What is the "syntphelper.exe" ? Variant 17207816

Our database contains 4937 different files for filename syntphelper.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the syntphelper.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name syntphelper.exe. This file belongs to product Synaptics Pointing Device Driver and was developed by company Synaptics Incorporated. This file has description Synaptics Pointing Device Helper. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process syntphelper.exe.

Product:: Synaptics Pointing Device Driver
Company:: Synaptics Incorporated
Description:: Synaptics Pointing Device Helper
Version:: 16.2.14.2
MD5:: 51fcbed690165271c413dc8a1e734849
SHA1:: cf12a82c98df4af10a23db71f8767e24b924f196
SHA256:: 6693f0ad8d8dbf7513050efaf405e7cc2385cc5cd5792a35248e8852a6e5837b
Size:: 123704
Directory:: %PROGFILES64%\Synaptics\SynTP
Operating System:: Windows 8
Occurence:: High
Digital Signature:: Synaptics Incorporated

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Kaspersky Free	2016-09-05 20:58:30
360 Total Security	2016-09-05 03:53:09
Avira Antivirus	2016-08-29 15:55:34
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-08-27 22:51:39
avast! Antivirus	2016-08-22 19:09:41
ESET Smart Security 8.0	2016-07-28 01:02:19
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-07-17 09:29:19
Windows Defender	2016-07-04 02:55:45

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Reviews for different files with filename "%PROGFILES64%\Synaptics\SynTP\syntphelper.exe"

SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGFILES64%\Synaptics\SynTP\syntphelper.exe (Variant: 24455190)
Synaptics Incorporated is dealing with touch- and pointing devices for notebooks and personal computers. This file is Synaptics Pointing Device Helper for one of their drivers, see more on http://www.synaptics.com/ This helper must be running if the pointing device (touchpad) is in action. Disabling this executable can cause the pointing device to be unavailable.
SAFErating from user Sole238 for file %PROGFILES64%\Synaptics\SynTP\syntphelper.exe
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGFILES64%\Synaptics\SynTP\syntphelper.exe (Variant: 23823498)
Synaptics Incorporated is dealing with touch- and pointing devices for notebooks and personal computers. This file is Synaptics Pointing Device Helper for one of their drivers, see more on http://www.synaptics.com/ This helper must be running if the pointing device (touchpad) is in action. Disabling this executable can cause the pointing device to be unavailable.
SAFErating from user Anonymous for file %PROGFILES64%\Synaptics\SynTP\syntphelper.exe (Variant: 23571015)
Part of Synaptics' Touchpad driver enhancements. Disabling or killing this task could reduce touchpad functionality or even completely render your touchpad useless.