The file ekag20nt.exe installs a process on your computer that is known as EK Agent for NT-Based Operating Systems. The process is part of the software for ElecKey. It is unclear what the process’ specific functions are. Other than being associated with ElecKey, there seems to be nothing else concrete about the file that is available. The file however, has not been detected as a PC threat. ElecKey meanwhile is a program that enables users to protect their software through copy protection, licensing, and secure distribution applications. The program also enables users to distribute their software in different forms, i.e. as a trial version, shareware, or node-locked licensed copies. The file has a general size of 1.722 KB, an average RAM allocation of 9 MB. Its default location is C:\Program Files, saved in the following file path: C:\Program Files\LucidLogix Technologies\VIRTU\ekag20nt.exe. The software that installs the ElecKey program is licensed under Software Security System.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. ekag20nt.exe. is used by EK Agent for NT-Based OS, If you shut down ekag20nt.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop ekag20nt.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is EK Agent for NT-Based OS, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed ekag20nt.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as EK Agent for NT-Based OS, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if ekag20nt.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that ekag20nt.exe, belongs to, in this case EK Agent for NT-Based OS