The psservice.exe process is also known as the DSSM Scheduler. It belongs to the Distribution Vulnerability Management and it is owned by the DragonSoft Security Associates, Inc. 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. The file is digitally signed from Microsoft Corporation – Microsoft Timestamping Service. It is not recommended to remove digitally signed files from the Microsoft Corporation. This process is considered to be safe. It is unlikely to pose any potential dangers, but cautionary measures are needed to be exercised whenever this program is being executed. 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 an erratic manner.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as DSSM Scheduler, 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 psservice.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 psservice.exe, belongs to, in this case DSSM Scheduler