To my knowledge this subject has been around for several months with a few people asking the same question and never receiving a believable answer. Google suddenly downloaded 'softwarereportertool.exe' on a friends computer way back when and when he checked on what it was, he got various answers. Softwarereportertool.exe is able to connect to the Internet, record keyboard and mouse inputs, monitor applications and manipulate other programs. Important: Some malware camouflages itself as softwarereportertool.exe. Therefore, you should check the softwarereportertool.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat.
TIP:Google Chrome Software Reporter Tool is located at C:UsersUSERNAMEAppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataSwReporterGoogle Chrome Versionsoftwarereportertool.exe.You could rename or delete softwarereportertool.exe, but Google will replace it, so that's only a temporary solution. Instead, we can change the permissions so it can't be executed. One downside here is that new version will create a new folder, so you may have to repeat these steps whenever Google Chrome updates.Open File Explorer and navigate to C:UsersUSERNAMEAppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataSwReporter. If you don't see any of these folders, you need to.Right-click on the SwReporter folder and select Properties followed by clicking on the Security tab, then on Advanced.Click on Disable inheritance option and then select Remove all inherited permissions from this object.
Finally, click on Apply and OK.If you find out that this isn't your issue, just follow the above steps and click on Disable inheritance again and select the top option that reads 'Convert inherited permissions into explicit permissions on this object.'
Also, if you happen to have more than 10 tabs open on your PC inside Google Chrome at the same time then your PC is bound to get slow. Running Google Chrome affects the battery life on your laptop too.Regardless of these issues, Google Chrome is still one of the. But a new issue has now come to the surface regarding Chrome Software Reporter tool which is a.exe or executable file.Now, this tool will be found running in your task manager whenever you run Google Chrome. You can also see it for yourself by going to Task Manager on Windows by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del and going to the processes tab. What is Chrome Software Reporter tool?Chrome Software Reporter tool is usually found inside the Google Chrome installation folder as softwarereportertool.exe. This is not malware as the program is distributed by Google on its Chrome browser. As it is from Google, the tool is safe but it does cause a few issues to the users.Basically, this tool is used for.
It cleans the software on your PC which causes issues to Google Chrome. For this, this tool has to obviously run in the background and periodically scan your PC as well.
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If Google then this tool will check for its possible reasons. Also Read:Now, this means that the tool is good for your PC’s health. But it causes issues as it scans your PC for possible infected files regularly.
If we talk about Chrome Software Reporter tool’s working, it scans your PC and sends the list of installed programs from your PC to Google. After that, Google checks the results and determines if there is any harmful software on your system.Well, this is the main issue with the tool. As it scans the entire system for all installed programs, it takes a lot of memory in the background which causes the system to slow down. Also, there is the aspect of privacy as well. No one would like to have the list of installed programs on their system being sent to Google.It is also reported that Google Chrome high CPU usage is also due to this tool. According to users, this tool is known to use 30% of CPU power for scanning your system. Obviously, the scan will take some time and during that time, the CPU gets overloaded.
It also means that your current tasks will be affected and you have no option but to stop or delete chrome software reporter tool. Software Reporter ToolNow, we have found some methods through which you can block chrome software reporter tool from your PC. All you need to do is follow the steps mentioned below carefully and the tool will be removed.We have listed three methods which will block or remove chrome software reporter tool from your machine. Note that this will not cause any problems whatsoever to Google Chrome so you can perform these steps without any issues.Method 1: Block Chrome Software Reporter tool using Windows PropertiesIn this method, we will block chrome software reporter tool with the help of SWReporter folder present inside the Google Chrome installation folder. On following the steps, you will change the properties of the tool and disable its inheritance which will then disable chrome software reporter tool on your system. Once both 32-bit DWORD values are created, your system will block chrome software reporter tool from running in the background.On following the process mentioned above correctly, you should definitely be able to disable this tool on your system.However, we have already mentioned that this is an alternate method and a slightly lengthier one. So if the first method fails then only you should you try this alternate method.
In case if you need to re-enable the tool sometime in the future, just change both the values to 1. Method 3: Stop Chrome Software Reporter tool using DisallowRun in Registry EditorThis method is very similar to the second method that we have mentioned above. In this method too, we will use the Registry Editor to block chrome software reporter tool. But the only difference is, we will edit a completely different registry key. Press Win + R and type “ regedit” to open Registry Editor. Navigate to HKEYCURRENTUSER Software Microsoft Windows Current Version Policies.
Inside Policies, create a new key named Explorer. Again inside newly created Explorer key, create another key and name it as DisallowRun which will make the final path as HKEYCURRENTUSER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Policies Explorer DisallowRun.Now, right-click on DisallowRun and select New String Value option.
Rename this new String Value as 1.Double click on this new String Value named 1 and set its value to SoftwareReporterTool.exeRestart your PC for changes to come into action. Once the PC is restarted, this newly created DisallowRun will literally stop chrome software reporter tool from running.As we mentioned earlier, this is an alternate method and we recommend you to try both the above methods first. If both above-mentioned methods fail for some reason then you can follow this method which should definitely work. Disadvantages of blocking this tool. This tool is running in the background to scan harmful files and softwares present on your PC which are affecting Google Chrome’s performance. So blocking this tool, you are at risk of getting infected files on your PC. Make sure you are using before disabling this tool.ConclusionWe know that some users have been facing a lot of problems due to Chrome Software Reporter tool.
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Therefore, we advise them to block it at the earliest. However, if you are not facing any problems with Chrome Software Reporter tool then you should not block it as it is capable to find various infected files and softwares hidden on our PC or laptop.