How to remove an UNS error

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UNS.exe file information

The process known as User Notification Service belongs to software Intel® Management & Security Application User Notification Service or Intel® Active Management Technology User Notification Service or Intel® Management and Security Application User Notification Service or Intel® Management Engine by Intel (www.intel.com).

Description: The file UNS.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 2,314,240 bytes (27% of all occurrences), 2,320,920 bytes and 14 more variants.
The program is not visible. UNS.exe is not a Windows core file. The file is a Verisign signed file. The file is certified by a trustworthy company. UNS.exe is able to monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 34% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
There is a possibility to completely remove Intel(R) Management Engine Components or Intel(R) Management Engine (Control Panel⇒Add/Remove programs).

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If UNS.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files\Common Files", the security rating is 38% dangerous. The file size is 2,058,776 bytes (40% of all occurrences), 2,066,968 bytes, 2,054,680 bytes or 2,052,096 bytes. The program has no visible window. The file is a Verisign signed file. It is digitally signed. It is not a Windows system file. The process listens for or sends data on open ports to a LAN or the Internet. UNS.exe is able to monitor applications.

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

UNS.exe is a process from Intel Corporation and part of Active Management Technology User Notification Service. This process can be closed to free up resources. The UNS receives messages from Intel AMT and write them to the local OS event log for the purpose of notifying end users of predefined events such as when critical System Defense policies are applied by the ME Firmware. The service is meant to be run as a daemon. Messages from the service will be sent to the system syslog. All UNS messages will be marked with a source of "Intel® AMT".
Jon (further information)

Windows 7 size: 2,322,432 bytes
Jerry Kyle

I have it in C:/program files/(x86)/intel/intel® management engine components/UNS/UNS.exe and AVG 2011 gives an alarm on it. I believe it's false positive. After update an alarm disappeared.
Elena

Intel Managment Component
Cammel (further information)

Intel software licence agreement * (OEM / IHV / ISV Distribution & * Single User)
Cyndi

Intel(R) Management and Security Application User Notification Service - Updates the Windows Event Log with notifications of pre defined events received from the local Intel(R) Management and Security Application Device.
user

Summary: Average user rating of UNS.exe: based on 7 votes with 6 reviews.

3 users think it's probably harmless. 3 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user think UNS.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 2 users doesn't grade UNS.exe ("not sure about it").

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