FF Install Service is a background process installed via the executable file installfilterservice.exe. This is generally installed by OEMs on laptops and desktops. The process is from the software Accelerometer. This is a free fall sensor/protector, which basically translates to protecting the machine’s hard disks in case the computer goes into free fall. The software is registered under a company known as STMicroelectronics. The file also apparently provides an application that can help with power-saving for the system. Users can locate the file in C:\Program Files\STMicroelectronics\Accelerometer\installfilterservice.exe. File averages from 59,904 bytes to 60,928 bytes. Usually, when users find this pre-installed on their computers, they leave the file alone unless they find it causing system errors. There are very few resources available that can further provide information about the process or the software that it came from. Other than the mentioned general info, no other data appear to be available. Nonetheless, an important bit of information is that the file has not been detected as a threat to system security.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as FF Installs Service, 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 installfilterservice.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 installfilterservice.exe, belongs to, in this case FF Installs Service