The autopoll.exe file is a process called AutoPoll Application that is associated with OnSpec Autopoll Application with an unknown developer. The location of the file is in the subfolder C:\Program Files. There are various known sizes for the file including 237,568 bytes, 241,664 bytes and 212,992 bytes that has 50% occurrence in Windows XP or Windows 7 operating system. The program starts when you start Windows. The registry key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. The autopoll.exe file is not a core file for Windows. This process is capable of recording inputs. The startup for this entry automatically runs from RunOnce, Run or RunServicesOnce entry of your registry. The file has no digital signature. Automatic startup locations for the process include local machine for autorun registry entries and running processes. The autopoll.exe file version 1.00 has an MD5 of 5c894f85e632cc8e869a06b518acb3b8. SHA1 is a0aa6417f11ccb24f7c14e668dd3453cc8da00cc. SHA256 is 4e328177024669e0c9b20c658cb841d6abdd4a8d4a6d13ef2a46b9e218c9aa72. The directory for the file is %PROGRAMFILES%\Autopoll Application on Windows Vista.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AutoPoll Application, 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 autopoll.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 autopoll.exe, belongs to, in this case AutoPoll Application