ekrn.exe
| File Name: | ekrn.exe | ||
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The ekrn.exe is not a Windows system file, but is a process which belongs to the software ESET NOD32 Antivirus and the ESET Smart Security Suite Kernel Service. It runs as a service and is the central component for both the NOD32 antivirus and Smart Security suite. Whenever you open, save, update or download a file, Ekrn.exe will help you to scan those files. It locates in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". The most common size of the file on Windows XP is 224 bytes. You may also find it in 472,320 and 455,936 bytes. | |||
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ekrn.exe should not be disabled, required for essential applications to work properly. It is highly recommended that the ekrn.exe file shouldn't be stopped. It is required for essential applications to work smoothly. | |||
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| albansii |  | 00Report Abuse | |
| am using a pIII 933mhz and a PIII 1.4g with 512 and 786mb ram resp. never had a resourse hog. ekrn.exe only uses less than 50mb of ram and cpu usage adjust for other program requirements. eset even give way to ie usage even when scanning. browsing speed is affected with security settings. | |||
| AyeEN2 | | 00Report Abuse | |
| Symantec AV is the best, Karpesky is much better... but hey, I have been using NOD32 for more then 3 consecutive years with out any infection. Now its time to upgrade its Smart Security and still rawks! Ho ho ho... So I would say, Eset is the greatest av after all... | |||
| kirill |  | 00Report Abuse | |
| terrible memory and CPU hog. Just killed ekrn.exe and it released 1 GB of RAM. Uses ~50% of CPU | |||
| Pragmatist | | 00Report Abuse | |
| Wake up people. Every AV prog works better one some computers than on others. That's why they have the trial period... so you can see if the AV runs well on your computer and meets your needs before you put down money. | |||
| rami | | 00Report Abuse | |
| ekrn.exe32 in windows xp x64 dont let me work fine . ihave intel pentium4 3000 2m cashe and 1 gig ram kingston and maain intel 945 .avast so beter working in xp 6+4 | |||
| D | | 00Report Abuse | |
| It is currently using 100% of two of my 4 cores... this is not on. | |||
| DivineInterv | | 00Report Abuse | |
| if you can ignore the ~40MB memory usage, its the best AV there is | |||
| Truth | | 00Report Abuse | |
| Having done extensive testing for the best AV to use for my company, I would recommend NOD32 over any other brand. If you're making the mistake of using IE, Vista, or Norton, then your system will be slowed significantly regardless of whichever AV you use. | |||
| . | | 00Report Abuse | |
| Eats up all my resources.....my PC runs like a snail | |||
| happier now | | 00Report Abuse | |
| CPU Hogging seemed to settle down after I followed the steps at http://forums.techguy.org/6003370-post8.html More information | |||
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