The sound.exe file is an executable process that has been classified by many user reports as a variant of the RBOT-NE family of malicious programs, and the sound.exe process has been reported to be a worm that disguises itself as a legitimate Microsoft Windows Server application. The sound.exe process has also been reported to be capable of automatically initializing upon system startup without user consent, and a few users claimed that the sound.exe process is also capable of operating as a background process without being detected by the user or certain anti-malware tools as an illegitimate process with malicious functionalities. The sound.exe process has been reported to be implemented with certain functions for exploiting TCP/IP network ports, initiating contact with predesignated Web servers, gathering data stored in data disks that are connected to the infected system, collecting Internet browsing information from the default Web browser and sending copies of itself to the IM and email contacts of the user.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as RBOT-NE Worm, 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 sound.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 sound.exe, belongs to, in this case RBOT-NE Worm