Most antivirus programs identify rss.exe as malware—e.g. BitDefender identifies it as Gen:Variant.Graftor.60403, and F-Secure identifies it as Gen:Variant.Graftor.60403.
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Description:Rss.exe is not essential for Windows and will often cause problems. The rss.exe file is located in a subfolder of the user's profile folder (mainly C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Flash Player\File Cache\).
Known file sizes on Windows 10/11/7 are 189,440 bytes (50% of all occurrences), 292,352 bytes or 202,240 bytes.
The program is not visible. The file is not a Windows system file. There is no file information.
Therefore the technical security rating is 56% dangerous.
Important: You should check the rss.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.
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Best practices for resolving rss issues
The following programs have also been shown useful for a deeper analysis: ASecurity Task Manager examines the active rss process on your computer and clearly tells you what it is doing. A good Bantivirus tool detects whether the rss.exe file on your PC might be malware slowing down your system. Such unwanted programs are often not classified as viruses by other antivirus software and therefore go undetected.
A clean and tidy computer is the key requirement for avoiding PC trouble. This means running a scan for malware, cleaning your hard drive using 1cleanmgr and 2sfc /scannow, 3uninstalling programs that you no longer need, checking for Autostart programs (using 4msconfig) and enabling Windows' 5Automatic Update. Always remember to perform periodic backups, or at least to set restore points.
Should you experience an actual problem, try to recall the last thing you did, or the last thing you installed before the problem appeared for the first time. Use the 6resmon command to identify the processes that are causing your problem. Even for serious problems, rather than reinstalling Windows, you are better off repairing of your installation or executing the 7DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth command. This allows you to repair the operating system without losing data.
To restore the original performance and remove unnecessary programs, you can 8reset your PC. Your personal files will remain intact, but any programs you installed will need to be reinstalled.
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