ekrn.exe

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.

Recommendation:

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.

Users Opinions

YS		ESET simply cannot remove this useless software from my PC - Its a Software which takes 100% resources even after 30 minutes of Starting - thought it a PIV Machine but the work for which is to be used is accounting and some Data Entry and Pls dont tell me PIV are waste - Fact is ESET cannot be uninstalled and seems have to Format the Machine to remove this Junk 0 0 Report Abuse
Dan		Part of ESET NOD32 antivirus software, one of the best (if not The best) in the world.  More information 0 0 Report Abuse
ESET Servce		ESET Servce 2 0 Report Abuse
edgardo zuniga		este programa me causa problemas quiero quitarlo del sistema y no me permite quitarlo. 2 54 Report Abuse
Michaelui		Source Wasted 0 1 Report Abuse
BlacMoon		ekrn.exe while idle it uses 60MB. While it scanning it takes <70MB. Take avast it only gain 6MB while idle. In scan 50-60MB. 1 0 Report Abuse
Michael Rivero		Sounds like a lot of these posters are having real problems with ESET, and the other half work for the ESET sales department. I have a pretty high-end machine and I do now the correct way to set it up, and ESET just hammers the disks for twenty minutes when I start up. 0 0 Report Abuse
Oscar		Works fine, but today it become slow my computer 0 0 Report Abuse
Mr Mahmoud . Egypt		in short .. it is the best 0 1 Report Abuse
Joseph Clarke		Has worked fine for some time, but of late it has been hogging my resources. Boot is fine, but I have to leave my computer for about 30 mins for ekrn to stop screwing with my memory. After that, it works great. 1 0 Report Abuse
Al		This used to be a really light weight AV. I have been a paying customer for serveral years, but unfourtunately it is become increasingly bloated and slow, particualarly at startup 2 0 Report Abuse
Med		this program function normally 0 2 Report Abuse
Old pc'er		Eset is the best there is available at this time. I suggest if your having issues that something ELSE is wrong with your pc, even the older ones run fine with the new eset. I am writing this on a 6 year old HP laptop that runs smooth as pie on Eset. So does my 7 year old tower. 0 2 Report Abuse
karthi		my server afficet to eset antivirus, i dont know how to clear that any budy help me to clear that...... 2 3 Report Abuse
Simes		It uses 172Mb on my new XP netbook. 0 1 Report Abuse
Mike Miller		This is a nasty CPU Hog on startup. INSTALL LINUX and forget about anti-virus software.  More information 1 1 Report Abuse
Michele Rossi		ESET NOD32 Antivirus  More information 0 0 Report Abuse
Tobias		Best AV imo. To those of you who thinks it eats up too much cpu power, try the following: Change the "autoupdate every hour" to every 3rd/5th hour (or update manually) Disable the "startup file check" Uncheck "Advanced heuristics" in Realtime-scanner options. If that fails to help, then you have to reinstall your computer. 0 1 Report Abuse
Sak		May be good but it uses ALL my cpu power. WTF? ekrn.exe has turned my pc dead (and not only at starup) The nice part is that i have payed it for 2 years. 2 0 Report Abuse
Ian		One of the best Anti virus programmes 0 1 Report Abuse
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