The histkill.exe file is a process that is part of the application HistoryKill distributed and created by SwankSoft Technologies, Inc. This process removes or deletes all surfing paths that reflect user browsing habits. It removes detailed history files, cookies, caches and droplist URLs navigated recently. The process works on Windows 95, 98, NT/ME, 2000 and XP systems. The histkill.exe file overwrites the surfing history securely and automatically and makes its recovery impossible once the software is installed. It blocks pop ups and other advertisements. It features Boss Key that hides IM and other accessed Web browser windows immediately. The process supports various Web browsers including SBC, AOL, Yahoo, MSN and Mozilla Firefox. It removes Auto Complete History. It easily eases Windows index.dat files from the system. It ensures privacy by completely removing the Run menu list. Its Auto Kill mechanism clears the History once the user closes the browser. The histkill.exe process overwrites data randomly up to 7 times for recovery to be impossible. It also removes temporary files.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as HistoryKill, 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 histkill.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 histkill.exe, belongs to, in this case HistoryKill