The file etcrtmng.exe, known as Certificate Store Initialization, belongs to software eToken Run Time Environment by Aladdin Knowledge Systems. The eToken is a small and portable reader-less smartcard with standard USB connectivity that is used for strong 2-factor user authentication, digital signing of business transactions, and secure storage of PKI private keys, digital certificates, passwords, and files. The eToken Run Time Environment (RTE) is the PKI client that installs all the necessary files and eToken drivers to support eToken integration with various security applications. It enables the Windows operating system and third party applications to access the eToken. Versions of the RTE are available for Windows Vista 64-bit and 32-bit. The open standards that are used in eToken are the PC/SC, which is the industry standard for smartcards in a PC environment, APDU (Application Protocol Data Units), CAPI (Microsoft Cryptographic Application Programming Interface) and Public Key Cryptographic Standard #11 (Cryptoki).

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as eToken run Time, 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 etcrtmng.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 etcrtmng.exe, belongs to, in this case eToken run Time