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How to remove an eRAgent error


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ERAgent.exe file information

The process known as eRecovery agent belongs to software Acer Empowering Technology or eRecovery or Acer eRecovery Management by Acer (www.acer.com).

Description: The file eRAgent.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 413,696 bytes (40% of all occurrences), 425,984 bytes and 4 more variants. http://www.file.net/process/eragent.exe.html 
The file is not a Windows system file. The program is not visible. The application is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). eRAgent.exe is able to record inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 47% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
There is a possibility to do the following:
  1) completely remove Acer Empowering Technology (Control Panel⇒Add/Remove programs)
  2) look for help on the Acer's website.

Recommended: Identify eRAgent.exe related errors

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as eRAgent.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the eRAgent.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

located under C:\Acer\Empowering Technology\eRecovery\
   
Nothing except I keep getting it on Startup
  Rocko  
an invalid argument was encountered
   
Wird automatisch mit Windows gestartet
  Ramto Amoht  
Comes up msg. when CPU turned on - Windows XP
  Norm Muelleman  
Kaspersky told me Microsoft were working with them to overcome the problem.
  A. Wright.  


Summary: Average user rating of eRAgent.exe: based on 5 votes with 6 reviews.
2 users think eRAgent.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user think eRAgent.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 5 users doesn't grade eRAgent.exe ("not sure about it").


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