The atibtmon.exe process is also known as the ATIBRTMON and it is owned by the Advanced Micro Devices. It belongs to ATI Brightness Monitor. ATI Brightness Monitor gives access to control the brightness of the ATI video card desktop. It is executed as a process in the area of the Windows notification and it has an icon in the system tray. It is an executable file and the program operates under SYSTEM account in Windows with broad privileges on the user’s local computer and also acts as a computer within the network. It is executed by the process AMD External Events (by AMD). It is reported to be located in an undetermined folder and it is not a Windows system file; additionally, the application has no visible window. The technical security rating is said to be 27% dangerous, making it relatively safe and does not present possible harm to user’s computer system. It is essential to operate within the PC system in order to give the user’s monitor a better visual quality (or brightness quality). Removing it may affect the visual content of the monitor or might cause some inconvenience.
How can I stop atibtmon.exe and should I?
Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. atibtmon.exe. is used by ATI Brightness Monitor, If you shut down atibtmon.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop atibtmon.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is ATI Brightness Monitor, 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.
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What is a process and how do they affect my computer?
A process usually a part of an installed application such as ATI Brightness Monitor, 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.
Is atibtmon.exe known to be bad for my computer's performance?
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.
What can I do if atibtmon.exe is causing errors on my computer?
The first thing you should do if atibtmon.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 atibtmon.exe, belongs to, in this case ATI Brightness Monitor