The utf-8.so is an executable and linkable file format that pertains to UCS Transformation Format—8-bit or UTF-8, which is a character encoding based on the IANA code, and a representation of every character that is included in the set of the Unicode character. This kind of variable-width encoding is created for backward compatibility with ASCII, because a single octet is used to encode the first 128 characters of Unicode corresponds with ASCII. In the Internet world, the UTF-8 character encoding is the most dominant, as the Internet Engineering Task Force or IETF allows web protocols in recognizing and supporting encodings, and the Internet Mail Consortium or IMC in creating email that include UTF-8. Likewise, this character encoding is mostly used and found in many operating systems of computers, as well as in programming languages, downloadable applications and APIs. If UTF-8 is bundled in software, the file utf-8.so is certainly included.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. utf-8.so. is used by UCS Transformation Format—8-bit, If you shut down utf-8.so, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop utf-8.so, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is UCS Transformation Format—8-bit, 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 utf-8.so

A process usually a part of an installed application such as UCS Transformation Format—8-bit, 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 utf-8.so. 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 utf-8.so, belongs to, in this case UCS Transformation Format—8-bit