The psksvc.exe process is also known as the Anti-malware Protection Support Executable. It belongs to the Panda Anti-malware and it is owned by the Panda Software International. The program is considered to be invisible. It is not a Windows system file. There is not a lot of information that can be collected regarding this process. It is a Verisign signed file and has known file sizes on Windows 7/XP that are 28,928 bytes (50% of all occurrences), 27,696 bytes or 28,992 bytes. It has a technical security rating of 40% dangerous, which means which means that it is of mixed reviews according to the users. It is somewhat unlikely to pose any potential dangers, but precaution is needed to be exercised whenever this program is running. The process can be uninstalled in the Control Panel. The process can alter the behavior and manipulate other programs within the computer system. However, it is better for the user to keep this process running within the computer system and taking it off may cause the user’s computer system to behave in a rather unpredictable manner.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Anti-malware Protection Support Executable, 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 psksvc.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 psksvc.exe, belongs to, in this case Anti-malware Protection Support Executable