• Properties:

• System Process: No
• Background Process: Yes
• Application Process:Yes
• Common Path:
  [% C: \ Program Files \ InterMute \ AdSubtract \ Adsub.exe %]
• Uses Network:No
• Uses Internet:No

Description:

The application Adsubtract Pro software features the process file adsub.exe, which is an executable file that serves as a blocking application for pop-up windows, advertisements, cookies and other privacy-related annoyances while the user is surfing the internet. The process file adsub.exe therefore, is designed to make browsing the web hassle-free. It is deemed safe to let the process adsub.exe continue running, which will actually enhance the process files efficiency. Though it is recommended that the process file adsub.exe should be left running, it is still up to the users discretion if the process file adsub.exe will be enabled and allowed to run automatically or disabled.

The process adsub.exe helps to minimize the annoyances caused by advertisements from the web pages which the user is accessing. The file adsub.exe is similar to the process file spamsubtract.exe. The application spamsubtract.exe is almost similar to the process adsub.exe, but this application filters incoming emails, removes unwanted spam and other junk-mail. The process adsub.exe is created by the company Intermute for its Adsubtract Pro software. The Adsubtract Pro software that houses the process adsub.exe, makes possible faster web surfing with less the clutter, and affords more privacy for the user.

The InterMute Inc., who developed the product Adsubtract Pro, was founded in 1999, with a mission to bring security, productivity and privacy closer to users of the internet. The InterMute Inc., a company leading in developing internet security and content filtering solutions for consumers and enterprises, is situated at Braintree, Massachusetts. The InterMute, Inc. is known as an innovator in corporate and consumer user protection from spyware, malware, adware, pop-ups, e-mail spam and inappropriate internet content. In October 2004, InterMute Inc. acquired the CWShredder, which was developed in the Netherlands by Merijn Bellekom.

The program CWShredder removes the CoolWebSearch family of spyware which runs on Microsoft Windows. InterMute, Inc. entered a business deal with Trend Micro Inc. in May 2005 that made InterMute Inc. the newest acquisition of Trend Micro Inc. the following June. InterMute products are developed for use in three of the following categories, namely: Enterprise, SMB and Personal. The products are Trend Micro Anti-Spyware 3.0 for personal use; Trend Micro Anti-Spyware for Small and Medium Businesses for SMB use, Multi-Layer Enterprises Anti-Spyware Strategy for enterprise use; Trend Micro Anti-Spyware for the Web as for Free spyware scan and the Trend Micro CWShredder.

Recommendations:

This is a safe process. There is no necessity to remove this process from your system or change it in any way.