As you know, many users when installing some programs are not only very annoying, but also enraged by the appearance of some unnecessary panels or additional services. And Mail.Ru services are no exception in this regard. There are several components like Sputnik Mail.Ru or the MailRuUpdater.exe service. How to remove the "updater", as well as other components, we will now see. There are several ways to do this.
What is the MailRuUpdater.exe service (Mail.Ru Updater)?
In order to understand what kind of service it is, just turn to the translation. The word “Updater” itself means an update service. In this case, this concerns the automatic update of absolutely all Mail.Ru software products installed on the local computer.
What is most sad, in the list of processes automatically running when the system starts in the background, you can also find the MailRuUpdater.exe service. Not everyone knows how to delete it, especially when using standard tools, only the tip of the iceberg is removed, so to speak, after which there remains a lot of garbage in the system that an inexperienced user cannot find on his own. And some components are not removed at all. Let's see what can be done in such a situation.
MailRuUpdater.exe: how to remove in the simplest way?
Let's start with the simplest method, which involves the use of standard tools of the operating system itself (in this case, we consider only Windows).
First, we need to stop the MailRuUpdater.exe service in the directory of active background processes present in the "Task Manager". Removing will be done later. To stop the service, you can use the simplest emergency completion of the process in the form of a button to remove the task. Note that in Windows 10 all currently active and background processes are displayed, 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 Windows boots. To do this, call the "Run" menu and use the universal command for all occasions - msconfig. On the tab that displays startup items, just uncheck the corresponding service. After that, some versions of Windows will require a reboot.
After a reboot, a message like “MailRuUpdater.exe: application error” may sometimes appear. Not always, but it can. Nothing wrong. Now we use the standard “Control Panel” with the program and component section and delete the service in the usual way. So most users advise, who simply don’t know how much garbage remains after removal, and some components are not deleted at all and still hang in the background. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that all actions be performed when the system boots in safe mode (and it’s not a 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.
Registry cleaning
As a rule, garbage after uninstallation remains in the form of undeletable files and folders (which will be discussed a bit later) and residual entries in the system registry. Manually searching for them is a thankless task.
To do this, it is best to use automatic cleaners. One of the most powerful is the CCleaner application. Simply run the program and use either one-click optimization or select the appropriate module responsible for the registry. After that, in the background, certainly no components will remain.
Using specialized uninstall utilities
In general, if you understand the MailRuUpdater.exe service, how to remove it completely and completely, it is best to turn to specialized programs. As one of the most powerful utilities, I can advise iObit Uninstaller (today there is already the latest version 5.1).
When uninstalling programs of this type, the application first uses the “native” uninstaller of the removed component or the standard Windows service (Unwise, Uninstall Shield, etc.), and then performs a full scan of the computer, including the hard disk and the registry, for the presence of residual garbage ( leftovers), after which, upon receipt of confirmation from the user, deletes absolutely everything.
By the way, it is advisable to use this utility even when the Mail.Ru update service is not displayed in the list of programs for any reason. Here you can use the search and forced removal (Forced Uninstall). To be sure that the uninstall process is complete, you can use CCleaner (although in most cases this is not necessary).
If not everything is deleted ...
Finally, it remains to see whether everything has been deleted. We figured out the registry. As for the residual files, you can do the following.
In the main Start menu, use the search bar, in which you should write C: \ Users \ "Username" \ AppData \ Local \, and then find the folder or files called Mail.Ru, and then delete them. Now, after all the actions taken, you can be sure that this intrusive service and all its components will be completely removed. Again, perhaps the folder or files cannot 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).