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Process name: ezShieldProtector for Px

Product:

Company: Easy Systems Japan Ltd

File: ezSP_Px.exe

Security Rating: 1


This application is installed by the Easy Systems Drag’n Drop CD & DVD writing software, which is found on most Japanese computers (such as Sony). http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/ezsp_px.exe.html 

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Average user rating of ezSP_Px.exe: 4 based on 117 votes. Read also the 97 reviews.

2726 users ask for this file. 59 users rated it as not dangerous. 15 users rated it as not so dangerous. 17 users rated it as neutral. 11 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 15 users rated it as dangerous. 9 users didn't rate it ("don't know").


All comments about ezSP_Px.exe:
rate1 Application that is installed by the Easy Systems Drag’n Drop CD & DVD writing software found on most Japanese computers.   dima
rate1 I use a Thosiba NoteBook starting with it   Kevin Hu
rate1 i got this running in my computer when i installed sonicstage simple burner program.this program was given to me in the form of a cd when i bought my discman. the program supposed to compress ur music file into atrac 3 plus format.   Wormywormman
rate1 Came from downloading/installing SonicStage.   kenny
rate1 From Drag And Drop Software found on Sony Notebooks   Millhouse
rate1 Installed by TMPGEnc DVD Author  See also: Link   Suave
rate1 Got it when installed the update for sony sonic stage software (transfer music to mini-disc)   Alen
rate0 I use a Toshiba Satellite A20-S259, wich also have installed "Drag'n Drop CD+DVD"   felipe_51
rate3 My Sony VAIO has Drag'n Drop CD+DVD, and ezShield is one of the programs started up when Windows starts. Don't know yet what exactly it does, but it runs unless I stop it. It's got the word 'protector', so maybe it's for protecting something while burning discs...like overburning protection maybe.   zimba
rate1 Came with Sony SonicStage Simple Burner.. NOT spyware!!  See also: Link   Guffe
rate1 Installed by TMPGEnc DVD Author I think.   rluner
rate1 Installed with Sony Sonicstage software for me.  
rate3 Came with Sonicstage, destabilized my system   Boven
rate1 Came with drag and drop on my toshiba laptop   JASONBME
rate2 Came with SonicStage. But it uses resources and i hate programs like this one that always start with Windows. Because my aim is not to always use it.   Houzéf
rate3 I'm very annoyed that this remains after uninstalling SonicStage. Any advice on how to rid myself of this annoying process?   Tasslehoff_can*nospam*
rate4 useless. drag n drop program works fine without it and since u probably dont burn eveytime u use the computer keep it switched off to save ram. and only switch it on when you are about to use it.   Shione
rate1 Came from installing Soundstage - Sony's music D/L software.   JHamilton
rate3 my copy is infected with a browser hijack virus   Michael
rate4 SonicStage Sony Spyware: reports running apps 24hrs   dlj
rate2 I have recently installed SonicStage, Kenny's comment above looks as if he was sure that sonic stage was where he got it from   Bulldog
rate1 nothing you need to worry about. if youre trying to play games, turn it off! it will shut down the game. just turn it off at start up.   Mike
rate1 This file is part of the SonicStage program definitely, and quite possibly others. It is not harmful, only required to write music to your MD or other CD/DVD devices as well. DO NOT BE AFRAID! If spyware is a concern, install ZoneAlarm and Ad-Aware. Spyware be gone!   Clayton J. Knight
rate1 A.lso got it after purchasing a portable Sony CD Player (it was included). I run about 7 adware/spyware/virus/trojan checkers & firewall and the system comes up clean.   Jade
rate1 When I stop this exe it seems also to prevent PnP from functioning so that both my sound card and nic are not detected. It's small (248k Mem Usage) but annoying.   Froggy
rate3 I also have Sony SonicStage installed, so that sure seems to be a common thread...   sstatham63
rate1 Installs when you install Sonic Stage  See also: Link   J L
rate0 Installed with Sony Sonic Stage and other software that uses EZ Systems Software. It allows burning a CDRW on a system that does not have burning software. Useful in that case but anoying otherwise.   Sonic Stage
rate3 I have a sony vgc-ra710g. it has both drag'ndrop cd+dvd and sonic stage. if you don't want it running with Windows starting but want to keep the software in your computer, you know, in case someday you might need it, just go to start-run-msconfig-startup, uncheck ezsp_px and restart your computer, when the information box jumps out, check the box and hit ok.   Issis
rate3 This came installed on my Toshiba Satellite A25. However, this laptop does not support DVD writing, but a different version of the Satellite laptop does. I've removed it from msconfig but it insinuates itself on my system due to a registry key in the startup section of the registry. That's why it's difficult to shut this process off permanently or to get rid of it.   skippy567
rate1 I also have this file and have installed SonicStage, however i rearely use the programme, and dissable it most of the time to free up RAM.   7upcan
rate0 Have had SonicStage installed. ezSP_Px.exe seems to remain resident even after uninstalling SonicStage.   that's it
rate0 Only appeared following Sonicstage installation.   John
rate3 comes from SONY SonicStage Software   Dante Prieto
rate1 This one is definitely unnecessary if you use a superior burner such as Nero   Toon0305
rate2 Came with Sony Disc MAN Portable CD Player.   DaveyMcman
rate1 Installed by default with Sony VAIO software   rsb
rate1 came with the Hi-MD Sony Walkman Player- on the CD (the SonicStage thing)   Andrew
rate5 Sony Spyware: reports running apps 24hrs my copy was also infected.   erin256
rate3 got it with Sonic Stage probably---an unneeded process, dump it   g-man 314
rate2 i have a hewlett packard and i think it came with it. I also have it on my toshiba laptop. So far, nothing bad about it. However, not sure whether i need it. thus i havent deleted it. Dont want to use unecessary processes really.   jersey
rate1 drag n drop on sharp notebook   lovemachine
rate1 Installed on Toshiba Satellite notebook   niobe
rate1 Its Sony spyware!   Goon
rate2 Like others, i had sometime ago installed sony sonic stage software (transfer music to mini-disc) . I uninstalled the application long ago, but the process still self loads on system start-up. Always uses no CPU. I believe it is impotent.   Lucifer
rate1 Installed by default with TOSHIBA TECRA A1   eachperson
rate1 Sonicstage   James
rate4 waste of ram application that runs even if you never use the bundled burning application on Toshiba Satellite notebooks. Nuke to save ram.   Mee
rate4 I have no new software installed, but suddenly ad-aware alerted me about this program wanting to change a registry key.   rottnhombre
rate1 its in my sony computer!! it is for cd dran and drop   juliancito
rate5 This file possibly coming from SonicStage, slow down to block my computer when running DirectCD formatting tool   DES
rate2 came installed on my Toshiba Satellite A45-S120 laptop   Kelly
rate1 Comes with SonicStage 3.1   Sephi
rate2 ezSP_Px.exe must have installed when I installed TMPGEnc DVD Author. I built this computer and do not have any of the other mentioned software installed. Will disable since I use Nero to burn my DVDs after using TMPGEnc DVD Author to make the master.   Chris
rate5 gets infected; screws your system; can lead to hardware replacement   destroyedbytheman
rate1 It comes in0 registry by installing sonic0 Stage   Mohammed Azhar Attari
rate2 Comes with a Fujitsu laptop with Drag'n drop   Jr
rate1 sonic stage for sony MD install this .exe   esteban
rate1 Drag’n Drop CD   mcurts
rate5 it a virus   Daniel
rate3 Got it from Sonic Stage as have so many others.   Jer
rate3 installed SonicStage to download music, don't have burner on laptop so got rid of it  
rate2 It comes on almost any vaio and is inconsiquential   Michael
rate1 Came with a Toshiba   Andrew T
rate1 Came with SonicStage: Go to %systemroot%\system32 in cmd prompt and run "ezsp_px.exe /forceuninstall" to remove.   Chris
rate1 Found this on a Sharp Actius Laptop. "Spybot Search and Destroy" says file is safe/part of CD/DVD programs: PrimoDVD, Drag'n DropCD   MrE
rate3 got it from installing sonicstage   jerry
rate1 It comes by default in all Sony VAIO laptops   Cesar Castillo
rate5 app comes with Sony DE220 mp3/atrac playing discman. it sucks. please tell sony it does.  See also: Link   Koen de Jong
rate1 Installed on Sony Viao   NArtub
rate1 This file is brought in by Sony SonicStage and is required to use its burning functionality. without it SonicStage may become unstable and cease to work. do not delete this program. If you are experiencing problems with your system associated with this product, call the software vendor. chances are your computer may not have the needed system recources required to run this application.   Mediarocker - IT Administrator
rate3 Sony VAIO desktop with Sonic Stage, not sure how malicious it might be, but MS AntiSpyware flagged it up, so we'll see how well the PC works without it....   BigBen
rate2 It comes with SonicStage, no doubt   Juachi
rate1 It comes by default in all Sony VAIO laptops   SLUK
rate1 ezsp_px.exe is flagged as a system process and does not appear to be a security risk. However, removing EZ Shield Protector may adversly impact your system.  See also: Link   Aras
rate2 It seems to be another of those anoying things Sony puts on their PC's and don't tell you anything about it.   Chingas Lee
rate1 I have Toshiba Satllite M35 and it came with Drag&Drop CD+DVD. ezsp_px is in it. So nothing to worry.   Sadia
rate1 I have both InCD (Drag n' drop for burner) and TMPGEnc DVD Author, so not sure which may have installed ezSP_Px.exe. I have also scanned regularly with Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware (Spybot), If you are not using any DVD/CD burners on your system, then remove it. But, if you only suspect it may have virus tendencies, then (for Windows XP users) get "End it All" program and selectively disable this executable. It will return the next time you re-boot. Just a minor inconvenience of re-booting when you decide to burn any DVD's/CD's, but will safeguard your system in case of a potential threat.  See also: Link   Mark
rate0 If you disable it in msconfig, it will restart its self. This computer I'm working on doesn't have a burner.   James Henry
rate0 came with Toshiba Satellite A45-S150 instillation cd, I removed from startup programs, I don't like the programs start without my permission  
rate1 Maybe installed with Tmpgenc DVD author... not dangerous   Limo
rate1 Drag and drop installed   Paul
rate3 its probably a useless process, a DVD burner probably only needs up to 2 processes at the most, with each process having only a thread, so id delete it  
rate0 runs on startup installed with my sony dvd burners software   Gouki
rate5 I have three of the files with the same name, one installed when I got the computer the other two the day that my comptuer starts to wig out with popups. and they're all protected files, so therefore I cannot seem to figure out how to delete them.   roar
rate5 It keeps regenerating itself when deleted, Kaspersky is calling it a trojan....beware   sonny
rate1 This file isn't bothering me I just want to lower the start up load. The main reason for this process is that it helps Sonic Stage work. It came with my Vaio Sony computer. Don't worry it won't hurt you.   :D
rate3 Found it on Toshiba laptop... Possibly comes with drag and drop   Luba
rate5 Anything that gulps memory this much and is this difficult to classify needs to be at the very least, OFF. Like user Shione says ; everything works fine without it; turn it off.   Emperor Hudson
rate1 It is a Process to Retain Drag N Drop settings(Came on my Toshiba Restore XP DVD) and showed up after I installed the Application  See also: Link   John Connor
rate1 pretty sure it's from sony pc's easy drag and drop maybe sonicstage too. run msconfig to enable or disable start up items. pc runs fine without it, if an app nedds it it will run it by itself :)   vaio man
rate1 To truly remove it: 1)Boot into Safe Mode (F8). 2)Navigate to the file C:\Windows\System32\EzSP_Px.exe 3)Rename it EzSP_Px.bak. 4)Reboot. It re-occurs due to a registry key that loads the file each time you reboot or start. Doing this creates a brief error msg when Windows attempts to load the (now missing) file and fails. Once you are convinced no true harm is done use cCleaner or Glary Utilities (or other valid registry cleaning tool) to clean your registry. Problem gone. br br Bill Trail br President Penny Computer Systems, Inc. br Macon, GA 31211 478.787.4532 (7/19/2009)  See also: Link   Bill Trail - Penny Computer Systems Inc.
rate4 As above, Sony DVD burning process. Uninstall the program - it is junk and can cause all sorts of other problems!  See also: Link   Muggie
rate4 It causes McAfee to not function. I can not get rid of it.   Steve
rate2 Installed by Sony Sonic Stage, file is self-perpetuating. If it is running as an active process it will re-seed HKLM\SW\Easy Systems Japan Ltd.\Setting\ezsppe_enabled =1 and HKLM\SW\MS\WIN\CV\Run. To remove: 1. use task manager to stop service. 2. run reg_edit and delete the key in HKLM\SW\MS\Win\CV\Run\ezsp_px.exe. 3. Again, in regedit, find HKLM\SW\SW\Easy Systems Japan Ltd.\Setting there's a setting called "ezsppe_enable" set this to 0 (hex). Reboot and it will not show up again.   sometimestechy
rate5 It comes with Drag 'n' Drop CD, it causes cpu spikes, uses up ram, and is useless, definatly remove! also i get adaware notifying me of registrychanges constanty, and to remove: open cmd , change directory by typing "chdir %systemroot%\system32\" press enter, now type "ezsp_px /forceuninstall". done :). beware it is easily infected   CMDR
rate0 PUSCDeamon  

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