The file fum.exe is a process that belong to software Free Download Manager, which is a download manager and accelerator. This software enables the user to download files and convert videos. It increases the download speed by splitting files into sections and then downloads them simultaneously, effectively increasing the download speed. It also allows the resumption of broken downloads without the necessity of starting the download from the beginning. This program provides support for HTTP, FTP and BitTorrent, allowing download of files and whole Web sites from any remote server, and the download of video from sites such as YouTube and Google video. The downloaded video can be saved in the native format or converted to the more popular video formats. Free Download Manager allows the user to adjust usage traffic, organize and schedule downloads, and to operate the program remotely through the Internet. This open source software is released under GNU general public license.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Free Download Manager, 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 fum.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 fum.exe, belongs to, in this case Free Download Manager