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How to remove AeXNSAgent error


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AeXNSAgent.exe file information

The process AeXNSAgent or Altiris Agent belongs to the software Altiris Agent by Altiris, Inc.

Description: File AeXNSAgent.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows XP are 1,277,952 bytes (35% of all occurrence), 1,257,472 bytes, 565,248 bytes, 552,960 bytes, 1,523,712 bytes, 512,000 bytes, 516,096 bytes, 544,768 bytes.
File AeXNSAgent.exe is not a Windows system file. The application listens for or sends data on open ports to LAN or Internet. The program has no visible window. AeXNSAgent.exe is able to hide itself, monitor applications, record inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 52% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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This process will use a lot of your processor when there are updates or polling happening on the network. One way to get around this would be to open Altiris from the task bar and select block network traffic. You'll then be given a choice as to how long you want to block it. This should delay any work Altiris wants to do until you are done with your shift.
  David  
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is installed as part of Altiris program by the IT-department of ouder company
  Frank :--:  
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It is one of the tools that IT depts can use to bog down end users' systems. Although it is often very effective, there may occasionally be users who are still able to be somewhat productive and will require alternative remedies.
  Gondring  
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it is used to keep your company machine secure
  aj  
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If you are having issues with it taking up too much time select "enable bandwith control" from within altris agent. With this selected it should improve performance.
   
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Scannt die Festplatte nach ausführbaren Dateien ab, legt unter Umständen beim Starten den ganzen Rechner lahm, wenn die Priorität des Prozesses nicht auf "niedrig" gesetzt wird. = absolut überflüssiger Arbeitsspeicher-Fresser
   
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It is installed by your company's IT department to aid with deployment of software. But it can be a big pain in the butt when it eats up your CPUs.
   
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IT departments install this thing on purpose to track and manage desktops, but its a terrible application that destroys the machine due to resource hogging
  Steve  
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Start itself as system, then switch to your credentials! So use your security levels to di dangerous things. Can spy and copy thing from your HDD.
  Giu  
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Altiris Agent, for software and hardware inventory
  Stephen  
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my laptop slows down over the weekend, and only monday have i found out a process that sucks up all my cpu and it is this alteris agent. i think guys at altiris made this stupid agent program so poorly, now that symantec is buying them, lets see if improvements will come out.
  kris  
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To make it go away: assuming you have admin rights on your PC you can just disable the 'Altris Agent' and 'Altris Client' services. And the IT bods wont be able to monitor your PC, and possibly be a little upset...
  Bill  
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Hogs CPU Memory and reduces CPU output and efficiency
  Pianorocker  
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Part of the Altiris Suite
  Harron Von Lyle Sr.  
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It may be necessary - but it is a DOG in regard to response time. Even on a highly speced laptop, it produces s-l-o-w response to any other executing app!
  Chris Golitsyn  
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If it is on your work PC and you remove it, you will upset your IT security people. Leave it alone. It is needed to push updates to your machine. If it is one your home PC, then it is probably a virus/trojan and you should have been running some kind of anti-virus application. See what happens when you don't? Google for tons of free anti-virus/anti-spyware software that can take care of this.
  Akiaz   (further information)
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It's Altiris Agent process. Harmless.
  eXe   (further information)
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Altiris Software Deployment process, your IT folks use it to make sure you get security updates and push new software to your computer
  Dave G   (further information)
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Before I kill this process on a 2 GHz machine with 2 GB of RAM, my computer has the performance of a virus-laden 386 machine - seconds can pass before a keystroke appears. After I kill this process, my machine becomes useful.
  mark  
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Just one of the agents in the Altiris Suite of desktop management . If your company uses Altiris then it's supposed to be there. If you're have CPU issues with it then notify your IT help desk. This product costs upwards of $100k to implement so casually removing it because you, the user, don't know what it is, is likely to inspire the curses of your IT dept.
  Eric  
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It is used by our company for monitoring and updates. Very annoying when it's trying to do something and eating up your CPU
   
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It's installed by the IT folks, and lets them spy on and update your computer. The stupid thing runs at high priority... if your corporate computer is running slowly and accessing the disk, this may be the reason.
  Bryce  
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corporate software management tool
   
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it uses up my CPUs, I don't trust IT guys lurking in the dark rooms.
  Jerry  
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how to remove it
  plankhawaii  
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This program is usually setup by your corporation for automatic updates. It allows IT folks to do remote management and remore software installs on your laptop/desktop.
  fielder50   (further information)
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Its eating up 95 - 99% of my CPU so its possibly bad
   

Summary: 14 users think AeXNSAgent.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 6 users think it's probably harmless. 6 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 3 users suspect danger. 1 user think AeXNSAgent.exe is dangerous and recommend to remove it.. 4 users doesn't grade AeXNSAgent.exe ("not sure about it").

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