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:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\local settings\application data\kometa\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

26 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the kometaup.exe file. That's a 46% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Generic.14508751
Agnitum	Trojan.Agent!+wCQb/DXkNw
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.Generic
ALYac	Trojan.Generic.14508751
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[:HEUR]/Win32.AGeneric
AVG	Kometa.DA1
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	PUA.Win32.RuKometa.H
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.14508751
DrWeb	Trojan.LoadMoney.634
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.14508751 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/RuKometa.H potentially unwanted
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.14508751
Fortinet	Riskware/RuKometa
GData	Trojan.Generic.14508751
Jiangmin	Trojan/Generic.bulde
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 004bd4f61 )
K7GW	Adware ( 004bd4f61 )
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.RuKometa
McAfee	Artemis!FDD4574ED680
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Trojan
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.14508751
nProtect	Trojan.Generic.14508751
Sophos	Kometa Ru
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R08NH09ED15
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:\documents and settings\%USE..al settings\application data\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.

Filename variants

kometaup.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• kometaup.exe.SUPERDelete

Folder name variants

kometaup.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\local settings\application data\kometa\. The most common variants are listed below:

• C:\SUPERDelete\

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