The cmon.exe process is an executable file that has been flagged by the system security tools of many users as a malicious program associated with a P2P worm that is known to infect unprotected Windows-based systems. These same users reported that the cmon.exe process is integrated with the capability to automatically initialize during system startup because of certain keys and entries that the cmon.exe process is said to create and inject into the Windows System Registry upon its successful placement and activation in the system. These users also state that the cmon.exe process continues to operate as a hidden background process upon its initialization, in order to implement its self-replicating functionalities. This means these users claim that the cmon.exe process creates copies of itself and places these duplicates in various locations across the infected Windows-based computer. These users also claim that the cmon.exe process tries to exploit unencrypted TCP/IP network ports of the infected system, in order to email copies of itself to the email and IM (Instant Messaging) contact list of the user.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. cmon.exe. is used by P2P Worm, If you shut down cmon.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop cmon.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is P2P Worm, 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 cmon.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as P2P Worm, 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 cmon.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 cmon.exe, belongs to, in this case P2P Worm