The process samp.exe belongs to the GTA San Andreas software. This process is located in the subfolder C:\Program Files. It has a file size of 364,544 bytes at 75% of all occurrences and also 370,175 bytes on Windows XP and Windows 7 computers. GTA stands for Grand Theft Auto. This associated program to the file samp.exe is actually a gaming software named after the name of the game itself – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. This is the fifth of all the series of the game. It was first released for Playstation 2 platform. And after a few more development, the game was released for Xbox and PC gaming. This video game has been published by Rockstar Games and developed by several other companies connected to Rockstar Games Company. Aside from the PS2, Xbox, and PC platform, this video game can also be played on other platforms like PS3, PSP, and even iPhone to name a few more.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as GTA San Andreas, 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 samp.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 samp.exe, belongs to, in this case GTA San Andreas