apntex.exe : All you need to know about

apntex.exe is a driver software made for the touchpad hardware in any notebook computer. This touchpad software works only in NT/ 2000/ XP version of the Windows and must not be removed from the system unless and until any kind of hardware problem is faced.

The file apntex.exe can be found in the subfolder of the Program files where the Windows has been installed. Generally the program makes its own subfolder and can be located in the directory ‘Windows drive’\ Program files\Apoint. There are different recognized file sizes, for the Windows XP it is 45056 bytes (83% of all incidence), 32768 bytes, 40960 bytes and 36864 bytes. Thus the apntex.exe program can also be located by its file size.

apntex.exe is not a Windows system file, so you may not find it in the ‘Windows drive’\system 32 directory. The program can hide itself, so it is sometimes invisible. This program is not digitally signed by Microsoft, and technically the security threat can be determined as only 17%.

apntex.exe is flagged as a process integrated in the system and does not materialize as a security risk. Nevertheless, removing the program (basically a pointing device driver in the notebook computer) may adversely affect your system. The program is used by the notebook to collect inputs from either the touchpad or from the mouse pointer. Removing the program will not let the touchpad to work properly.

The security threat can be measured in the scale of 10 is only 2.