It is known that dad8.exe is part of a process called Desktop Application Director 8, but we are unsure if this process is spyware or adware, and could be harmful to your machine. Has dad8.exe been found or your machine? If you know what this file does, please post a comment with what you know.

Spyware and viruses and other evil programs can live in your machine, completely undetected.

This free machine scan is probably the best way to make sure you don't experience future issues with rogue files.