• Properties:

• System Process: No
• Background Process: Yes
• Application Process:Yes
• Common Path:
  [% C: \ Program Files %]
• Uses Network:No
• Uses Internet:No

Description:

The utility CA Firewall Activity Monitor has the amon.exe process as its program launcher. The process amon.exe is an executable file that automatically runs at startup. The file amon.exe is listed in the task list under the processes tab in Window task manager. The program amon.exe can be manually executed by clicking the start button then accessing the run command. The file amon.exe CPU usage can be viewed in the Window task manager console.

The program amon.exe is not associated with Windows Operating System and uses an approximate of 130KB of RAM or virtual memory. However, the process amon.exe is compatible with Windows OS 98, 2000 and XP. It is deemed safe that the file amon.exe process should be running at startup. It is also safe that this given process should be left inside the computer since it consumes only minimal system resources and does not conflict with other device drivers and system processes. Although it is safe that the process file amon.exe should stay inside the system, it is still up to the user if he/she wants to disable or re-enable it from the start-up list. The amon.exe file belongs to CA HIPS (Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System).

The CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention that requires the process amon.exe gives superior security, policy enforcement, access control, prevention management, access control and deployment from a central location through a single, intuitive console to optimize the user endpoint protection.

The CA HIPS that houses the process amon.exe is designed to work together with CAs portfolio of threat products to offer the highest endpoint threat protection. The file amon.exe that is associated with CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention gives three threat prevention technologies in one, real-time threat Protection, comprehensive event management and technical business reports.

The CA HIPS reduces the risk of downtime by blocking malware, spyware, and adware and rogue software from gaining access to the network. Also it provides the combination of products working together that is necessary to help protect network-enabled workstations and mobile devices from network-based attacks.

Recommendations:

This is a safe process. There is no necessity to remove this process from your system or change it in any way.