What is ALCMTR.EXE?

ALCMTR.EXE is part of Realtek AC97 Audio - Event Monitor and developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp. according to the ALCMTR.EXE version information.

ALCMTR.EXE's description is "Realtek Azalia Audio - Event Monitor"

ALCMTR.EXE is digitally signed by Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher.

ALCMTR.EXE is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about ALCMTR.EXE.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ALCMTR.EXE:

PropertyValue
Product nameRealtek AC97 Audio - Event Monitor
Company nameRealtek Semiconductor Corp.
File descriptionRealtek Azalia Audio - Event Monitor
Internal nameAlcxmntr
Original filenameAlcxmntr.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2004 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Product version1.6.0.2
File version1.6.0.2

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameRealtek AC97 Audio - Event Monitor
Company nameRealtek Semiconductor Corp.
File descriptionRealtek Azalia Audio - Event Monitor
Internal nameAlcxmntr
Original filenameAlcxmntr.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2004 Realtek Semicondu..
Product version1.6.0.2
File version1.6.0.2

Digital signatures [?]

ALCMTR.EXE has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Windows Hardware Compatibility PCA
Certificate serial number61060e0c000000000008

VirusTotal report

None of the 52 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ALCMTR.EXE file.

None of the 52 anti-virus programs detected the ALCMTR.EXE file.

Folder name variants

ALCMTR.EXE may also be located in other folders than C:\WINDOWS\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD58b4cbba1ea526830c7f97e7822e2493a
SHA2561dfd05b1c0050db44f5b4293e5574bfc292af804a63fc0a70131bb498c326977

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to alcmtr.exe:

alcmtr.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

alcmtr.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Realtek Azalia Audio - Event Monitor has stopped working.

End Program - alcmtr.exe. This program is not responding.

alcmtr.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

alcmtr.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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User vote results: There were 9 votes to remove and 71 votes to keep

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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2 thumbs

ALCMTR.EXE is a legit file from Realtek Semiconductor.

# 1 Jul 2009, 13:31

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