The fih32.exe file is the process called F-Secure Installation Launcher that is used by the application F-Secure Anti-Virus Client developed by F-Secure. The location of this process file is in the C:\Program Files subfolder. Known sizes for this file include 57,392 bytes, 131,792 bytes, 101,106 bytes, 57,419 bytes and 57,393 bytes with 44% occurrence. There is no visible window for this process. It is not a core file for Windows. The fih32.exe file can hide itself. You can access the program on the Windows Control Panel. F-Secure Anti-Virus Client offers real time automatic protection against worms, Trojans, viruses and spyware that attack through floppy disks, the Web and E-mail. It cans IMPA4, SMTP and POP3 E-mails for viruses. It uses a fail-safe method to update virus definition about once or twice a day. It includes a firewall and blocks intruders trying to access the system.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. fih32.exe. is used by F-Secure Anti-Virus Client, If you shut down fih32.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop fih32.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is F-Secure Anti-Virus Client, 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 fih32.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as F-Secure Anti-Virus Client, 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 fih32.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 fih32.exe, belongs to, in this case F-Secure Anti-Virus Client