What is vksts.exe?

vksts.exe is part of Harmony and developed by Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited according to the vksts.exe version information.

vksts.exe's description is "Csr Bluetooth OSD Settings"

vksts.exe is digitally signed by Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd..

vksts.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\CSR\CSR Harmony Wireless Software Stack\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about vksts.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on vksts.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameHarmony
Company nameCambridge Silicon Radio Limited
File descriptionCsr Bluetooth OSD Settings
Internal namevksts
Original filenamevksts
Legal copyrightCopyright c Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited, 2010-12Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited
Product version2.1.63.0
File version2.1.63.0

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

Product nameHarmony
Company nameCambridge Silicon Radio Limited
File descriptionCsr Bluetooth OSD Settings
Internal namevksts
Original filenamevksts
Legal copyrightCopyright c Cambridge Silicon Radio ..
Product version2.1.63.0
File version2.1.63.0

Digital signatures [?]

vksts.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCambridge Silicon Radio Ltd.
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2
Certificate serial number1121a82fa068e6c20657ae6b01bb05095430

VirusTotal report

None of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the vksts.exe file.

None of the 54 anti-virus programs detected the vksts.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b65cd168e1fd0a5d287f9297204ca209
SHA2565eac976f146202e1495a3c9802f013acfb7d6f15895ee575e0c0f4ed7058b534

Error Messages

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

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

vksts.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.

Csr Bluetooth OSD Settings has stopped working.

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

vksts.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with vksts.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with vksts.exe. 55% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 11 users.

User vote results: There were 6 votes to remove and 5 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with vksts.exe. Only 11 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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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.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Nio writes

1 thumb

Отлично! -хорошо.

# 12 Jun 2018, 13:28

astrid03 writes

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Je ne sais pas ce qu'est ce programme que je n'ai pas installé. a quoi sert il? VAUT IL MIEUX LE DESINSTALLER?

# 4 Sep 2018, 7:11

Roger Karlsson writes

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Google translate of Astrid's comment: "I do not know what is this program that I did not install. what is it used for? IS IT BETTER TO UNINSTALL IT?"

I'm not sure what the file does, but it appears to be installed on the computer when using a Bluetooth dongle built by Cambridge Silicon Radio.

# 7 Sep 2018, 4:02

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