Estimated safety rating

killerservice.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers many of the "probable danger" flags described bellow. It is yet unknown if killerservice.exe is a virus or not which doesn't harm your PC. We recommend you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

This program is usually stored in C:\Program Files\Qualcomm Atheros\Network Manager\KillerService.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is 488936c5c09ac64f35dc817bfe34f3d9.

Is running as a service

This application is registered as a Windows service. This means it operates on your system in background, usually without showing any user interface to you. Most Windows services are useful programs, which provide useful functions to other programs or to Windows in general.

Accepts incoming connections

killerservice.exe appears to act as a internet server. This means other programs can probably create connections to it. This is sometimes ok, but in some cases it can cause a security breach. We recommend looking at this carefully.

Accesses the internet

This application uses the Internet to communicate. Today this is expected from a program. For example, most of the apps on your PC check for new updates. For this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 64 bit executable file

64-bit code has been detected. This application can use the full power of a modern computer cpu.

File description

The description written in the program is Qualcomm Atheros Killer Network Service.

File version

File version 1.1.39.1040.

Manufacturer

Maker Qualcomm Atheros.

Copyright

Legal copyright Copyright (C) 2013.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some dangerous features of Windows have been used, such as functions for intercepting the keyboard. We recommend you to be very careful regarding this program.

Digitally signed

The digital signature is missing from this program. The authors did not sign it. This is usually bad.

Can be uninstalled

It has an uninstall string in registry, which is good. si are uninstall.