The ppclean.exe process is also known as the Pest Cleaning Module. It belongs to PestPatrol and it is owned by Computer Associates. The program has to visible window. It is not a Windows core file. There is no known information regarding the author of this file. It is capable of hiding itself from the computer system. It has known file sizes on Windows 7/XP that are 409,088 bytes (60% of all occurrences), 479,232 bytes, 411,136 bytes or 415,744 bytes. It has a technical security rating of 28% dangerous, which makes it relatively safe to use according to the users. It is unlikely to pose any potential threats, although caution needs to be followed whenever this program is operated. However, the user still needs to be vigilant with this application, as like other EXE file; it can be vulnerable to contain a virus and may be read as a malicious threat which can potentially cause infections when not taken care of properly.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Pest Cleaning Module, 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 ppclean.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 ppclean.exe, belongs to, in this case Pest Cleaning Module