Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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IAANTmon.exe
RAID Monitor by Intel Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 7.0.1.1001 |
| MD5: | 68431db6633ed4c9d18226384498310a |
| SHA1: | 785939527f1f31f2099997df5c91e35ea53a5b2c |
| SHA256: | cf2fc4678d570124d397772af92f9ff8e55b3a5e25e288119d2a794259fcfbbe |
What is IAANTmon.exe?
The Intel RAID Event Monitor monitors the PC's hard drive for possible errors. If errors are discovered the software will attempt to fix them or alert the user to the discovered issues.
Overview
IAANTMon.exe runs as a service under the name Intel(R) Matrix Storage Event Monitor (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\IAANTMON) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Intel® Turbo Memory published by Intel Corporation and Intel® Matrix Storage Manager and Intel® Turbo Memory published by Intel Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Intel Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | IAANTMon.exe |
| Publisher: | Intel Corporation |
| Product name: | RAID Monitor |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\intel\intel matrix storage manager\iaantmon.exe |
| File version: | 7.0.1.1001 |
| Size: | 346.52 KB (354,840 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Intel Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, April 12, 2006 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.434286 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Intel Turbo Memory is a technology introduced by Intel Corporation that uses NAND flash memory modules to reduce the time it takes for a computer to power up, access programs, and write data to the hard drive. It is supported by most of the Core 2 Mobile chipset series, but not by the newer Core i Series mobile chipsets. The Turbo memory cache connects to a motherboard via a mini-PCIe interface. It supports features available in Microso...
“Intel Matrix Storage Technology provides new levels of protection, performance, and expandability in 2008 for desktop and mobile platforms. Whether using one or multiple hard drives, users can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption. When using more than one drive the user can have additional protection against data loss in the event of hard drive failure. Intel Matrix Storage Technology can also improve the ...”
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'IAANTMON' (Intel(R) Matrix Storage Event Monitor)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00052478% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00026353% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00026126% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 137,749 ms/min | |
| User CPU time: | 3 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,230,883/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.08 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.56 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.7 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.08 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 44.6 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 50.29 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.79 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.57 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,368/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 17.82 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 307/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 165 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\intel\intel matrix storage manager\iaantmon.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\IAANTMON |
| Display name: | Intel(R) Matrix Storage Event Monitor |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ADVAPI32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.21983861% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.21348365% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00635496% | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,857,975/sec | |
| Memory: | 764 KB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.03619075% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00792814% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02826261% | |
| CPU cycles: | 957,051/sec | |
| Memory: | 100 KB | |
| IAANTMon.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00005408% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005386% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000022% | |
| CPU cycles: | 898/sec | |
| Memory: | 356 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
26.67% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
24.44% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.07% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
6.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
6.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
6.67% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
5.19% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.44% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
2.96% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.48% |
|
| Windows 8 |
0.74% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 56.35% of RAID Monitor.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Sony |
18.97% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
16.38% |
|
| Dell |
15.52% |
|
| ASUS |
15.52% |
|
| Acer |
14.66% |
|
| Toshiba |
8.62% |
|
| Gateway |
6.90% |
|
| Lenovo |
3.45% |
|
