How to remove smax4pnp error

smax4pnp.exe file information

The process SMax4PNP MFC Application belongs to the software SMax4PNP Application or Virtual Moon Altas Image or Black Hawk Down Server Manager or SoundMAX or Edmark Algebra Calculator or Clients & Profits X Demo or Acoustica Effects Pack or IDAutomation.com Interleaved or smax4pnp.exe or SmartSound Quicktracks Plugin or Adobe Integrated Runtime or SMax4PNP MFC Application by Analog Devices, Inc (www.analog.com).

Description: smax4pnp.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" - generally C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 1404928 bytes (36% of all occurrence), 1388544 bytes, 790528 bytes, 925696 bytes, 1368064 bytes, 843776 bytes, 774144 bytes, 868352 bytes, 962560 bytes, 847872 bytes, 872448 bytes, 1097728 bytes, 1036288 bytes, 1396736 bytes, 1261568 bytes, 37748 bytes, 1282048 bytes, 31849 bytes, 14348 bytes, 24080 bytes.
smax4pnp.exe is not a Windows core file. The application starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The program is not visible. Therefore the technical security rating is 38% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

External information from Paul Collins:

• "SoundMAXPnP" can run at start up. SoundMax integrated sound. Required if you have custom settings for your sound, such as effects and environments

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as smax4pnp.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the smax4pnp.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.

Links: smax4pnp.exe, smax4pnp.exe

It always gives me an error message
  Fnp  

Sound Max, alright, as clean exe file. However, trojans come dressed as this sound file. Have your SoundMax Driver files available. Boot to safemode. Go to C:\program files\analog devices\soundmax. Locate Smax4pnp.exe and rename to Smax4pnp.exe.old. Go to the SoundMax driver files you have available and run setup.exe. When finished. Restart and load windows normally. It worked for me and reinstalled the true version of Smax4pnp.exe. Check by locating c:\program files
   

its new for my PC task manager list of processes. I removed it and cant find Soundmax in myPCs Add - Remove programs list
  hydra  

Soundmax driver, after reinstalling driver from manufacture, the lockup problems went away.
   

smax4pnp.exe obviously is an additional sound driver that came with the software cd included with my samsung notebook. the driver causes problems everytime i shut down the computer. de- and re-installing didn't solve the problem. I installed another sound driver included with windows xp2, which works fine, but the smax-driver offers more options / features, so i'm not quite sure if it's needed for advanced settings of this special notebook and its audio devices etc.!?! but i'm sure it's not dangerous in MY case as i installed it from original cd ..
  komani   (further information)

Drivers of SoundMax sound cards. Some versions are known to be buggy and hang systems.
  Kyle  

It keeps giving me an error message when I start up my computer
  Shortodd  

SoundMax Drivers, Harmless.
   

Reinstalling latest version of driver for Intel board didn't fix problem with hanging. Reinstalling earlier version I had archive seems to have worked
  Max W  

SoundMax also feature on the dell 8400 standard Mobo. I have a SB Audigy2 card as well so don't use it. Only time it has caused problems is in setting up a microphone.
  Sponge  

SMax4PNP was keeping my computer from shutting down. I went to start/run/type in msconfig/OK/ then go to the startup tab and uncheck it.
  Laura  

Definatly related to the Soundmax card on your machine. Knew nothing about it until I looked on this site, Thanks Google and ZoneAlarms for picking it up. I followed the advice from this site to uninstall it with Device Manager, It did solve my hang up issues when closing down the pc, and as ever XP just installs it when you re-boot.. WARNING, for those of you out there that like to do a complete cleanup before re-booting(Recommended for EVERY RE-BOOT of XP sorry Gates! Operating System you cannot do! Bing back DOS!
  Dil  

Comes with audio driver for SoundMax audio chip (usually with VIA chip). Causes problems when shutting off Windows XP system (fails to close). Solution is to disable the start-up of this program using MSCONFIG.
  Bounce  

high and constant page faults! even though it only takes about 8M of memory, it constantly generates page faults, which makes no sense... i removed it and all seems well. if you don't want it to load at boot, try renaming it to DONOTLOAD_SMax4PMP.exe and see what happens... you can always rename it back.
  T'Surakmaat  

Keeps freezing my computer on log-off/shut down, but appears to be harmless otherwise
  hakkelikuk  

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