How to remove ~e5 error

~e5.0001 file information

The process Cleanup belongs to the software Macrovision Europe Ltd. Cleanup by Macrovision Europe Ltd (www.macrovision.com).

Description: File ~e5.0001 is located in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings" or sometimes in the Windows Temp folder or in a subfolder of C:\Windows. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 72192 bytes (62% of all occurrence), 73276 bytes, 59964 bytes.
The program is not visible. The file is not a Windows core file. Therefore the technical security rating is 42% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as ~e5.0001, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the ~e5.0001 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: ~e5.0001, ~e5.0001

it comes with ea games. and seems to keep shuting it down. no way of getting rid of it though
  adamcassano  

It runs with Medival II.
  Kevin  

It doesn't slow anything down! Duh... it uses almost no mem and only has to do with cd check for various EA games. The game slows down your computers not the cd checker. run all your gaming programs i.e Teamspeak xfire battlefield 2 and then minimize all and bring up task manager(ctrl-alt-del) and do the freakin math.. if you don't want this you could always buy an xbox or play sports.
  billy goats muff  

i know it runs in civ iv and game crashes slows my pc bad and i have 768 ram and a fat graphics card so its not jus low end pcs with civ total bummer! you also have to have both cd's in to play the game! its all bs if u ask me!!!
  will_chair  

Electronic Arts CD Protection software, it does not slow down your games.
  DireCry  

If you cant run the games without the process, how do you know its this causing lag. I dont think you do. Maybe its just your slow a$$ PC
  PWN  

Copy protection system. Sometimes the game (BF2142 in my case) won't start because the process hangs. Just force end the process and restart the game.
  rederik  

Appeared when running Civ 4 in background, did some checking apprarently MS advice for game designers re: game copy protection, dissapeared when I stopped the game
  Jart   (further information)

I use Chilton Labor Guide 2004 Ver 4.0.1 (Db Ver 6.1.0) and this process is started by the main program and it stays running for until you close the application. I noticed it slows the computer down some, until now it was more of an annoyance than a real problem. However, I went to SBC/Yahoo DSL it creates a bit more of problem. Apparently Yahoo Messenger and "~e5.0001" don't get along to well. The Chilton app will not load until I "Kill the messenger". All I know is that if when kill "~e5.0001" it takes Chilton with it. I have talked to the tech support folks but they don't help much.
  Victor  

It runs with a multitude of games and causes lockups, slowdowns and other problems. It is not possible to remove without cracking games to circumvent the process.
  Tyr  

it's some sort of copy protection file used by EA. anti-viruses don't like it - turn yours off if your games are crashing. sometimes it sticks around after you exit a game. end the process - it's just wasting space.
  me  

It is part of EA's copyright software know as SafeDisk Copy Protection, Prohibiting you from running a copy of a CD. If you close it there is a chance that your game will close.
  MajorK  

It obviously is tied to EA games but I can not get BF2 or BF2142 to run now that I have installed a new antivirus and firewall. It takes up 95-98% of my CPU and the game never gets past the splash screen. Anyone have any ideas?
  kakjaw197  

It is program used by "EA" and "Macrovision Europe LTD." and can be found in your firewall setting under programs named "Cleanup" and after I upgraded my Zonealarm firewall either it killed the process or I did, It would let it run in the background and after researching and then got a brainfart looked and found it to be a killed process gave it a "ask" setting, I proceeded to fire up BF2 again and the error didnt happen. So it is an Essential file for any EA game that needs it.
  Jeff "Eastwood01"  

Allow "Cleanup" in your firewall programs to run and you will not get the ~e5.0001 error, When I tried to run BF2 i got the error and when I stopped the program kill and allowed it to run in the processes it worked and now I am back to playing BF2.
  Eastwood01  

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