The file fwhook.dll, known as FwHook.dll, belongs to software PC Tools Firewall Plus by PC Tools. PC Tools Firewall is free software that provides the user with a personal firewall for Microsoft Windows. The powerful firewall provides protection against hackers and intruders by controlling the traffic in and out of the PC and by monitoring applications that connect to the network. The firewall provided by PC tools can stop Trojans, backdoors, and keyloggers from damaging the computer and from stealing private information. PC Tools Firewall installs easily and does not require any configuration by the user. Its basic functionality can be tweaked in terms of approved or blocked programs in the application area. This application's powerful prevention against attacks and known exploits is activated by default, but advanced users have the option to create their own packet filtering rules to customize the network defenses.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as PC Tools Firewall, 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 fwhook.dll. 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 fwhook.dll, belongs to, in this case PC Tools Firewall