The ntrtscan.exe process is also known as the Trend Micro Common Client Real-time Scan Service and is owned by the Trend Micro. The Trend Micro is a company that can help its consumers in alleviating security issues that includes consumer products such as HouseCall, which is a free web-based utility that scans then cleans computers of malware, spyware, Trojans and other viruses. It can perform additional security and fix other vulnerable spots for the user’s computer system. Similar to that is the ntrtscan.exe process, as it provides security for the computer system. This strengthens the security issues of the computer system, though there are reports that this application has the potential risk of being a virus, so precautions are to be taken in order to minimize the risks that can be attained when using this file inappropriately. The ntrtscan.exe can be uninstalled whenever there is a threat to be detected and be re-installed again to refresh the software and get rid of the virus.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Trend Micro Common Client Real-time Scan Service, 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 ntrtscan.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 ntrtscan.exe, belongs to, in this case Trend Micro Common Client Real-time Scan Service