The visicom_antiphishing.exe is also known as the Anti-Phishing Domain Advisor. The Anti-Phishing Domain Advisor guarantees the user to be able to navigate the Internet in a safe and secure manner as this program secures the user from “phishing sites” or imitations of legitimate websites that attempts to steal a user’s personal information, or “malware sites.” These websites are created to cause harm within a user’s computer system. To ensure protection, the Anti-Phishing Domain Advisor continuously checks websites that the user surfs and compares it against a list of reported malware or phishing websites. A list of available phishing sites are supplied by Panda Security which updates its information every 5-20 minutes. This program is designed to give the user the peace of mind and security in order to freely surf the Internet without any malicious on goings. A user can benefit from this site by having an updated protection against phishing or malware sites.
How can I stop visicom_antiphishing.exe and should I?
Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. visicom_antiphishing.exe. is used by Anti-Phishing Domain Advisor, If you shut down visicom_antiphishing.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop visicom_antiphishing.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Anti-Phishing Domain Advisor, 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.
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What is a process and how do they affect my computer?
A process usually a part of an installed application such as Anti-Phishing Domain Advisor, 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.
Is visicom_antiphishing.exe known to be bad for my computer's performance?
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.
What can I do if visicom_antiphishing.exe is causing errors on my computer?
The first thing you should do if visicom_antiphishing.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 visicom_antiphishing.exe, belongs to, in this case Anti-Phishing Domain Advisor