The guarddog.exe file is the process called McAfee Internet Security Service Application belonging to the application McAfee Internet Security created by Network Associates Inc. This process does not have a visible window. It is not a system process. It can hide itself. McAfee Internet Security 2013 offers comprehensive security for your computer as you explore online. It safeguards against malware and viruses. It provides a scanning engine to protect the computer from the latest threats like spyware, viruses, rootkits and Trojans without slowing down the system or compromising the battery life. It enhances the safety of shopping and searching using color-coded icons placed beside every search result to indicate its safety. It provides digital data message that indicates the location of blocked IP address and reason for being unsafe. It works for touch screen, track pads or mouse. Its vulnerability scanner monitors the computer for missing updates and gives advices for solutions. This security suite also blocks malicious ads, spam and dangerous E-mails, and provides parental control.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as McAfee Internet Security, 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 guarddog.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 guarddog.exe, belongs to, in this case McAfee Internet Security