The selectrebates.exe process belongs to ShopAtHome SelectRebates or ShopAtHome.com. ShotAtHome.com a website that offers free grocery coupons, online coupons, cash back rewards, restaurant coupons, contests and free samples. It was founded in 1986 by Marc and Claudia Brauntstein, a husband and wife team in Denver, Colorado in the convenience of their own home. It offers a “Catalog of Catalogs.” The ShopAtHome is different from other online dealers as it returns back to shoppers for their purchases made through the site. It has experienced growth over the years and currently has more than 50 employees which now include entire teams. The selectrebates.exe process though has proven to be registered within a system’s malware database from ShopAtHome and is considered to be an adware. This software is usually plagued by advertising popups, therefore must be checked for malicious threats such as spyware, malware and adware. It is important to check the updates in order to be provided with protection within the user’s computer system against threats.
How can I stop selectrebates.exe and should I?
Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. selectrebates.exe. is used by ShopAtHome.com, If you shut down selectrebates.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop selectrebates.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is ShopAtHome.com, 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.
Is this a virus or other security concern?
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What is a process and how do they affect my computer?
A process usually a part of an installed application such as ShopAtHome.com, 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.
Is selectrebates.exe known to be bad for my computer's performance?
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.
What can I do if selectrebates.exe is causing errors on my computer?
The first thing you should do if selectrebates.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 selectrebates.exe, belongs to, in this case ShopAtHome.com