The genuine LMS.exe file is a software component of Intel® Active Management Technology Local Manageability Service by Intel Corporation.
Intel's Local Manageability Service (LMS.exe) should be in "C:\Program Files\Intel\AMT" or a similarly named subfolder and the computer should have Release 9.0 or greater of Intel® Active Management Technology (AMT). The Microsoft .NET Framework (2.0 or 3.5) must also be present. Otherwise the process may be disguised malware. (For earlier AMT releases, the User Notification Service, UNS.exe, should be present instead of LMS.exe.) It can be uninstalled via "Programs and Features" by selecting "Intel® Management Engine" (or "…Components.") Windows can work without it but AMT capability cannot. It listens for messages sent by software applications that use dedicated IANA-registered port numbers and routes them to the AMT-ME in a separate processor on the motherboard. An AMT-equipped computer has out-of-band (OOB) communication ability through the TCP/IP stack separate from the OS software stack that enables remote diagnosis, repair, or isolation of the computer even when powered off.
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