alt.exe - What is alt.exe?

What is alt.exe doing on my computer?

alt.exe is a process which monitors your computer in the background. This is a legitimate process, however is known to be used by some viruses. If this process is unaccounted for, removal is recommended.
Non-system processes like alt.exe originate from software you installed on your system. Since most applications store data on your hard disk and in your system's registry, it is likely that your computer has suffered fragmentation and accumulated invalid entries which can affect your PC's performance.

In Windows Task Manager, you can see what CPU, memory, disk and network utilization is causing the ProcView process. To access the Task Manager, hold down the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys at the same time. These three buttons are located on the far left of your keyboard.

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The alt.exe is an executable file on your computer's hard drive. This file contains machine code. If you start the software ProcView on your PC, the commands contained in alt.exe will be executed on your PC. For this purpose, the file is loaded into the main memory (RAM) and runs there as a ProcView process (also called a task).

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Is alt.exe harmful?

This process is considered safe. It is unlikely to pose any harm to your system. The alt.exe file should be located in the folder C:Windows. Otherwise it could be a Trojan.

alt.exe is a safe process

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Can I stop or remove alt.exe?

Many non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. alt.exe is used by 'ProcView'. To stop alt.exe permanently uninstall 'ProcView' from your system.

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Is alt.exe CPU intensive?

This process is not considered CPU intensive. However, running too many processes on your system may affect your PC’s performance. To reduce system overload, you can use the Microsoft System Configuration Utility (MSConfig) or the Windows Task Manager to manually find and disable processes that launch upon start-up.

Use the Windows Resource Monitor to find out which processes and applications write/read the most on the hard drive, send the most data to the Internet, or use the most memory. To access the Resource Monitor, press the key combination Windows key + R and then enter 'resmon'.

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Why is alt.exe giving me errors?

Most alt issues are caused by the application executing the process. The surest way to fix these errors is to update or uninstall this application. Therefore, please search the website for the latest ProcView update.

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