adefragctrl.exe – Should You Remove It?

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.