An application known as blackd is part of the Internet Security Systems BlackICE Firewall software. The process serves as your desktop firewall that watches out for system intrusions. You can find the file installed in the following directory: C:\Program Files\ISS\BlackICE\blackd.exe. This is an executable file that must be kept running in the background in order to fully take advantage of its firewall protection functions. It is recommended that the file be allowed to launch simultaneous with Windows startup. There are instances reported by users, where the system shows an error message that reads: “blackd.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.” The usual file issue that prompts the system to display this particular error message is the file being incompatible with the current Operating System that is trying to launch it. Incompatibility issues typically happen when the file version is not suited for the OS version. An update of the blackd.exe file, or a change of the file version, usually solves the issue.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as ISS BlackICE Firewall, 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 blackd.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 blackd.exe, belongs to, in this case ISS BlackICE Firewall