What is PCHA.exe?

PCHA.exe is part of PC Health Advisor and developed by ParetoLogic, Inc. according to the PCHA.exe version information.

PCHA.exe's description is "ParetoLogic PC Health Advisor"

PCHA.exe is digitally signed by ParetoLogic Inc..

PCHA.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\ParetoLogic\PCHA\' folder.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on PCHA.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namePC Health Advisor
Company nameParetoLogic, Inc.
File descriptionParetoLogic PC Health Advisor
Internal namePCHA.exe
Original filenamePCHA.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2010 ParetoLogic Inc.
Product version2.0.0.12
File version2.0.0.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product namePC Health Advisor
Company nameParetoLogic, Inc.
File descriptionParetoLogic PC Health Advisor
Internal namePCHA.exe
Original filenamePCHA.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2010 ParetoLogic Inc.
Product version2.0.0.12
File version2.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

PCHA.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameParetoLogic Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number1da7e1979d3a07e67282d6f97138b4b3

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5cbe0768357545038debe0114c17750a2
SHA2560f07376ce3ea6e6ddb113efcbb82909b32ba51e12acf4fecad98ba6237c9b766

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to pcha.exe:

pcha.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

pcha.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

ParetoLogic PC Health Advisor has stopped working.

End Program - pcha.exe. This program is not responding.

pcha.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

pcha.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with PCHA.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with PCHA.exe. 41% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 41 users.

User vote results: There were 17 votes to remove and 24 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with PCHA.exe.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Pierre du Vair writes

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pcha.exe appears when the UC is overloaded

# 15 Feb 2012, 0:56

Brian Seabrook writes

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First try will wait to comment

# 22 Jul 2012, 23:03

Lepeuple writes

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Je ne comprends toujours pas à quoi sert PCHA.exe qui s'est installé sans que je sache comment ...? Je n'ose pas cliquer sur l'icône.

# 11 Aug 2014, 8:34

Edwin Stein writes

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iN MY MENU IT SAYS THAT THIS IS A FREE FIX YET WHEN i DOWNLOAD IT ASK FOR PAYMENT AND i CAN'T AFFORD IT AND NEED A FIXIT BADLY.

# 11 Jul 2016, 17:38

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Edwin: FreeFixer is free. Go to this page:

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# 12 Aug 2016, 2:37

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