The appearance of the Praetorian.exe process among many computer users, by the way, regardless of the operating system used, is clearly perplexing. Windows users are inclined to consider this applet a virus, and the owners of "apple" computers and laptops are so perplexed about this application, since until recently no viruses were created for Mac systems. But let's look at the Praetorian.exe process itself. What it is, it will not be difficult to understand if you find out exactly who is behind the development of this software product. When everything becomes clear about its origin, we will pay special attention to issues related to the removal or deactivation of this software.
Praetorian.exe: what is this applet?
So that no one doubts what this applet is: you can be calm, because this is not a virus.
But what is it? Praetorian.exe is actually an outdated defender of the Yandex browser, which at one time was developed in order to timely monitor changes in the browser of the start page and the default search engine (Yandex). There is some sense in this - the developer is trying to protect his browser. What's bad about it?
Praetorian.exe (Yandex): how does it work?
But when considering the main issue, it is worth mentioning one unpleasant fact. The fact is that, as already mentioned, this add-on (and this is an add-in or extension - whatever you want to call it) is deprecated. Instead, the same Yandex browser uses a more modern software model called “Browser Manager,” which, alas, does not work on older browsers. On Internet Explorer, the most primitive fifth version, it will be impossible to install a new dispatch program in the form of an extension or an additional panel. But instead, even when the installer reports an error, Praetorian.exe can be installed. What is this in terms of expansion? As already mentioned, this is a protection tool. But! The question is: what does it do in other browsers?
Unfortunately, we have to admit the fact that although this, so to say, is not a virus addition in the international classification, it can nevertheless be classified as unwanted software (some antiviruses indicate that this is potentially dangerous software). That’s not the point. If you look, this applet, when exposed to viruses, should change the start page to its own. But if you have another page installed, why use such an applet?
Among other things, it is worth noting one more unpleasant aspect when the Praetorian.exe application error when executing some protective functions starts to block the operation of the entire operating system. Here you’ll think about how useful it is to keep such an applet on your computer. In principle, you can get rid of this program even despite the fact that it does not have its own graphical or command interface, but works mostly exclusively in the background, which the average user even with all his desire to calculate through the same "Task Manager" is not will be able.
Where are the program files?
Despite the fact that the dispatcher does have an executable process of the same name, in fact there is no such file on the hard disk. To remove this applet, you should refer to the user directories of Application Data on XP systems or AppData on systems of a rank higher, where you need to find the Local directory. Please note that it can be hidden, so initially you have to set the display options for objects of this type.
But you will not find the file there either. But you can get rid of folders like Updater and Updater2 without problems (usually access to them is not blocked).
Can I remove the applet and how to do it?
As for how to remove Praetorian.exe, it is better not to use the built-in tools of the operating system, since the built-in uninstallers work far from perfect, leaving a huge amount of so-called computer garbage in the system after the standard procedure. And to delete, if you want, you will have the corresponding panel, not the program.
It’s better to immediately use programs like iObit Uninstaller, select the desired application or add-in, set the standard deletion, turn on powerful scanning, and then delete the leftovers, without fail marking the point of file destruction.
Alternative removal method
So, this is briefly about Praetorian.exe. What kind of process this is is a little clear. As for alternative methods of uninstalling this program, you can, of course, use violent methods, so to speak, if none of the above helps (although it is very doubtful).
But then what to do with the Praetorian.exe application? What kind of program is it if it does not want to be deleted? The answer is simple: first you need to go into the system registry (regedit), search for the program name (Ctrl + F) and delete the keys found by moving from one to the other by pressing the F3 key or the corresponding button to the right of the search line. Only at the end of the search will it be possible to remove the main applet and reboot the entire system painlessly.