The pccguide.exe process is belongs to the antivirus software Trend PC-cillin, which has been developed by Trend Micro, Incorporated. The process file supports the installation of the PC-cillin 2002 antivirus software, by reducing the development time and providing a simple step by step procedure on setting up the software. With this, the user can avoid delays due to simple installation process. The user is also enabled to capture, test, maintain, and use requirements for installing during the process of developing the software. Once the software is properly installed due to the pccguide.exe file, the user can immediately benefit from what PC-cillin 2002 can offer. This antivirus software protects personal and palmtop computers from viruses, worms and Trojans. It also provides a firewall to shield the computer against hackers and intruders and a web filter to block access to specific websites. It scans harmful attachments from incoming e-mails. It does not only detect Trojan horses, it also cleans them if there are any.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. pccguide.exe. is used by Trend PC-cillin 2002, If you shut down pccguide.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop pccguide.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Trend PC-cillin 2002, 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 pccguide.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Trend PC-cillin 2002, 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 pccguide.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 pccguide.exe, belongs to, in this case Trend PC-cillin 2002