Many user reports claim that the compob.dll file has been classified by their system security tools as a malicious program associated with a component or variant of the Troj/Rootkit-EW application, which is a family of Trojans known to infect unprotected Windows-based systems with unencrypted TCP/IP network ports, outdated system security certificates or an unsecured Windows System Registry. These same users claim that the compob.dll malware is capable of creating keys and entries into an unsecured Windows System Registry of an unprotected Windows-based computer upon its successful placement and activation in the system via one of its EXE component processes, and these registry keys and entries are said to instruct the system to allow the compob.dll malware to automatically initialize during system startup and for its other EXE component files to operate as a hidden background process during system runtime. These users also state that the compob.dll malware is capable of exploiting unencrypted TCP/IP network ports and use these to initiate contact with predesignated remote servers that are managed by the authors of the compob.dll malware, in order to download more malicious programs unto the system from those remote servers, or wait for further instructions from those remote servers, which the compob.dll malware will perform in the system upon receipt of those directives. Other users claim that their own anti-malware tools flag the compob.dll file as a malicious program associated with the Win32/Boaxxe.I application, which is another family of Trojans.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. compob.dll. is used by Troj/Rootkit-EW and Win32/Boaxxe.I Trojan, If you shut down compob.dll, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop compob.dll, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Troj/Rootkit-EW and Win32/Boaxxe.I 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 compob.dll

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Troj/Rootkit-EW and Win32/Boaxxe.I 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 compob.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 compob.dll, belongs to, in this case Troj/Rootkit-EW and Win32/Boaxxe.I Trojan