Installing Spybot Search and Destroy software will also install a process called Spybot Search and Destroy Security Center Integration, via the executable file sdwinsec.exe. The software is under the company Safer Networking Ltd. The main function of the file is to integrate Spybot Search and Destroy into Windows Security Center. The process integrates into Windows Security Center by default. The file is saved in the following standard path: C:\Program Files\Spybot-Search and Destroy\ sdwinsec.exe. Physical memory is 6.65 MB. Based on users’ accounts, the system sometimes shows an error message that the installer was unable to start. It was determined that the file sdwinsec.exe is run differently by some versions of Windows OS, where the process is run by Windows not as an administrator. In such cases, users had to manually install the file again as Administrator, before it can run properly. With other versions of Windows OS, the file is run as an Administrator account by default.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Spybot Search and Destroy, 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 sdwinsec.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 sdwinsec.exe, belongs to, in this case Spybot Search and Destroy