The watermark.exe process is an executable program file that has been reported by many users as a variant of a malicious program belonging to the Troj/Zbot-ADH family of Trojans. The same user reports claimed the watermark.exe file infects Windows-based computers by penetrating the system and creating keys or entries that this malicious application injects into the Windows System Registry, in order for the watermark.exe process to automatically initialize during system startup. The watermark.exe process, upon its execution, then runs undetected by the user as a background process and tries to find vulnerable TCP/IP network ports that this malicious program can exploit, in order to download other malware components from the Web servers of its authors. The watermark.exe process then proceeds to activate the downloaded malware applications, in order to gather data and Internet browsing information from the system and the default Web browser, according to many users.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Troj/Zbot-ADH Trojan, 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 watermark.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 watermark.exe, belongs to, in this case Troj/Zbot-ADH Trojan