How to remove mantispm error

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mantispm.exe file information

The process Spam Filter belongs to the software ZoneAlarm Security Suite or Encore or MailFrontier Desktop or SimNet XPert Enterprise Edition or Mjuice Components or UnInstall Envy24 Family Audio or Acoustica Effects Pack or Ultra focus by unknown.

Description: mantispm.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" - mostly C:\Program Files\ZONELA~1\ZONEAL~1\MAILFR~1\. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 894544 bytes (30% of all occurrence), 869984 bytes, 898640 bytes, 886352 bytes, 672856 bytes, 864256 bytes, 804376 bytes, 885848 bytes, 861272 bytes.
There is no file information. It is not a Windows core file. The program is not visible. The file is a Verisign signed file. The file is certified by a trustworthy company. It can change the behavior of other programs or manipulate other programs. mantispm.exe is able to monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 50% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

External information from Paul Collins:

"Matador" can run at start up. MailFrontier Desktop (Matador) email spam blocker software

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as mantispm.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the mantispm.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

It's not dangerous, unless it has another process attached to it. It's normally a process from Zone Alarm (mantispm=mail anti spam, hello?) It doesn't send any PIN numbers, personal info or anything.
Trev

Zone alarm pro - regular doesn't use this
Anonymous (further information)

This file is part of MailFrontier. If it loads at startup it can cause computer to start up really slow! Disable it at desktop so your start can run faster.

ZoneAlarm Tech. support dixit: Mantispm.exe is our junkmail filter. Some times it gets updated and changes how it works and it will require access to get further updates. It does the monitor to verify active program or if it should go idle. If you want to disable the junkmail filter open up ZoneAlarm and click on email protection. Put a dot in off for junkmail filter.
nicohooker

below is answer of zone alarm technical support when asked what is it, why does it need internet access and why does it need to track activity. Thank you for contacting Zone Labs Technical Service.
nicohooker

Slows down my Outlook - puts mail in a folder that has a filter on it for flagged items only and doesn't flag any of the items. Keeps popping up the toolbar in the middle of the screen. Came with update to ZoneAlarm without warning and can't turn it off.
Ellen

It is 100% ZoneLabs (Installed and then uninstalled to make sure i was correct)
Richard

You could turn it off in zonealarm program control setting....1st disable in taskman...then remove from program setting...add it to then kill (setting) for disable to startup again.
xp_thang

Component of ZoneAlarm
Mutant XMCL

Zone Alarm uses

part of zonelabs security

mantispm.exe belongs to the ZoneAlarm-Software (PFW). It works as an plugin on MS Outlook and filters incoming Spam- and Junkmail and puts it in a separate directory.
Steffen

zone alarm

Part Of Zone Alarms security package. Good, but ZA asks the user wether or not to block this process! Stupid Really...
Joe

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Summary: 43 users think mantispm.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 12 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 5 users think mantispm.exe is dangerous and recommend to remove it.. 5 users doesn't grade mantispm.exe ("not sure about it").

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