The aei.exe process or Spy Sweeper, was created by Webroot Software. Webroot is a widely known supplier of Internet security for its businesses and consumers worldwide. Webroot is headquartered in Colorado and was founded in 1997. It is considered one of the largest privately held companies specializing in Internet security in the United States of America. The aei.exe process or Spy Sweeper is a software product that is capable of detecting and removing viruses and spyware on a user’s computer system running on Microsoft Windows. This program examines a user’s files on his or her PC’s hard disk drive, including its objects in its memory, the Windows cookies and registry, then quarantines suspicious or malicious looking materials it can find. MSN Premium is an example of a broadband service that offers rebranded versions of Spy Sweeper when a user subscribes to them. This anti-virus program gives protection and the process claims to be fast, easy and will not prove to be in conflict with a user’s other applications.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Spy Sweeper, 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 aei.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 aei.exe, belongs to, in this case Spy Sweeper