What is icesoundservice64.exe?
icesoundservice64.exe is part of ICEsoundService and developed by ICEpower a/s according to the icesoundservice64.exe version information.
icesoundservice64.exe's description is "ICEpower ICEsound APO service"
icesoundservice64.exe is digitally signed by ICEpower a/s.
icesoundservice64.exe is usually located in the 'c:\windows\system32\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about icesoundservice64.exe.
If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.
Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on icesoundservice64.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | ICEsoundService |
| Company name | ICEpower a/s |
| File description | ICEpower ICEsound APO service |
| Internal name | ICEsoundService |
| Original filename | ICEsoundService.exe |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (c) 2018, ICEpower a/s |
| Product version | 1.0.0.32 |
| File version | 1.0.0.32 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | ICEsoundService |
| Company name | ICEpower a/s |
| File description | ICEpower ICEsound APO service |
| Internal name | ICEsoundService |
| Original filename | ICEsoundService.exe |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (c) 2018, ICEpower a/s |
| Product version | 1.0.0.32 |
| File version | 1.0.0.32 |
Digital signatures [?]
icesoundservice64.exe has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | ICEpower a/s |
| Certificate issuer name | DigiCert EV Code Signing CA |
| Certificate serial number | 0f5c689dc0717374609e20ed097b19d9 |
VirusTotal report
None of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the icesoundservice64.exe file.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | f2bae5611a3b6f9d57017ff450198148 |
| SHA256 | 96b73915090a8257686dff5fff61754a9c1c4033bbec32d1f60a0337e7319b66 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to icesoundservice64.exe:
icesoundservice64.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
icesoundservice64.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.
ICEpower ICEsound APO service has stopped working.
End Program - icesoundservice64.exe. This program is not responding.
icesoundservice64.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
icesoundservice64.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 81% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 133 users.
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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.
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I have had this on my system since 7-17-18 and was updated with my Realtec Audio and is safe. It runs with just .o1% of memory and nothing of my CPU... From what I have read people are worried about this ICEsoundService64 being a virus or maleware and I have had no problem and what I found it is a legit and certified program. I believe anyone having any problems, it's most likely comming from somewhere else... I have seen a lot of post elsewhere abot deleting it etc., I think that's when you will start having audio problems. I have used this for a lot of years > HijackThis and would suggest you scan with this too...
# 2 Aug 2018, 7:11
Tony writes
Legit file installed with Realtek HDA drivers, at least on an ASRock board with Realtek ALC1150 (manufactured 2016).
# 8 Dec 2018, 11:23
Antoine D writes
Mine is 20% of my CPU process when I use several things at the same time. As far as I am concerned, it doesn't seem to be safe, maybe a disguise malware..
# 4 Mar 2019, 6:00
Hunter writes
For the ones that say it's safe: stop your retarded bs, it is not it is an actual malware - i had and know many friends that had an issue with it, specially by consuming all your RAM and adding more torjans to my system.
# 15 May 2019, 18:51
adkuca writes
I believe it's a legit file, but there are some issues with it. For me, at some point it showed as 3GB commit memory, my RAM was 15/16GB and I couldn't find the numbers that would add up to 15GB, I killed the icesoundservice64 and it freed 10GB off of RAM. Before that I did restart my pc twice and after booting up it was 15/16GB, that's what got me suspicious, anyhow, after killing the process everything works fine, other than the icesoundservice64 growing in memory usage by seconds, it started low with 10MB, after several hours 40MB, several more hours 80MB, next day 250MB...
crazy stuff, idk whether to delete it or just keep killing it once now and then to clear its memory leak? idk
# 30 Apr 2020, 12:13
paolo writes
The file in question CAN be a legitimate one, but also CAN be malicious, as it seems to be commonly used to disguise malware (ie. malware attacks/blocks the legitimate one and takes over its identity) If it's taking 20% of cpu or 10 gbs of memory then it's likely malware and should be deleted. From what I can tell, if you have a professional audio device like a USB audio interface then the ICE sound service will be found on your system. Not sure if it will still be found if you do not have such a device, but basically if it is taking .01% of your cpu then it's likely legitimate, if it's 20% or especially higher, it's probably malware.
# 2 Jan 2022, 4:29
DrPseudo writes