How to remove an Popup error
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Popup.exe file information
The process known as popup or Pcounter Popup (Windows) belongs to software Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager or Pcounter by A.N.D. Technologies (www.andtechnologies.com) or Totalidea Software New Zealand (www.totalidea.com).
Description: The file Popup.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files".
Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 61,526 bytes (52% of all occurrences), 77,920 bytes and 4 more variants.
The program is not visible. It is not a Windows core file. Program is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run).
The process listens for or sends data on open ports to a LAN or the Internet. It is a file without information about the developer of this file. Program can be removed using the control panel Add\Remove programs applet.
Therefore the technical security rating is 54% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
The software vendor offers the option to uninstall the associated program
Recommended: Identify Popup.exe related errors
External information from Paul Collins:
- "Pop-Up_Blocker" can run at start up. A Tweak-XP component, blocks advertisement pop-up windows in Internet Explorer. Can be enabled/disabled via Tweak-XP → Internet Tweaks
Important: Some malware camouflages itself as Popup.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the Popup.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.
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