The file cappactiveprotection.exe is a part of CA Internet Security Suite. It is also associated with CA Anti Spyware. These programs offer complete protection on your entire computer system. It can shield your computer against Trojan horses, viruses and worms. CA is a trusted software protection product line licensed by CA Technologies. When installed the program should be part of the system’s start up to ensure real time security. The user may locate the program and the product description on the startup menu. The status should remain enabled, since disabling the program may result in possible virus infiltration. The Internet Security Suite will check on all data that will enter the computer, including all websites that are accessed on the browser. It may issue a warning to make the user aware of the presence of malware, spyware or that the site may be a phishing site.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as CA Internet Security Suite, 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 cappactiveprotection.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 cappactiveprotection.exe, belongs to, in this case CA Internet Security Suite