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smax4pnp.exe file information

The process SMax4PNP MFC Application belongs to the software SMax4PNP Application or Black Hawk Down Server Manager or SoundMAX or Edmark Algebra Calculator or Clients & Profits X Demo or Acoustica Effects Pack or IDAutomation.com Interleaved or smax4pnp.exe or SmartSound Quicktracks Plugin or Adobe Integrated Runtime or SMax4PNP MFC Application or Sony Ericsson Device Data or My Book Device Driver or HP Backup and Recovery by Analog Devices, Inc (www.analog.com).

Description: smax4pnp.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" - generally C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 1,404,928 bytes (34% of all occurrence), 1,388,544 bytes, 925,696 bytes, 790,528 bytes, 1,368,064 bytes, 843,776 bytes, 868,352 bytes, 774,144 bytes, 872,448 bytes, 962,560 bytes, 847,872 bytes, 1,036,288 bytes, 1,282,048 bytes, 1,015,808 bytes, 1,261,568 bytes, 1,183,744 bytes, 1,040,384 bytes, 1,097,728 bytes, 1,396,736 bytes, 37,748 bytes, 1,044,480 bytes, 1,167,360 bytes, 31,849 bytes, 1,302,528 bytes, 14,348 bytes, 24,080 bytes.
smax4pnp.exe is not a Windows core file. The application starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The program is not visible. Therefore the technical security rating is 37% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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External information from Paul Collins:

• "SoundMAXPnP" can run at start up. SoundMax integrated sound. Required if you have custom settings for your sound, such as effects and environments

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as smax4pnp.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the smax4pnp.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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it recently poped up in my task manager process list, it was never there, I check regularly.
  joe  

The 4.0 version has a memory leak that freeses the Windows task bar first and than the whole operating system. Otherwise harmless.
  Ocino  

Doesn't appear to be malicious. IE froze while I was looking at a Java page (is that considered malicious yet?) and Task Manager said smax4pnp.exe was the culprit. I killed it, killed the Java page, and everything returned to normal. I blame Microsoft.
  Daniel  

It's a soundmax driver, although seems to cause many problems for many people, including myself. Get a different soundcard and get rid of this, it's a windows explorer nightmare
  Echizen  

driver that comes with SoundMax, causes problems in games
  BetYouNoOneReadsThis  

Benötige ich, weil ansonsten einer der Mikrofonanschlüsse nur sehr leise funktioniert. Wird aber von Vista nicht als sicher erkannt, und muss bei jedem Start manuell gestartet werden.
  Thomas  

Definitely not dangerous at all.
   

Seems to cause Hellgate: London to fail to update multiplayer patches
  Bill  

it keeps freezing my comp during shut down...
  ruddin  

presentation director
   

Driver for built-in sound card on Asus mobo
  Alfa52  

comes with soundmax drivers from Analog Devices
  johanhelmons   (further information)

smax4pnp.exe is part of the SoundMAX software/driver package for onboard sound on many motherboards. It is not necessary for sound to work after the drivers are installed. However, it does seem to be necessary if you wish to use the SoundMAX Control Panel software. Both of these will run on startup after the software installation, and can be safely disabled without hurting basic sound functionality. smax4pnp.exe is only necessary if you wish to use the additional "features" of the SoundMAX Control Panel software, which will not run properly without it. Also, like others, I have experienced occ
  DeadFire   (further information)

Sound Max Driver (version 4) plug-n-play ( for when you plug in your speakers / mic, makes you get that dialog box asking what you plugged in....)
  Ned  

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