The vccleanup.exe file is an executable application resource process distributed with other EXE program files, certain SYS driver utilities, some DLL (Dynamic Link Library) modules, specific background process items and various associated components that are used and referenced by Symantec software products. These applications are Windows programs classified as system security tools that were developed by Symantec with a set of functionalities for monitoring, detecting and protecting Windows-based systems against data security risks, user privacy threats, hacker attacks and system stability problems caused by malicious applications like viruses, worms, Trojans, badware items, spyware components and harmful or obtrusive adware programs among other malware infections. The vccleanup.exe process is specifically deployed as a component of the Symantec LiveReg application, which is a small program built into these Symantec software products, and the Symantec LiveReg program is responsible for facilitating communications and real time data transmissions between the Windows system, the installed Symantec software products and Symantec Web servers. The vccleanup.exe file is also called the Symantec Venice Component CleanUp process.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Symantec LiveReg, 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 vccleanup.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 vccleanup.exe, belongs to, in this case Symantec LiveReg