How to remove an CALMAIN error

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CALMAIN.exe file information

The process known as Canon Camera Access Library (version 8) belongs to software Canon Camera Access Library or Camera Access Library by Canon (www.canon.com).

Description: CALMAIN.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 96,341 bytes (60% of all occurrences), 96,370 bytes and 4 more variants.
There is no information about the author of the file. The program is not visible. It is not a Windows system file. CALMAIN.exe is able to monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 43% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
You can remove the entire program Canon Camera Access Library or Camera Access Library using Windows Control Panel.

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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as CALMAIN.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the CALMAIN.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

Part of Canon Camera Utilities
Daniel

Part of the Canon digital utilities package. Not a problem, but tends to take up CPU & RAM. And Harry, Firefox loads just fine - you have a deeper problem.
Mike

app failure report in win 7/64

Installs with Canon digital camera software

\Program Files\Canon\CAL\CALMAIN.exe ; Canon Access Library 8 (Windows Service) ; Kameratreiber / Camera driver Canon

canon 400d

It's not working properly. Firefox will not start if it is loaded.
Harry

CANON Camera Driver
andrew

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Summary: Average user rating of CALMAIN.exe: based on 22 votes with 9 reviews.

13 users think CALMAIN.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 6 users think it's probably harmless. 3 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 4 users doesn't grade CALMAIN.exe ("not sure about it").

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