How to remove an consent error

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Consent.exe file information

The process known as Consent UI for administrative applications belongs to software Microsoft Windows Operating System or Betriebssystem Microsoft Windows by Microsoft (www.microsoft.com).

Description: The file consent.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32. The file size on Windows 7/XP is 81,920 bytes.
File consent.exe is a Windows system file. The program has no visible window. It is a Microsoft signed file. Therefore the technical security rating is 2% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as consent.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the consent.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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it blocked all my executable programs
AbC--++

Das Programm überprüft die Datei und fragt nach der Administrationsfreigabe. Danach wieder beendet.
soul

Consent.exe is a Vista User Account Control process that is automatically loaded on system startup, which may cause high CPU consumption and slow PC performance.
Mike

erscheint manchmal beim windows start im log fenster der firewall events von comodo personal firewall, dannach aber verschwindet der eintrag aus dem log (!!!) und stattdessen taucht scvhost,exe auf.
Wie Ich Bin

it pops up everytime i start up my computer and when i "x" it out it pops up again when i deleted it..it would read "exe."files a error sign would come up. all i know its very annoying

It took all 100 percent of my laptop CPU - I couldn't do anything. Then after about 90 secs it was gone and everything back to normal!
Brad

Similar sightings as above. Noticed browser open in the background (flash upon closing and low level duplicate process concurrently) and checked logs n task monitor continuously. It seems to come and go in 2000sec intevals. The processor spins up on ocassion perhaps lots of udp in the background. Estensive use of placeholders in the URL's. Specificly I am unsure what it is but t has several charateristics of malware.I am shocked Norton IS didn't pick it up, That is what baffles me.
Carl

It's the Vista process that asks for administrator permission to allow software that needs such permission to make changes to your computer (when User Account Control is operating). Important to allow installation of software.
Paul

i noticed consent.exe in the task manager right before java window popped up asking for permission to update, as soon as i consented it went away in the task manager
cruz

i downloaded a game and it ran and caused tons of lag/file deletion
Brandon Alexander Augustine

Consent.exe is enabled when you have UAC turned on. It launches when a non-windows program attempts to start up with administrator level access to files and system settings, and shows a message asking if you want to allow the program to load. This is an important file, do not delete it unless you're sure its a virus. If you want to disable it, turn off UAC and consent.exe will not load. Warning: I, and file.net are not responsible for any damage you have caused yourself.
MrRatermat

Summary: Average user rating of consent.exe: based on 10 votes with 11 reviews.

2 users think consent.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 3 users think it's probably harmless. 1 user suspect danger. 4 users think consent.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 1 user doesn't grade consent.exe ("not sure about it").

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