The wRConsumerService.exe process is a process file that is included in the Spy Sweeper 6 anti-spyware program services, a software product of Webroot, the leading Internet security provider for businesses worldwide. Spy Sweeper is a product that detects to remove spyware and viruses from Windows-based personal computers. Spy Sweeper examines the files in the hard disk and the objects in memory and Windows registry as well as the cookies, and quarantines all suspicious objects found. There are broadband services which offer versions of the Spy Sweeper included in their subscription. Webroot was founded in 1997 and headquartered in Colorado, which remains the largest private company that provides Internet security in the United States. Webroot employs over 450 people worldwide and operating across North America, Asia Pacific regions, and Europe. Webroot is consistently rated the best security for email, the Web, and security services for consumers and businesses for providing antimalware programs, and privacy and identity protection.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Webroot Security, 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 wrconsumerservice.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 wrconsumerservice.exe, belongs to, in this case Webroot Security