Quite often, users notice toostrong braking of the computer and go to the "Task Manager" to see which process gives too high load on the processor or consumes too much RAM. And then suddenly the list reveals a completely incomprehensible whence came from the service Utorrentie.exe. What it is and how to get rid of this scourge, now and see. Say at once: this is a virus. And get rid of it should be immediately.
Utorrentie.exe: what is this process?
Some users claim that thisThe service is responsible for displaying advertising in the uTorrent program. I must say that this is an absolute fallacy. In fact, if you look at the publisher, you see a bunch of “Utorrentie.exe - WebHelper”. What is this couple?
WebHelper is considered to be a service.rapid detection of potential computer system vulnerabilities with the proposal to install antivirus or antispyware software. Utorrentie.exe is one of its components. However, this module has absolutely nothing to do with security systems. As stated, today you can find more than 60 varieties of the process Utorrentie.exe (WebHelper) 32 bits. Let's see how to deal with this threat, but first determine what it can harm the user.
Symptoms of infection
This threat is attributed to the type of browser hijackers. Not to mention that a virus can reproduce its own copies and load system resources, the problem is much deeper.
At the very beginning of its activity, the virus changesStart page in all installed browsers and search engine. After this, there is a powerful influx of advertising and redirect (redirection) to third-party resources that have nothing in common with a given search query. Further, the appearance of a huge number of pop-up windows and various drop-down menus is becoming more and more active. Finally, the virus simply steals sensitive user data in the form of logins, passwords, PIN codes, etc.
Utorrentie.exe: how to remove a virus using disk utilities?
Based on the foregoing, it is not difficult to understandthat the virus should be removed without losing time, until it fully began its destructive activity. What is the saddest thing, the threat can penetrate the computer when installing other programs, when the user chooses an automatic installation, and the distribution kit is loaded from a doubtful source. Many even the most powerful regular antiviruses can miss such a threat, so there’s no hope of removing them.
For a full system scan,use portable scanners, and even better - use special utilities that can load your own interface even before the operating system starts. One of the most powerful programs is the Kaspersky Rescue Disk utility, which can work in graphics mode and from the command line. The advantage of this program is the ability to identify and remove even hidden threats in the RAM.
How to remove a virus manually?
But this approach may not always work,therefore, removing the virus will have to do manually. And that's what's interesting. It is in no way disguised either in system processes or in the installed program section.
Итак, первым делом нужно деактивировать процесс Utorrentie.exe. How to disable this service? Yes, very simple. You should use the standard Task Manager, where on the active processes tab you will need to make a forced shutdown (preferably the same is done for all services and marked “WebHelper”). If for some reason this method does not work, you need to restart the system in safe mode (as a rule, F8 when the download starts) and repeat the procedure.
Further in the programs and components section, whichis called from the “Control Panel”, you just need to remove the application in the standard way, then go to the registry (regedit in the menu “Run”) and specify in the search first the original program name (Utorrentie), and then the full name of the virus (WebHelper ). Found keys are deleted.
Наконец, в «Проводнике» задаем поиск по имени viruses and delete all found files (usually the executable file itself is located in the user folder in the Roaming / Updates directories (or the same, but the initial directory is the uTorrent installation directory). Again, delete the found files, bypassing the Recycle Bin Shift + Del).
The combination of uninstaller, optimizer and antivirus
So, we have dealt with the process Utorrentie.exe. What it is is also understandable. Let us see how you can simplify your task by using three types of programs for removing a threat.
First, we complete the processes in the Task Manager,as it was shown above, and then use the iObit Uninstaller utility. In the list of applications, we find everything related to Utorrentie.exe and WebHelper, and perform the standard procedure. Then the so-called powerful scan starts automatically, and the found files and registry keys are deleted. In this case, without fail, you need to tick off the line for deleting files at the bottom of the program window.
After that use somean optimizer program (CCleaner, Advanced System Care or something like that) for troubleshooting. It is advisable to use all cleaning modules, although this will take longer.
Finally, to be completely sure thatthe virus is removed completely and completely, we run some anti-virus scanner like Dr. Web CureIt! or KVRT and check the system (you can use the above disk utility).
Conclusion
Such is the nature of the Utorrentie.exe virus.What is this threat, I think, is already clear. As for the options to neutralize it, you can advise using antivirus launch from optical media or using a special uninstaller and optimizer. True, some users, whether by naivety, or unknowingly, try to simply rename the original Utorrentie.exe file to something else, and then delete it from the "Explorer". Note that this does not work, the process is activated again, and in the source folder there appears not one renamed file, but two files, one of which looks like the original one, without changes.
