What is this System32 all about? If you are a Windows user, most probably, you are acquainted with it. Perhaps, once in a while you encountered at least one type of System32 error. Like computer freezes, accompanied with error notification box with error info pointing to “C:\Windows\System32…”.
Wscntfy.exe is a system process that belongs to the Windows Security Center component of Microsoft Windows. The purpose of the wscntfy.exe process is to display a notification icon in your system tray pertaining to Windows updates, your firewall status and much more. The icon will usually display if for example, Windows Firewall has been disabled without a substitute in place.
A new process just suddenly appearing in your Windows Task Manager can be somewhat worrying, especially if you’re at least vaguely aware of the programs that typically run in the background. Is the unsecapp.exe process safe? It’s interestingly named, to say the least, but is it a malicious file or just a normal part of the operating system?
The purpose of the alg.exe file is to allow applications, such as IM client software, FTP and Torrent applications to establish a connection between two computers using passive TCP/UDP ports over a server. This enables the user to access files and applications off another system, even if that system is protected by a firewall. Without this particular file, the security protocols would block all communication ports, forcing the end user to manually open available ports, which would leave the system vulnerable to malicious files and hackers.
Dlg.exe or Digital Line Detect is not a system process, so it is not required by the operating system. In fact, it belongs to a program developed by BVRP, who incidentally, are also known for creating internet security software. In this particular situation, the dlg.exe process is a part of a Phone Tools Software Suite, which offers faxing, emailing and phone book facilities.
AcroRd32.exe is a component of the Adobe Acrobat Reader program. This file comes as part of the program and is installed along with it. There are a number of reported issues with this particular file, year in, year out.
The avp.exe process is an integral component of the Kaspersky Internet Security program. If you have Kaspersky Internet Security installed on your computer, then it’s highly recommended that you do not terminate the avp.exe process. This is because closing the avp.exe process will prohibit the Kaspersky security from scanning your system files in real time, making your computer vulnerable to virus infections.
The dwm.exe process is responsible for displaying the transparent and glossy graphical effects, aero glass previews, window thumbnail previews and control icons and themes, basically the aesthetic aspects of the operating system. In Windows 7 and Vista based systems, the Desktop Windows Manager (dwm.exe) carries out this particular function for all active windows, a function which typically entails utilising portions of system memory in order to create the 3D effects that you see.