The file iamapp.exe belongs to software Norton Internet Security from Symantec. This security software provides malware prevention and removal during subscription period and uses signatures and heuristics to identify viruses. It provides full protection against viruses and spyware, including network connections and Web browsing, and uses filters to prevent unauthorized access to the computer to prevent identity theft. It uses the combined protection of Norton Insight Protection that informs users of emerging threats, and Performance Alerts that help users optimize the system performance by sending alerts on slow apps. The latest version of Norton Internet Security features a target removal layer that eliminates hard to remove threats that are often missed by less sophisticated products, and has an improved SONAR Behavioral protection and live 24/7 threat monitoring that detects, eliminates, and stays ahead of threats by continuously monitoring the PC for suspicious activity. Users of Norton Internet Security receive regular updates that are automatically sent and installed into the system.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Norton Internet Security, 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 iamapp.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 iamapp.exe, belongs to, in this case Norton Internet Security