The sbaphd.sys process is also known as Sunbelt ActiveProtection hook driver and it belongs to the software CounterSpy. It is owned by Sunbelt Software. There is minimal data gathered regarding this process. The process is not visible. It is not a Windows system file. The process contains a technical security rating of 16% dangerous, which means it is relatively safe to run according to the users; it is generally more sound if the user operates this process under careful conditions within his or her computer system; in order to pacify any possible threats to the user’s computer system, the user needs to be conscious of the possibilities that this process may contain some possible threatening materials, such as Trojan, virus, spyware, and any other potential dangers (which makes this process vulnerable to virus writers) that needs to be conscious of, as well performing immediate measures which can be done whenever this program is being run in order to solidify the security and stability of the user’s computer system. It may be advisable to keep this program running and not disable it as disabling it might cause the computer system to behave in an unpredictable manner.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Sunbelt ActiveProtection hook driver, 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 sbaphd.sys. 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 sbaphd.sys, belongs to, in this case Sunbelt ActiveProtection hook driver