The cnetfilter.exe process is an executable component file of the Personal Antivirus software, which is a Windows program that has been flagged by many credible system security software developers, users and IT specialists as a rogue anti-virus application. A lot of users claim that the cnetfilter.exe process assists the Personal Antivirus software in integrating its fake system monitoring, malware scanning and threat blocking functionalities into the Windows-based computer, and the cnetfilter.exe process is also said to aid the Personal Antivirus program in generating exaggerated threat alerts, false virus notifications and fabricated user privacy issues or system stability risks whenever the Personal Antivirus rogue anti-malware tool is actively running in the system. The cnetfilter.exe process is deployed into the system upon the installation of the Personal Antivirus application and is one of the EXE component processes included in the installer distribution packages of this rogue antivirus software.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Personal Antivirus, 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 cnetfilter.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 cnetfilter.exe, belongs to, in this case Personal Antivirus