The process gain_trickler_3202.exe belongs to Adware.W32.Claria. The Claria Corporation is the former Gator Corporation with products that are classified as spyware or adware. Adware.W32.Claria is a potential security risk for the computer since this software monitors on the browsing activity that is taking place on the computer. This spyware and adware process sends all collected information about the user's browsing habits back to the developer's website for user activity analysis. The adware prompts advertising popups on the computer, which disrupts the users computing activities. Claria/Gator has released a suite of Internet applications that showed ads from the GAIN/Gator network, even when the installed programs were not running in the foreground. The software suite includes eWallet, Weatherscope, WebSecureAlert, and Dashbar, which is an advertisement supported search toolbar supported by Claria that displays intrusive popup ads. During the installation process, users are asked to choose between the free versions that serve the ads or to pay for the versions without the intrusive ads.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. gain_trickler_3202.exe. is used by Adware.W32.Claria, If you shut down gain_trickler_3202.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop gain_trickler_3202.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Adware.W32.Claria, 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 gain_trickler_3202.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Adware.W32.Claria, 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 gain_trickler_3202.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 gain_trickler_3202.exe, belongs to, in this case Adware.W32.Claria