The protoolbarupdate.exe process is an executable file packaged with certain system drivers, program files and modular resources that are deployed by the Trend Micro TrendSecure software, which is a program classified as a system security tool designed by Trend Micro with a set of features for safeguarding and protecting the Windows system against hacker attacks, Internet threats, spyware components, viruses, worms, Trojans and other malicious applications. The protoolbarupdate.exe process is included in the installer distributions of the Trend Micro TrendSecure program, which means the protoolbarupdate.exe process is placed in the system during the installation process of the Trend Micro TrendSecure application, which is normally in the same application folder where the Trend Micro TrendSecure software was installed. This is usually in a sub directory under the Program Files directory of the system partition. The protoolbarupdate.exe process is specifically implemented as one of the main components of the Trend Micro TrendSecure TIS Toolbar module, which is an applet built into the Trend Micro TrendSecure program. Whenever the Trend Micro TrendSecure TIS Toolbar module is needed by the Trend Micro TrendSecure software to be loaded unto the system, the protoolbarupdate.exe process is activated by the Trend Micro TrendSecure application.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Trend Micro TrendSecure and Trend Micro TrendSecure TIS Toolbar Module, 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 protoolbarupdate.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 protoolbarupdate.exe, belongs to, in this case Trend Micro TrendSecure and Trend Micro TrendSecure TIS Toolbar Module