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 1257472 bytes (34% of all occurrence), 565248 bytes, 1277952 bytes, 552960 bytes, 512000 bytes, 516096 bytes, 544768 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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User Comments

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

Altiris Agent, for software and hardware inventory
Stephen

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

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

Hogs CPU Memory and reduces CPU output and efficiency
Pianorocker

Part of the Altiris Suite
Harron Von Lyle Sr.

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

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)

It's Altiris Agent process. Harmless.
eXe (further information)

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)

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

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

It is used by our company for monitoring and updates. Very annoying when it's trying to do something and eating up your CPU

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

corporate software management tool

it uses up my CPUs, I don't trust IT guys lurking in the dark rooms.
Jerry

how to remove it
plankhawaii

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)

Its eating up 95 - 99% of my CPU so its possibly bad

Summary: 7 users think AeXNSAgent.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 6 users think it's probably harmless. 5 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 3 users suspect danger. 1 user think AeXNSAgent.exe is dangerous and recommend to remove it.. 3 users doesn't grade AeXNSAgent.exe ("not sure about it").

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