This type of process is known as Norton Antivirus Advanced Tools Integrity Checker which belongs to the software Norton AntiVirus made by Symantec. It is located in a directory subfolder of C:\Program Files. It has a visible window and is digitally signed by VeriSign. It normally runs in the background upon start-up of Windows. Its function is to check for any possible signs of virus or malware activity in the PC. This serves as a protection for the users’ computer that, when removed, may lead to undetected bugs, malwares, and viruses to run in the users’ computer. Due to its nature, this has been rated at most 2% dangerous on a technical security risk level. The advchk.exe file is an executable file with storage size of 74,920 bytes 42% of the time and can vary from 74,904 bytes to 79,480 bytes or 78,976 bytes.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. advchk.exe. is used by Norton AntiVirus, If you shut down advchk.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop advchk.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Norton AntiVirus, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed advchk.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Norton AntiVirus, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if advchk.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that advchk.exe, belongs to, in this case Norton AntiVirus