The file d.tmp is most commonly regarded by many security software as a Trojan virus. As per the security software Symantec, this file is a Trojan Horse and another security software TrendMicro identifies it as a backdoor trojan. A Trojan horse is classified as a malware, where in, it masks itself as a system file, but in reality, is involved in allowing access to an unauthorized user to a file or a computer. It is not a component of Windows or any operating system, and must be removed from the computer as it puts personal information of the user at risk to hackers or unauthorized person. It may appeal as part of a specific software, but is not. The file d.tmp is located inside the system 32 subfolder of the Windows folder within the local drive directory. Usual size of this file is about 18 KB to 19 KB.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Trojan Horse, 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 d.tmp. 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 d.tmp, belongs to, in this case Trojan Horse