When you execute the file srtsp.sys, a program called Symantec AutoProtect will be installed in your machine. The main purpose of the application is to provide your computer with real-time protection against incoming threats. When the program detects a security threat, or has detected an activity that could be a risk to PC health; the program will automatically capture the threat, and delete it or put it under quarantine. The program checks emails and their attachments, files stored in the system, and checks every activity made on the computer, such opening a file or saving a document; to make sure that these activities are not security risks to the system. The file is stored, by default, to C:\Windows\System 32\drivers. This file is not considered a security threat. It is recommended that the file will launch with startup, and keep it running as a background process, to ascertain that all threats are detected and addressed accordingly by the process.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Symantec AutoProtect, 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 srtsp.sys. 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 srtsp.sys, belongs to, in this case Symantec AutoProtect