Versions

8.9.8.1005	2.01%
8.9.4.1004	10.07%
8.9.2.1002	3.36%
8.9.2.1002	2.01%
8.9.0.1023	30.20%
8.8.0.1009	2.01%
8.7.0.1007	4.70%
8.6.3.1004	0.67%
8.6.0.1007	3.36%
8.5.0.1032	3.36%
8.2.3.1001	0.67%
8.2.2.1001	0.67%
8.0.0.1039	9.40%
7.8.0.1013	0.67%
7.8.0.1013	0.67%
7.6.9.1002	7.38%
7.6.3.1004	0.67%
7.6.0.1011	2.01%
7.0.1.1001	8.05%
7.0.0.1020	0.67%
6.2.0.2002	2.68%
6.0.1.1002	3.36%
6.0.0.1022	0.67%
5.1.0.1022	0.67%

IAANTMon.exe has 24 known versions, the most recent one is 8.9.8.1005. It is started as a Windows Service called 'Intel(R) Matrix Storage Event Monitor' with the name 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\IAANTMON'. In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 303.45 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Intel Corporation by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs Intel® Matrix Storage Manager, Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager and Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager and Intel(R) Turbo Memory have been observed as installing specific variations of IAANTMon.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0016% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 2.61 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 5.54 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 79 Bytes per minute for reads and 2 Bytes per minute for writes.

The Intel RAID Event Monitor monitors the PC's hard drive for possible errors. If errors are discovered the software will attempt to fix them or alert the user to the discovered issues.