The fah502-console.exe file is the process called FAH5.00 that is used by the program Folding@Home Client developed by Stanford University. The location of this process file is in the C:\Program Files subfolder, C:\ subfolder, C:\Documents and Settings subfolder or C:\Windows folder. The size of this file is 253,952 bytes. This is not a visible process. Folding@Home Client is a program that employs distributed computing. It is used by Stanford University scientists to gather answers from home computers to help them solve problems that require many calculations related to their studies of diseases such as Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cancers. The software will send a problem for you to solve. After solving one problem, it will send you another. You can receive feedback if you want or you can just let it run. Folding pertains to the assembly of proteins before they are able to perform their functions. Proteins are the powerhouses of the body that convert your food into energy, fight diseases and regulate mood. If they do not fold correctly called misfolding, it can cause serious conditions such as the diseases mentioned above. Understanding misfolding will help scientists develop cure for these diseases.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. fah502-console.exe. is used by Folding@Home, If you shut down fah502-console.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop fah502-console.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Folding@Home, 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 fah502-console.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Folding@Home, 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 fah502-console.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 fah502-console.exe, belongs to, in this case Folding@Home