The chkdsk.dll file has been reported by many users as a malicious program that has been flagged by their system security tools as a component or a variant of the AdWare.Win32.PurityScan.en program, which is a family of obtrusive adware applications known to infect Windows-based systems. Other users claim that the chkdsk.dll file is flagged by their own system security applications as a component or variant of the ADW_PURITYSCN.AE family of adware programs, or the ADW_PURITYSCA.Y application, which is another family of obtrusive adware programs with spyware-like functionalities. These users state that the chkdsk.dll file is capable of automatically initializing during system startup and can continue to operate as a hidden background process during system runtime, in order to exploit system vulnerabilities like unprotected TCP/IP network ports that it can use to contact remote servers that are managed by its authors, and these same users claim that the chkdsk.dll file displays pop-up advertising banners while users are browsing the Internet, and these ads are said to be relevant to the content of their visited websites, bookmarked Web pages and search engine queries, most likely because, according to these users, the chkdsk.dll file may have already transmitted their Internet surfing information and private user details to those remote servers for processing.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. chkdsk.dll. is used by AdWare.Win32.PurityScan.en and ADW_PURITYSCN.AE and ADW_PURITYSCA.Y, If you shut down chkdsk.dll, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop chkdsk.dll, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is AdWare.Win32.PurityScan.en and ADW_PURITYSCN.AE and ADW_PURITYSCA.Y, 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 chkdsk.dll

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AdWare.Win32.PurityScan.en and ADW_PURITYSCN.AE and ADW_PURITYSCA.Y, 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 chkdsk.dll. 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 chkdsk.dll, belongs to, in this case AdWare.Win32.PurityScan.en and ADW_PURITYSCN.AE and ADW_PURITYSCA.Y