The file hiyo.exe, known as HiYo, belongs to software HiYo from IncrediMail Ltd. Hiyo.exe executes as a process with the local user's privilege and is typically installed with the program HiYo. This application is a free add-on for Windows Live Messenger (MSN), Yahoo Instant Messenger, and AIM that provides users with a variety of emoticons, winks, smileys, animations, superwinks, nudges, and sounds. Emoticons and smileys are pictorial representations of facial expressions, while superwinks are a new generation of winks that enhance interaction with friends. HiYo is a free download that the user may enjoy for as long as he wants. It is free of charge but once it is installed, the user is offered with the opportunity to change the default Internet search provider and homepage to HiYo MyStart that is powered by Google. This option is being offered by the developers of HiYo in order to generate revenues from their partnership with Google.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as HiYo, 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 hiyo.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 hiyo.exe, belongs to, in this case HiYo