dw.exe - What is dw.exe?

What is dw.exe doing on my computer?

dw.exe is a process belonging to an advertising program by DelFin. This process monitors your browsing habits and distributes the data back to the author's servers for analysis. This also prompts advertising popups. This process is a security risk and should be removed from your system.
Non-system processes like dw.exe originate from software you installed on your system. Since most applications store data on your hard disk and in your system's registry, it is likely that your computer has suffered fragmentation and accumulated invalid entries which can affect your PC's performance.

In Windows Task Manager, you can see what CPU, memory, disk and network utilization is causing the Adware.W32.DelFin process. To access the Task Manager, hold down the Ctrl Shift Esc keys at the same time. These three buttons are located on the far left of your keyboard.

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The dw.exe is an executable file on your computer's hard drive. This file contains machine code. If you start the software Adware.W32.DelFin on your PC, the commands contained in dw.exe will be executed on your PC. For this purpose, the file is loaded into the main memory (RAM) and runs there as a Adware.W32.DelFin process (also called a task).

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Is dw.exe harmful?

dw.exe is considered to be an unwanted and unnecessary process and should be removed. Scan your system using an anti-spyware software to identify unused processes and services that can be safely removed. The dw.exe was found in the folder C:Program Filesdownloadware.

dw.exe is an unwanted process

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Can I stop or remove dw.exe?

This process is likely to be spyware, in which case it should be stopped and removed immediately. We recommend you use an anti-virus software to identify and remove a dangerous Adware.W32.DelFin process.

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Is dw.exe CPU intensive?

This process is not considered CPU intensive. However, running too many processes on your system may affect your PC’s performance. To reduce system overload, you can use the Microsoft System Configuration Utility (MSConfig) or the Windows Task Manager to manually find and disable processes that launch upon start-up.

Use the Windows Resource Monitor to find out which processes and applications write/read the most on the hard drive, send the most data to the Internet, or use the most memory. To access the Resource Monitor, press the key combination Windows key R and then enter 'resmon'.

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Why is dw.exe giving me errors?

Most dw related issues are usually related to problems encountered by the Adware.W32.DelFin malware that runs it. The safest way to stop these errors is to uninstall the application or remove it using an anti-virus software.

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