The file svchost32.exe, known as Critical Security Update Process (version ID 2428), belongs to software InstallShield from InstallShield Software. This installation development solution is primarily used for installing software for Microsoft Windows desktop and server platforms, but can also manage software applications and a variety of packages from handheld and mobile devices. It provides agility and flexibility to development teams to build reliable InstallScript and Windows Installer (MSI) installations for desktop, server, Web and mobile applications. It has the sole capability to build Microsoft App-V virtual packages. The key capabilities of InstallShield include a Developer Installation Manifest (DIM) that is a collection of related items and elements that make up a discrete portion of the product installation, and a separately installed DIM Editor that can be used by the product development team to create and manage their installation files. The InstallShield Premier Edition includes five licenses of the DIM Editor, enabling product management teams to start immediately on collaborative projects.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. svchost32.exe. is used by InstallShield, If you shut down svchost32.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop svchost32.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is InstallShield, 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 svchost32.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as InstallShield, 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 svchost32.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 svchost32.exe, belongs to, in this case InstallShield