What is adawareportable.exe doing on my computer?

adawareportable.exe is a process belonging to Ad-Aware Portable from PortableAppZ.blogspot.com (Bernat).
Non-system processes like adawareportable.exe originate from software you installed on your system. Since most applications store data on your hard disk and in your system's registry, it is likely that your computer has suffered fragmentation and accumulated invalid entries which can affect your PC's performance.

In Windows Task Manager, you can see what CPU, memory, disk and network utilization is causing the Ad-Aware Portable process. To access the Task Manager, hold down the Ctrl Shift Esc keys at the same time. These three buttons are located on the far left of your keyboard.

The adawareportable.exe is an executable file on your computer's hard drive. This file contains machine code. If you start the software Ad-Aware Portable on your PC, the commands contained in adawareportable.exe will be executed on your PC. For this purpose, the file is loaded into the main memory (RAM) and runs there as a Ad-Aware Portable process (also called a task).

Is adawareportable.exe harmful?

adawareportable.exe has not been assigned a security rating yet. The adawareportable.exe file should be located in the folder e:\programmi in uso\update sicurezza\adaware 2007 usb\ad-aware 2008 v7.1.0.10\adawareportable. Otherwise it could be a Trojan.

Can I stop or remove adawareportable.exe?

Many non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. adawareportable.exe is used by 'Ad-Aware Portable'. This is an application created by 'PortableAppZ.blogspot.com (Bernat)'.

If you no longer use Ad-Aware Portable, you can permanently remove this software and thus adawareportable.exe from your PC. To do this, press the Windows key R at the same time and then type 'appwiz.cpl'. Then find Ad-Aware Portable in the list of installed programs and uninstall this application.

Is adawareportable.exe CPU intensive?

This process is not considered CPU intensive. However, running too many processes on your system may affect your PC’s performance. To reduce system overload, you can use the Microsoft System Configuration Utility (MSConfig) or the Windows Task Manager to manually find and disable processes that launch upon start-up.

Use the Windows Resource Monitor to find out which processes and applications write/read the most on the hard drive, send the most data to the Internet, or use the most memory. To access the Resource Monitor, press the key combination Windows key R and then enter 'resmon'.

Why is adawareportable.exe giving me errors?

Most adawareportable issues are caused by the application executing the process. The surest way to fix these errors is to update or uninstall this application. Therefore, please search the PortableAppZ.blogspot.com (Bernat) website for the latest Ad-Aware Portable update.