Is drpmon.dll safe or is this task spyware?



Purpose of drpmon.dll:









File purpose and description:

If you are one of the many who have been trying to the remove aurora spyware/adware program, then you most likely have already found this dll on your computer. Aurora is one of the most abundant ad and popup related programs spreading on the internet today, and this dll file is part of that. There are also other modules associated with this file, you may want to boot into safe mode and rename or delete this file so it cannot run. If it were on my pc, I would remove it. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
drpmon.dll

File type:
This is a DLL program which is ad related.

File or folder location:
This DLL can be found at C:\WINDOWS\system32\DrPMon.dll


General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, drpmon.dll may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of drpmon.dll on your computer by using your Windows search options, but I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.

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