We have the RSA SecurID Windows Agent (v.7.4.0 & 7.4.2) installed across our Windows domain. On our servers, if a users session is open for a period of time, RSANotificationIcon.exe consumes a relatively large amount of memory which grows by the amount of time they are logged in. For systems with multiple concurrent user sessions, this memory usage can pose a problem as each user session will have a distinct RSANotificationIcon.exe process. Is there a way to disable this service using Group policy or prevent it from consuming so much memory?
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If you remove the following entry from the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "RSA Notification Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\RSA Shared\\RSA .NET\\RSANotificationIcon.exe
then the RSANotificationIcon process is not started when you log in. However, if you execute RSAControlCenter.exe, then RSANotificationIcon.exe is started.
To disable the startup of the RSANotificationIcon.exe when starting the Control Center, change the registry key value
FROM:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RSA\RSA Desktop Common\RSA Notification Icon\
InstallDir = C:\Program Files\Common Files\RSA Shared\RSA .NET\
TO:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RSA\RSA Desktop Common\RSA Notification Icon\
InstallDir_NOOP = C:\Program Files\Common Files\RSA Shared\RSA .NET\
This prevents the startup and it throws no errors.