Asmonitor.exe is an executable file in the spyware family. It is some kind of software belonging to the real spy advertising program. When installed in your system, asmonitor.exe monitors the browsing patterns and resends the data back to the program creator for his convenience.
Asmonitor.exe also allows advertising pop-ups. Continuous and unconstructive pop up can be extremely annoying and sometimes ceases the system. This is a security risk to the computer and should be removed from the computer without delay.
The file asmonitor.exe can be found in the subfolder in the program files in the drive where the windows has been located. Identified file size for Windows XP are 2500096 bytes (40% of all occurrence), 665088 bytes, 2346496 bytes, 2345472 bytes, 664576 bytes, 2345984 bytes. You will find an icon in the taskbar for this program. It is generally found beside the clock. You won’t find the whereabouts of the maker for this program.
Asmonitor.exe can monitor several applications, record inputs for various resources, can be connected to the internet on its own and has the unique capacity to hide itself from the antispyware programs, just like Trojans. Here the security threat is 27%.
Asmonitor.exe can also be found in the ‘Program files\Common files’ in the drive where Windows has been installed. In that case the file size would be 666112 bytes and the security threat is increased up to 76%. Still you won’t find the name of the program maker. The threat is increased as because Asmonitor.exe can change the behavior of the other programs or can manipulate the functioning of them.
Asmonitor.exe can not be counted as a Windows core file. You can remove the program from the Start ? Control Panel ? Add/remove program.
apntex.exe is a driver software made for the touchpad hardware in any notebook computer. This touchpad software works only in NT/ 2000/ XP version of the Windows and must not be removed from the system unless and until any kind of hardware problem is faced.
The file apntex.exe can be found in the subfolder of the Program files where the Windows has been installed. Generally the program makes its own subfolder and can be located in the directory ‘Windows drive’\ Program files\Apoint. There are different recognized file sizes, for the Windows XP it is 45056 bytes (83% of all incidence), 32768 bytes, 40960 bytes and 36864 bytes. Thus the apntex.exe program can also be located by its file size.
apntex.exe is not a Windows system file, so you may not find it in the ‘Windows drive’\system 32 directory. The program can hide itself, so it is sometimes invisible. This program is not digitally signed by Microsoft, and technically the security threat can be determined as only 17%.
apntex.exe is flagged as a process integrated in the system and does not materialize as a security risk. Nevertheless, removing the program (basically a pointing device driver in the notebook computer) may adversely affect your system. The program is used by the notebook to collect inputs from either the touchpad or from the mouse pointer. Removing the program will not let the touchpad to work properly.
The security threat can be measured in the scale of 10 is only 2.
The acals.exe process is an application file that is called as AhnLab Program created by the AhnLab Inc. The acals.exe process belongs to the ACA 1.0 that is meant for the Windows.
It is important to remember that the acals.exe process is not one of the critical components. In order to optimize the CPU, memory and the Internet settings, you must run a scan of your computer system. The scan process also helps you in determining if the acals.exe process is a legitimate process of the Windows or is any type of virus, which is achieved by tracing the location of the acals.exe file from where it runs. The scan also helps you in identifying the errors that might be related to acals.exe process.
The acals.exe process is capable of running in the background. The most common path of the acals.exe process is “C: \Program files\ Common\ AhnLab\ ACA”. With this information, you could easily determine if your acals.exe file is a virus or not from the fact that the spyware version of this file will have a different path and has the potential to be spread over the system as well.
Some of the spyware or malware programs have the capability of disguising themselves as acals.exe process and could be spelt in a way slightly different from the original process.
In general, the acals.exe is an application process and is not a spyware, adware, malware or related to any other kind of pop ups. You must have a look at the details of the acals.exe process before you decide to delete or remove it from the system.
The a4proxy.exe process is better called as A4 Proxy. This a4proxy.exe process is created by iNet Privacy Software.
The a4proxy.exe process is capable of running a proxy server locally on your computer which makes you anonymous when you surf. The a4proxy.exe process disguises your IP address of your computer so as to make you an anonymous browser or user of the Internet while you browse the web sites.
The a4proxy.exe process is often an application process. The a4proxy.exe process does not appear as any kind of security risk, so is safer to use.
What the process server database does is that it registers the a4proxy.exe process to the software iNet Privacy for the present time. If at all you are much concerned about the a4proxy.exe process, you could visit any of the web sites available so as to verify if your file is revealing too much of information which could be done in the anonymous browsing section. The data in the process server database is updated frequently. But it is important to note that some of the viruses, if they exist might cause some inaccuracies. Such viruses could be named after a valid file such as A4 Proxy. You are recommended to verify the results always so as to ensure that you are safe from any kind of potential virus.
When you want to determine if the a4proxy.exe process is a virus or just another legitimate process in your system, you could perform a full scan of your computer to find the location or the path where it runs from.
The aoldial.exe is a system process that has the common file location “C:\Program files\Common Files\Aol\aoldial.exe”. This aoldial.exe program could be either installed by you or available on your system right from the day when you purchased the system and installed by preinstalled software.
Using the aoldial.exe file’s location, you could easily determine if it is a spyware or not. There are possibilities that the spyware version of the file could be slightly spelt in a different way so as to fool you and make the searching process difficult.
The aoldial.exe process is meant for AOL internet service and most often used in the cases of dial up connections. For those who use the broadband connections of the AOL or AOL BYOA which stands for “Bring Your Own Internet service”, your system is less likely to be infected by any type of adware or spyware.
If you feel that a spyware has disguised itself as the aoldial.exe file, you must check for the active processes that are running in the Task manager. In the process tab, you could easily trace the file that is unnecessarily running on the system and terminate them by clicking the “End process” button.
It is important to keep in mind that the aoldial.exe file is neither a spyware nor an adware. The aoldial.exe file is not related to any kind of pop up as well. The aoldial.exe file is neither a virus nor a Trojan and it is recommended that you should not remove aoldial.exe file.
The backweb.exe file is considered as a security risk. It is better known as Activsurf backweb. This backweb.exe process has been reported to be waiting in the background until you connect to the Internet. Upon the completion of a successful net connection, the backweb.exe process will try to download and install the updates if any, which are available in the system. In cases where the backweb.exe process proves to be a potential problem, you could choose to terminate the process.
It is strongly believed by most of the organizations since the Backweb software is increasingly used by the major companies of the world, the backweb.exe process seldom poses any problem and often enables the applications that exist to provide better productivity for the employees and the customers. Such companies believe that the backweb.exe file is not a spyware and it is a fact that most of the current anti-virus programs consider this backweb.exe as a legitimate process.
You can note that there is an icon present on the taskbar for the backweb.exe process next to the system clock. It is important to note that the backweb.exe process is not a system file of the Windows. The backweb.exe process is capable of listening and sending data to open ports via the Internet. The backweb.exe is capable of monitoring the active applications.
Some of the common file sizes of the backweb.exe are 28KB and 15KB. The file size of 15KB is the most common occurrence. You must note that the backweb.exe is not necessary to run during the start up.
The asm.exe file is considered as a security risk but originally is a file that is created by Brilliant Digitals. The asm.exe is more often associated with spyware and hence it is recommended to perform a system scan to detect and remove the spyware threats so as to guard the privacy of your system.
The manual steps to detect and remove the asm.exe file are discussed below:
The step one of the removal process is to search the path of the asm.exe file which could be done using the File search tool of the Windows. To refine your search results, you could use the “Look in” option and choose “Local Hard drives” and trace the path of the asm.exe file. Upon the completion of a successful search, you could copy the path that is present in the address bar.
In the step two of the manual removal process of asm.exe file, you must remove the asm.exe file from the active processes tab in the Task manager. This could be easily accomplished by clicking the highlighting the process and clicking the “End process” button.
As the last step of the removal of the asm.exe process, you are supposed to detect and remove other asm.exe related files. This could be done by running the Command prompt and search for the desired asm.exe file by just typing in “dir/” followed by the name of the folder. The files could then be deleted using the command “del” followed by the filename. The entire folder could be deleted using the “rmdir” command.
“acais.exe” is an application process that runs in the background on the machine. It is more or less an independent executable file, which does not need an external process to initiate it. This application process comes as a part of ACA 1.2 for Windows, which is a product of the company AhnLab, Inc.
There have been numerous discoveries of the acais.exe process and with different version numbers. Some of the version numbers that have been found recently are 1203, 1201 and 1205. Out of these, the most common occurrence is that of 1203, which is of a size of 23 kb approximately. Other versions of this service process exist in different sizes.
“acais.exe” bound to create and register a dll (Dynamic Link Library) file associated with the system processes. Since this runs as an independent background process, it is created, executed and terminated by itself. While being on execution, the files gets code entries from other programs and saves them to its own virtual memory space.
The process normally resides in one of the following two folders, “program files\ common files\ ahnlab\ aca” or “program files\ ahnlab\ aca”. Though this file resides in the parent installation directory of the ACA application, it serves to be a malware program since it does not come along with a legitimate certificate signed by a trusted windows source. These do not pose serious threats to the system or the information within the system. The process can be removed permanently from the system by using a proper anti spyware software.
“a2service.exe” is a service program that accompanies the anti spyware program, A-Squared. This gets installed by itself in your system as when you install the anti spyware application. Since this is a service process, it should not be terminated, disabled or deleted for the proper functioning of your spyware software. This normally resides in program files\ a-squared folder.
The process, “a2service.exe” may either be a legitimate service program or a virus. This is determined by its residence in the system. If the file resides at the usual folder in the system, it is a legitimate service process. If not, it is a virus and has to be removed from the system. Though being a virus, it does not affect the system in any way other than slowing the system to a very small extent.
The process often continues to remain in the system even after the program a-squared has been uninstalled from the system. It continues to run as an independent process even if the backs up processes of a-squared do not remain in the computer.
Further attempts to delete the process from the resident folder invoke an access denial to you. Some of the ways to delete it permanently from the system is by doing so when the system has been booted under safe mode or by using “Unlocker” applications. If these are not able to remove the process, registry settings can be changed before manual deletion of the file or by stopping the services in the control panel by disabling the startup type.
“a006.exe” is a spyware program that resides in the WINDOWS folder or in the “System Volume Information” folder in the parent drive of the system. It is a private process owned by the Claria Corporation as a part of the Claria advertisement program. Inner part of the process information reveals that it is part of “Adware.W32.Claria”.
This program runs in the background and monitors your surfing history and all the pages you visit online. Later on, it sends the information to an online database in a remote system. This database analyses the information sent by the a006 program for its own use. Due to this, there is considerable loss of your private information in the form of your browsing history.
The a006 process also acts as an adware. It constantly invokes advertisement windows and pop-ups as a means to disturb you. Apart from being an adware and a spyware to a small extent, it does not bring about great loss to the system.
The a006 process has a security threat of 20% to the system. It slows down the system by eating up memory. It is advisable for you to disable this process immediately after it has been detected. It can be removed by the possible use of any anti spyware program like spysweeper.
Since this program runs as a background process along with the other processes, it can be visible in the task list in the task manager program. To disable it temporarily, end the process directly from the task manager applications bar.
“alcmtr.exe” is a process that gets installed in your computer system along with some other program or package that you had installed previously. The most common occurrence is with the RealTek AC97 program which is an audio driver application. Just like other malfunctioning programs, this also accompanies pirated operating system software and is installed along with it.
The process resides either in the “Windows” folder or in the “System32” folder. Though it is not really a spyware, it plays the role of a spyware. It is neither an adware nor a virus. The main aim of the program is to monitor the system’s actions and report it to the concerned audio driver database for maintenance of customer’s feedbacks. This program can be viewed on your system’s task list in the task manager. This is often displayed as misspelled program just as a means of escaping from anti spyware programs.
Experts have rated the security and harm threats of alcmtr.exe at 1 out of 10. This program does not result in any serious damage to the computer system’s resources except for providing small information from the user’s action. This is of no harm to the user.
As the process runs in the background like a spyware, it eats up very little and negligible amount of speed of the system. However, the deletion of this program produces small harmful results. The unavailability of this program will result in the audio driver disallowing any kind of updates on itself. Hence, removing the alcmtr.exe lies in your hands.
“arupld32.exe” is a background process, which is much similar to a normal spyware program. It resides in any of the parent directories and starts executing as soon as the computer is booted. The main aim of the process is to monitor the user whenever he connects to the internet and reports the browsing history to an online ISP or a database that it is related to. This hinders the user’s privacy without even letting its identity to the user.
The program runs automatically you try to connect to the internet. Hence, it is not required for it to reside along with the start up processes. Due to this fact, it does not show up itself with the startup processes. Therefore, most users do not identify it, which leads to the lessening of the system’s speed and leakage of personal information.
Another major disturbance created by this program is the creation and display of advertisements and pop-ups. Since this program is completely associated with a remote program or database, to which it connects online, it has no job to perform when the user is not connected to the internet.
The security risk of arupld.exe, according to experts is 20%. Though this does not bring serious damage to the computer’s resources, the loss of private information may prove to be costly. Hence, you must deal with this seriously.
Using an anti-spyware program like spysweeper or any other online antispyware programs can clean off this program and increase the clock speed of the computer.
The acaas.exe is generally an application file and is created by the company AhnLab Inc. The version numbers of the process accaas.exe include 0, 1 and 2. The acaas.exe is usually located in the destination C:\Program files\Fichiers communs\ Ahnlab\ Aca\. The product for the Windows version is called ACA 1.2 and follows the AhnLab common architecture.
You are recommended to perform a scan of your system so as to ensure that the acaas.exe is legitimate and is signed digitally by the company AhnLab Inc.
The acaas.exe has the ability to affect the executable files in the respect that those executable files that are running would be closed by the Windows because of the errors generated by acaas.exe.
It is important to note that the acaas.exe file is not digitally signed. The publisher of the acaas.exe, AhnLab has not signed the file from a trusted source of Windows with a certificate. Since there are several files left unsigned by different publishers, you should not take it for granted that the file is malicious if it is not digitally signed.
Also it is recommended that you should calculate the MD5 hash of the acaas.exe always so as to make yourself sure that the process that is running on the system is safer to use and could be trusted. Further, the MD5 hash of the acaas.exe file along with its digital signature, if available, will ensure that the acaas.exe file is not a virus, spyware, adware or any other kind of malware and the publisher of the file are in deed AhnLab Inc.
The file aupdate.exe is better known as Auto-updater aupdate. This process belongs to the software called Live Update or the aupdate.exe and is created by the Symantec Corporation.
The aupdate.exe is an application file and is usually considered as a risk to the computer’s security owing to the fact that most of the programs that remove spyware flag this aupdate.exe as a spyware. There has also been a constant complaint on the performance by the users who have aupdate.exe in their computers.
If in your computer system you have the process aupdate.exe in an active state, then it is likely that you must also have a Tinybar adware program’s variation that is installed in your system. In the Internet explorer, a toolbar is installed by the process aupdate.exe.
As far as the effects of having the process aupdate.exe in your system is considered, your system is likely to be prone to various attacks if this file is present and hence it is recommended that you remove the aupdate.exe from the system without further delay. If in contrary, the removal of the process aupdate.exe is delayed your system will be subject to various problems that include leakage of private information, data loss and considerable reduction in the system performance.
The aupdate.exe is not a system file of the Windows and does not have any visible window. In some cases, the aupdate.exe is located in the destination aupdate.exe folder, and in other cases aupdate.exe is located in C:\Windows or in the sub folders of the same.
The adobe gamma loader.exe is a system process and is an executable file as the extension suggests. In order to ensure yourself that the file is not a spyware, you must check the spelling for twice if it is correct.
The adobe gamma loader.exe is basically installed with the other Adobe products and it will in most of the cases, appended to the startup when Adobe Photoshop is installed. The chief purpose of the adobe gamma loader.exe is the adjustment of monitor colors and is used by the professionals in graphics. Though it doesn’t prove to be harmful when placed in the start up, it is not that essential to have it there. In some cases, the adobe gamma loader.exe might be seen as adobeg~1.exe.
You must always keep in mind that the adobe gamma loader.exe is neither a spyware nor an adware. It is neither a Trojan nor a virus. And hence we recommend you not to remove the adobe gamma loader.exe.
The adobe gamma loader.exe is usually placed in the location where the Adobe folder is installed. If you doubt that your system is infected with spyware, just check for files with similar names as adobe gamma loader.exe in other locations. Also, you can view the list of all active processes in the Process tab of the Task Manager, from where you could easily trace out the malicious spyware that are misspelled with a slight variation as the original adobe gamma loader.exe process and are currently active in the system.
The belt.exe contains the process www.abetterinternet.com that is created by Better Internet Inc.
The belt.exe is also known as a better internet belt and it is related to computer network security. The belt.exe is a security risk and gets started when the Windows gets loaded. The belt.exe has a visible window and is not a core file of the Windows. The technical security rating of the belt.exe process has been reported to be 26% dangerous.
The process belt.exe process is related to products of spyware which come from ‘A better internet’. The chief reason why the belt.exe is considered a security risk is because of the progressive complaints from the users on its performance. Since the better internet poses a vulnerable situation, it needs to be fixed as early as possible. If the removal of belt.exe is delayed, there are possibilities that your computer system might be subjected to a handful of problems that include loss of data, slow performance and private information leakage.
Though the removal of the belt.exe is quite difficult, if not removed, there are likely to be issues on privacy associated with the same. Usually, the Process Server Database registers the belt.exe process to abetterinternet.com.
The process belt.exe is generally is present in the location C:\Windows and has the common file size has 80Kb. It is possible that certain malware disguise as the belt.exe process and hence the system needs to be periodically scanned especially in the locations C:\Windows and C:\Windows\System32, where the chances of malware presence are brighter.
The file a.exe was first noticed on June 11, 2007 in the US. It often refers to multiple versions of executable program and is considered a security risk. The file a.exe is transferred via email mostly and gets installed on its own on the computer. Whenever a.exe is installed, it registers itself as a worm called W32.Ahlem.A@mm.
The a.exe file is capable of performing several behaviors. It can add a registry key that auto starts the Programs while the system boots. The a.exe can execute a process on its own and write into virtual memory of another process. It can potentially communicate with other systems by the use of TCP protocols.
The a.exe can delete and create other processes that are present in the disk. It can read phone book information and email addresses. The a.exe can even execute processes that are stored in temporary folders. It can read the contents of autoexec.bat file.
The a.exe retrieves the websites’ IP address by making use of DNS. It uses IRC protocols so as to make outbound communications to IM chat rooms and services of other computers. As the worst case, the a.exe can obtain control of the entire system or keep trace of the mouse activity and keyboard intent by hooking code into the processes that are active.
The most common size of the file a.exe is 65Kb and is related with CWS.Paytime-Hijacker, which is a malware group. The a.exe has to be removed from the computer as soon as you detect it because it is most often a spyware or an adware.
The 1xconfig.exe is a system process whose process name is SCM Micro Systems Helper and is generally created by SCM Micro Systems. The original file name is 1xconfig.exe and it is located usually in the destination “C:\Windows\System32” or at times in the location “C:\Documents and Settings”. The common file size of 1xconfig.exe is approximately 18Kb (in more than 75% of the occurrences) and in certain cases 20Kb – 22Kb.
The 1xconfig.exe is mostly a visible program and it is not a core file of the Windows. Since the 1xconfig.exe has the capability to record the inputs, the technical security rating has been reported to be 50% dangerous. If you want to remove the file use the “Add or remove programs” option in the Control panel which is accessible from the Start menu.
There are possibilities that few malwares disguise themselves as the system process 1xconfig.exe more often when they are located in either C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Windows. So it is required that you must check if 1XConfig.exe is a pest or not. Windows Security Manager can be used to do this job which verifies the security status of your system.
Since 1XConfig.exe is a system process, it is often recommended that you must not either move or delete the file. In few systems, depending on the manufacturer who adapted the drivers originally, the 1XConfig.exe causes crashes. You can disable the file with the Ultimate Troubleshooter if the problems could not be resolved manually. This method has proved to be effective in most of the cases.
The adefragctrl.exe is a system process and belongs to the software named Ashampoo Magical Defrag whose creator is unknown. Ashampoo Magical Defrag is the internal name of the file while the original file name is adefragctrl.exe.
The adefragctrl.exe is located in the destination “C:\Program Files” and its common size in Windows XP is 40Kb – 45Kb (almost 70% of the time) and 22Kb in some cases. Generally the program has an icon next to the clock on the taskbar. Hence adefragctrl.exe has a visible window. Since the adefragctrl.exe has the capability to record the inputs, the technical security rating has been reported to be 18% dangerous.
In certain situations, few malwares disguise themselves as adefragctrl.exe and the chances are bright when they are located in the destination C:\windows\system32 or just C:\windows. So it is necessary that you must check for the adefragctrl.exe process and verify that it is not an unwanted file. You can use the Security Task Manager so as to verify your system’s security. The Security Task Manager has been reported to be among the top downloaded items of The Washington Post in 2005 and PC World.
From the log, you can notice that you might have been running different programs of Anti virus that have the “Auto protect” option enabled. Hence you must avoid running numerous security scans in the background which could ironically produce incompatibility related issues. This in turn might result in serious slowdown of the system and in some cases, even retard the reliability of the system.
000stthk.exe is essentially an application process that is installed with Toshiba Notebooks and is intended to provide these devices an additional configuration option. Though 000stthk.exe is not an essential process, you should not terminate the process unless and otherwise it poses any problems.
The 000stthk.exe is a visible program and usually starts when the Windows gets loaded. Since it is not a system file of the Windows, the technical security has been reported to be 35% dangerous.
It is important to remember that this file is not a spyware. It should not be wrongly interpreted as either adware or popup related and also it should not be considered as a Trojan or a virus. You must usually avoid the idea of removing the 000stthk.exe file as it is not a recommended action.
You are to decide whether or not this 000stthk.exe program be run right from the time of start up. If you think it is better to have it available when needed by letting the program getting started automatically, you should not disable it.
The main purpose of the 000stthk.exe is that it is used on Toshiba computers’ function keys. In order to find the location of this file, you must to do a Windows search using the “Search for files and folders” option. Since the name of the file is unique, the search will be more effective. The location of the file is usually C:\Windows\System32.
The 000stthk.exe usually might be misspelled slightly so that you don’t find it and there are possibilities that adware and spyware are named quite similar to the system file. So you must make a point in checking the location of the processes.
The aawservice.exe is an application file and not a system file of the Windows. This aawservice.exe program is invisible and could be uninstalled using the “Add or Remove Programs” from the control panel. Since aawservice.exe can monitor other applications, the technical security rating has been reported to be 23% dangerous.
The most frequent issue related with the aawservice.exe is that the Ad-Aware 2007 starts this aawservice.exe which keeps running for all the while. Since it has no monitoring capability in the real time, it is more often unnecessary to have it running.
Since the aawservice.exe is necessary only when you perform a manual scan of your computer, it is better if you turn off the aawservice.exe auto load during the start up. The Ad-Aware 2007 workaround has effectively resolved the problem. In this, you must first enter the Service Management console by typing in “services.msc” in the Run command in the start menu. Then select the “Ad-Aware 2007 Service” from the list of displayed items and open it by double-clicking. Choose the “Manual” option in the Startup Type, click “Ok” and close the window.
Thereby, the aawservice.exe program will never be loaded at the start up of the Windows. This aawservice.exe will however will be auto loaded when the Ad-Aware 2007 is run. It will remain running even when the Ad-Aware 2007 is run but could be safely killed using the “End process” option in the Task Manager. And the method described above to prevent the auto load has proved to work in more than 90 percent of the cases.