The file eye.exe, known as Yahoo! All-Seeing Eye, belongs to software Yahoo! All-Seeing Eye by Yahoo!, which is a program that is designed to help users choose the server for multiplayer games. The All-Seeing Eye (ASE) is a game server browser that helps online gamers find online servers. The game server is the authoritative source of events in a multiplayer video game, transmitting enough data that allows connected clients to maintain their own accurate version of the game world for display to players. The game server also receives and processes each player's input. ASE was developed to enable hardcore gamers to choose the proper server for their multiplayer games. It shows the numbers of connected players, the download speed, upload data, ping, and many other services. Compatible games include Counter Strike, Soldier of Fortune, Call of Duty 4, Doom 3, Star Wars: Battlefront, and a host of other multiplayer games. ASE was discontinued in May 2008 and its users were redirected to GameSpy Arcade.
How can I stop eye.exe and should I?
Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. eye.exe. is used by Yahoo! All-Seeing-Eye, If you shut down eye.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop eye.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Yahoo! All-Seeing-Eye, 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 Yahoo! All-Seeing-Eye, 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 eye.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 eye.exe is causing errors on my computer?
The first thing you should do if eye.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 eye.exe, belongs to, in this case Yahoo! All-Seeing-Eye