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How to remove an softmon error


The free file information forum can help you determine if softmon.exe is a virus, trojan, spyware, or adware that you can remove, or a file belonging to a Windows system or an application you can trust.

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Softmon.exe file information

The process known as LANDesk Software Monitor belongs to software LANDesk Software or LANDesk Management Suite or LANDesk® Software Monitoring Service by LANDesk Software (www.landesk.com) or Avocent (www.avocent.com).

Description: softmon.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 126,976 bytes (18% of all occurrences), 249,856 bytes and 11 more variants. http://www.file.net/process/softmon.exe.html 
The file is not a Windows core file. The program is not visible. softmon.exe is able to hide itself and monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 45% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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If softmon.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\, the security rating is 42% dangerous. The file size is 122,880 bytes. The program has no visible window. It is not a Windows core file. softmon.exe is able to hide itself and monitor applications.

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

It is installed with the LANDESK Management suite.
  Kimberly Sierchio  
Landisk monitor
   
LANDesk Software Monitoring app
  John W   (further information)
Installed as part of Landesk Management Suite
  Edward  
It messes with reg entries and stops them from running. Looks like Landesk has this as a feature, but i think it causes more harm then being needed.
  Mueller  
It's a deployed LANDesk application from our corporate IT group. It seems it's intended to prevent suspicious programs from running, but sometimes blocks legit programs also. Often hogs the CPU, but easy to kill in Process Explorer if necessary.
  David G.  
A component of LanDesk
  Maciej  
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Summary: Average user rating of softmon.exe: based on 14 votes with 7 reviews.
8 users think softmon.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's probably harmless. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user suspect danger. 1 user think softmon.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it.


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