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realmon.exe

What is realmon.exe?


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Windows Process Description:

The process file realmon.exe or Realtime Monitor is a vital component of the CA Antivirus version 6 or eTrust Antivirus version 6 or InoculateIT. The file realmon.exe is from the company Computer Associates. The central task of the realmon.exe process is to monitor the computer system in real time or while you are using to keep track of any suspicious files and activity that may cause harm to the system. The realmon.exe application is necessary to run upon Windows startup since it will automatically keep track of your system's security. It is greatly discouraged that users terminate the realmon.exe file since it will not be able to identify and detect malicious threats that may be trying to infiltrate the computer system. As a consequence, the system will not be safeguarded and malicious threats will be bale to enter the system with no resistance at all.

The realmon.exe process file is classified as a background process cine it does not show an evident window when it is running in the system. The application realmon.exe is automatically started during the Windows boot up process when it launches these registry entries: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/User Shell Folders. Although the realmon.exe process is not considered by Windows as a core process, it is still considered as a system process.

The executable file realmon.exe is also capable of recording user inputs aside from monitoring the system. The realmon.exe executable then stores the inputs and its findings to be shown to the user later in the form of a report. Generally observed file sizes for the realmon.exe file includes 504080 bytes in 38% of all instances and 274432 bytes, 282624 bytes, 374584 bytes, 385024 bytes and 493024 bytes in the remaining 62% of all occurrences. These observed file sizes of the realmon.exe process are all seen on a Windows XP Operating System. CA Antivirus or eTrust Antivirus or InoculateIT software in cooperation with the realmon.exe process file safeguards computer system from all known viruses, Trojans, worms, Spyware and malware.

Author: Computer Associates.

Author URL: www.ca.com

Part Of: CA Antivirus /eTrust Antivirus

Memory Usage: High as the process realmon.exe process is a monitoring utility and uses around 1.5 megabytes or higher of the system's memory resources.

System Process: Yes

Application: Yes

Background Process: Yes

Uses Network: No

Uses Internet: No

Hardware Related: No

Common Path: C:\Program Files\ CA\eTrust\InoculateIT\realmon.exe

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