How to remove an Monitor error

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Monitor.exe file information

The process known as Registry Monitor or AutoDetector or resident module or Installation Monitor or Chameleon Monitor or Monitor Application or Texis Program or LeapFrog Connect or LaunchAnywhere GUI or Registry Clean Pro Monitor or Monitor MFC Application or LaunchAnywhere or BACK Monitor Application or mointor MFC Application

belongs to software Registry Monitor or eRecovery or Ulead AutoDetector or Acer Empowering Technology or ZoneAlarm Security Suite or Ulead Photo Explorer (version 8.0 SE) or forteManager or OLYMPUS Master or LeapFrog Connect or Chameleon Monitor or Advanced Uninstaller PRO (version 2006, 2005) or PC Tools AntiVirus or Monitor Application or Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager (version v1.16-00) or PC VGA Camer or LaunchAnywhere or Winpower or Texis Database or Registry Clean Pro or Bell & Howell Monitor Application or MediaTickets by OIN or USB Video Camera or Music Wizard or Pagis Pro or mointor Application or Microcular

by PixArt Imaging Incorporation (www.pixart.com.tw) or acer (www.acer.com) or Ulead Systems (www.ulead.com) or OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP (www.olympus.com) or Innovative Solutions http://www.innovative-sol.com or NeoSoft Tools or LeapFrog or Expansion Programs International or LSI Logic (www.lsi.com) or Zero G or Macrovision (www.macrovision.com) or O2Micro (www.o2micro.com) or QSX Software Group (www.qsxgroup.com) or Bell & Howell (www.bellhowell.com) or ScanSoft (www.scansoft.com).

Description: Monitor.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 397,312 bytes (29% of all occurrences), 352,256 bytes and 59 more variants.
Monitor.exe 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, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices, HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell). Monitor.exe is able to record inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 48% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If any problems with Acer Empowering Technology or Winpower occur, you can do the following:

visit the Acer website
find out if there is a newer version available
remove the entire program using Windows Control Panel

Recommended: Identify Monitor.exe related errors

If Monitor.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows, the security rating is 42% dangerous. The file size is 319,488 bytes (74% of all occurrences), 323,584 bytes and 6 more variants. It is not a Windows system file. The program is not visible. Program is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices, HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell). File Monitor.exe is a trustworthy file from Microsoft. Monitor.exe is able to record inputs.
If any problems with PC VGA Camer or PC Camera occur, you can remove the entire program using Windows Control Panel.

If Monitor.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files\Common Files", the security rating is 32% dangerous. The file size is 90,112 bytes (87% of all occurrences), 94,208 bytes and 10 more variants. It is not a Windows system file.
If any problems with MediaTickets by OIN or Copier occur, you can remove the entire program using Windows Control Panel.

If Monitor.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows\System32, the security rating is 59% dangerous. The file size is 69,785 bytes.

If Monitor.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32, the security rating is 100% dangerous. The file size is 192,174 bytes.

External information from Paul Collins:
There are different files with the same name:

"ENCMONITOR" is not required to run at start up. The Encompass Monitor. This program is the Connect Direct Program. It is more trouble than it is worth and few use it
"monitor" definitely not required. Browser hijacker, redirecting to NCM Search
"Pagis Scheduler" is not required to run at start up. Scheduler for the Pagis scanning suite from Scansoft.

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

This file is installed automatically if you have any Genius webcam. I used CCleaner and went to Tools/Start up and checked by right clickinng on it and then selected "Open containing folder" and it takes you to the folder where there's a couple of frames or video filters that your webcam uses.
rBok6

WebCam driver
Alexey Vladimirov

avast picked it up and placed it in the sandbox.
greg

A part of an UPS software.
höö

Mine is in C:\WINDOWS\PixArt\PAC207 Tamaño del archivo: 319488 Bytes MD5: 72334f906c2e2b002cdd2ff9022fd957 SHA1: 4023029dbbcbea003ebeb6a350ee882473909de4 See Jotti multiscanner virus report: http://is.gd/VyikVN
Don Pirulero (further information)

mine is part of: "C:\Windows\PixArt\PAC7311\Monitor.exe" Manufacturer: "PixArt Imaging Incorporation" it's a harmless application installed by my "Trust webcam". RAM Memory usage is about 580K..
Dyon

this service caused my pc to lock durring boot, black screen with mouse pointer aafter windows 7 update.
Ian

Monitor.exe with filesize 312 KB (319 488 bytes) in C:\Windows\PixArt\Pac207 is (normally) a harmless application polling the registry to better be able to use your webcam. It was installed with my webcam which is a Labtec Webcam 1200.
Thor (further information)

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Summary: Average user rating of Monitor.exe: based on 53 votes with 9 reviews.

33 users think Monitor.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 7 users think it's probably harmless. 8 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 2 users suspect danger. 3 users think Monitor.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 9 users doesn't grade Monitor.exe ("not sure about it").

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