The pchooklaunch64.exe process is also known as the PCHookLaunch.exe and it belongs to the software BitDefender Internet Security (2011 version) and is owned by BitDefender. The process contains no file description and the program is not visible. The pchooklaunch64.exe is a Verisign signed file and it is digitally signed. It is not a Windows system file and it is capable of recording inputs. It has some known file sizes on Windows 7/XP which are 76,384 bytes (which is 60% of all occurrences) or 70,752 bytes. The process contains a technical security rating of 28% dangerous which makes it relatively safe and is unlikely to cause any errors or present malicious threats for the user. However, precautions should still be exercised as every EXE files are vulnerable to be presented with threats. This process should be kept running within the computer system and should not be terminated unless it is actually causing the computer system some serious problems.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. pchooklaunch64.exe. is used by PCHookLaunch.exe, If you shut down pchooklaunch64.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop pchooklaunch64.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is PCHookLaunch.exe, 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 pchooklaunch64.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as PCHookLaunch.exe, 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 pchooklaunch64.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 pchooklaunch64.exe, belongs to, in this case PCHookLaunch.exe