf0a7737344 bytes
30xfc1f22ee51a80832e58a50311eb7ad8f8105984 bytes
40x2299e0cbefb41a9dd72e293ce0b00c8b7766016 bytes
50xc49d6a081c9212174adf3594c8aaab0b7708672 bytes
60xbbbeba6d33f9cc659e477827eed47db38392704 bytes
70x32f43be36aac4e10c88ec24b34770c0d6859392 bytes
80xeba7feb924d04e718870b6e1e07d24658493624 bytes
90xb9dae38bf41c76274d65435b478a854f8568832 bytes
100x56774620e6a8aa93719b1763cf5e57666937216 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. atkosd2.exe (ATKOSD2) has been seen on 0.14% 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%.


Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

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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.