The fhook.dll file is the process fhook that is associated with the application SurfinGuard/ SurfinShield developed by Finjan Software. The location of this DLL file is in the C:\Windows\System32 folder. Known sizes for this file include 98,304 bytes, 118,867 bytes and 171,584 bytes with 54% occurrence. A DLL file is a Windows application that has functions that are applicable to several programs. It is easy to install and arrange. It can inject itself into other process to control or change their activities. Finjan, Inc. is a company that offers security solutions for detecting and blocking malicious code and software intrusions from the Internet. This program starts when you boot Windows. The registry key for this process is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\AppInit_DLLs. The fhook.dll process can monitor applications. Fhook DLL version 1.0.0.1 has an MD5 of f411de4ff7cb006c8d170676b9d52354, SHA1 of 3c9eb810253ea8223f6e533273483472bda7a17d and SHA256 of b1029f1189a2e5c572db71e21afa9d6cc95d96f300e057edf265c42fc0c451bb. The process automatically starts on AppInit_DLLs.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as SurfinGuard/ SurfinShield, 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 fhook.dll. 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 fhook.dll, belongs to, in this case SurfinGuard/ SurfinShield