Myself and a colleague have both had a problem where after a certain point in our boot up, we couldn't start anymore software up. Eventually (and it has to be said by accident) we discovered that a task called WUPDATER.EXE was causing it.

It was in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Updater. I haven't the faintest where it came from. I had to delete the folder and all the registry keys to get rid of the little bugger.

Anyone know what it is, where it comes from?

Geezer

 

wupdater is spyware..

Download something like Adaware or Spybot to remove it completely....

 

We have little information on this task except that it is responsible for popup and popunder advertisements and frustrating shutdown problems whether the PC either fails to shut down properly, or the end-user gets “Wupdater not responding” errors. We do not at this stage know the various ways in which it finds itself on someone’s PC, except that on the odd occasion that we have come across it the end-user had recently installed a screensaver they’d downloaded from the web.

Recommendation :
Delete from the Startups tab of The Ultimate Troubleshooter and then use SpyBot from our Downloads library to completely rid yourself of this pest (alternatively, you can get rid of it manually by looking for WUPDATER.EXE and deleting the folder that contains this file).

 

Thanks for the replies

Geezer