What is kometaup.exe?

kometaup.exe is part of Kometa browser updater and developed by Kometa LCC according to the kometaup.exe version information.

kometaup.exe's description is "Kometa browser updater"

kometaup.exe is digitally signed by Kometa LLC.

kometaup.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\kometa\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected kometaup.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

16 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the kometaup.exe file. That's a 29% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Strictor.80777
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Strictor.80777
AVG	Win32/DH{gRKBEyADDyQiJXyBDmQ}
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Strictor.80777
DrWeb	Trojan.LoadMoney.587
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Strictor.80777 (B)
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Strictor.80777
GData	Gen:Variant.Strictor.80777
Ikarus	Win32.SuspectCrc
McAfee	Artemis!D062C5020E8F
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Strictor.80777
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Sophos	Kometa Ru
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Suspicious_GEN.F47V0331
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

kometaup.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove kometaup.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the kometaup.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that kometaup.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate kometaup.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the kometaup.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate kometaup.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\kometa\kometaup.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the kometaup.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If kometaup.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If kometaup.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If kometaup.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that kometaup.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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