The prime95.exe process is also known as the Prime95 Application. It belongs to Prime95 and it belongs to an unknown company. The program has a visible window. It is not a Windows core file. There is not a lot of information that can be gathered regarding this process. It has known file sizes on Windows 7/XP that are 4,333,568 bytes (66% of all occurrences) and 2,412,544 bytes. It has a technical security rating of 11% dangerous, which means it is very safe to use according to the users. It is unlikely to pose any potential dangers, although caution needs to be exercised whenever this program is being executed. The process can be uninstalled in the Control Panel. However, it is better for the user to keep this process running within the computer system and removing it may cause the user’s computer system to behave in a rather unpredictable manner that can cause unnecessary problems.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. prime95.exe. is used by Prime95 Application, If you shut down prime95.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop prime95.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Prime95 Application, 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 prime95.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Prime95 Application, 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 prime95.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 prime95.exe, belongs to, in this case Prime95 Application