The executable helper.exe appears to be related to a number of different processes. The two most common however are processes related to a Web browser and to a disk copying software program. To be more specific, some users find it installed as an add-on for their Mozilla Firefox Web browser, while others found it installed through software for disk cloning. For these processes, the file’s common folder destination is C:\Program Files. However, the helper.exe file also appears to be related to a number of viruses. There have been quite a number of reports from users that the helper.exe file found on their machines has been identified by their AV software as a Trojan and spyware. There were reports that the Trojan associated with the helper.exe file appears to have the capability to send stolen bank details of unsuspecting users to a remote computer, where unscrupulous characters are waiting to use the banking details as soon as they receive the information.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Firefox Add-On, 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 helper.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 helper.exe, belongs to, in this case Firefox Add-On