Autochk.exe (config Safe): System or virus process?

Autochk.exe, also called Microsoft imagineLAN or Config Safe, is an operating system process Windows. It monitors the system and supervises the changes in registers and from the files .This, the changes hardware or installing software. In addition, keep copies of the initial system configuration that allow you to do a System Restore in case it becomes unstable.

Autochk.exe automatically scans the system when starting or restarting it (mostly unscheduled) only when the system files (registries, etc.) are considered corrupt. If affected files are identified after scanning the system partition, autochk.exe deletes them to protect the system.

If autochk.exe makes its presence felt more and more often like active process either was programmed in Scheduled Tasks to periodically scan the system, either it is a symptom of one of the following problems:

  • system files are corrupted
  • one of the hard-diskuri is affected
  • disabling it is not recommended

virus

does not represent a risk

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