MailRuUpdater.exe service: how to remove?

As you know, many users at installation of some programs not that that very strongly irritates, but also enrages occurrence of some unnecessary panels or additional services. And the Mail.Ru services are no exception in this respect. There are several components like Sputnik Mail.Ru or MailRuUpdater.exe. How to remove the "update", as well as other components, we now look. There are several ways to do this.

What is the service of MailRuUpdater.exe (Mail.Ru Updater)?

In order to understand what kind of service it is, simply turn to the translation. The word "Updater" itself refers to the update service. In this case it concerns automatic updating of absolutely all software products of the Mail.Ru service installed on the local computer.

The most sad thing is that you can also find the MailRuUpdater.exe service in the list of processes that start automatically when the system starts running in the background . How to remove it, do not know everything, especially when using standard tools, only the tip of the iceberg is removed, so to speak, after which there is a lot of garbage left in the system, which the inexperienced user can not find independently. And some components are not deleted at all. Let's see what can be done in this situation.

MailRuUpdater.exe: how to remove the simplest way?

Let's start with the simplest method, which assumes the use of the standard tools of the operating system itself (in this case, we consider only Windows).

First of all, we need to stop the MailRuUpdater.exe service in the active background processes directory, which is present in the "Task Manager". The deletion will be done a little later. To stop the service, you can use the simplest urgent process termination in the form of a task release button. Note that Windows 10 displays all currently active and background processes, in lower versions you will have to use the services window.

Now you need to disable the service so that it does not start when you start Windows. For this we call the "Run" menu and use the universal command for all occasions - msconfig. On the tab that displays the startup items, just uncheck the corresponding service. After that, some versions of Windows require a reboot.

After a reboot, sometimes a message like "MailRuUpdater.exe: application error" may appear. Not always, but it can. Nothing wrong. Now we use the standard "Control Panel" with the programs and components section and delete the service in the usual way. This is recommended by most users who simply do not know how much garbage remains after the removal, and some components are not deleted at all and still hang in the background. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to perform all actions when the system boots in safe mode (and that is not the fact that everything will be deleted), and the message "MailRuUpdater.exe: application error" will appear again and again even when accessing other software products. Now let's see what needs to be done additionally.

Cleaning the registry

As a rule, garbage after uninstallation remains in the form of undelete files and folders (which will be discussed a little later) and residual records in the system registry. Doing their search by hand is a thankless task.

To do this, it is best to use automatic cleaners. One of the most powerful is the CCleaner application. It's enough just to run the program and use either optimization in one click, or select the appropriate module responsible for the system registry. After that, in the background, there will certainly be no components left.

Using specialized uninstalling utilities

In general, if you deal with the MailRuUpdater.exe service, how to remove it entirely, it's best to refer to specialized programs. IObit Uninstaller can be recommended as one of the most powerful utilities (today there is the latest version 5.1).

When uninstalling programs of this type, the application first uses the native uninstaller of the component to be removed or the standard Windows service (Unwise, Uninstall Shield, etc.), and then performs a full scan of the computer, including the hard disk and the system registry, for the presence of residual debris Leftovers), and then, upon receiving confirmation from the user, removes absolutely everything.

By the way, this utility should be used even if the Mail.Ru update service is not displayed in the list of programs for some reason. Here you can use the search and forced removal (Forced Uninstall). For complete confidence after the uninstallation process, you can use CCleaner (although in most cases this is not necessary).

If not all are deleted ...

Finally it remains to see if everything was deleted. With the register, we sorted it out. As for the residual files, you can proceed as follows.

In the main Start menu, use the search string to which you want to enter C: \ Users \ Username \ AppData \ Local \, and then find the folder or files named Mail.Ru, and then delete them. Now, after all the actions, you can be sure that this obsession and all its components will be completely removed. Again, perhaps the folder or files can not be deleted. To fix the problem, you need to log in as administrator or use safe mode (this, by the way, applies to all the above actions).