How to remove an yupdater error
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Yupdater.exe file information
The process known as Yahoo Auto Updater belongs to software Yahoo! Messenger or AutoUpdater or Yahoo! Messenger with BT by Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com).
Description: The file yupdater.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files".
Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 364,544 bytes (38% of all occurrences), 386,552 bytes, 210,265 bytes or 212,992 bytes. 
The program is not visible. The file is not a Windows system file. Program can be uninstalled in the Control Panel. The process uses ports to connect to a LAN or the Internet.
yupdater.exe is able to monitor applications, record inputs and manipulate other programs.
Therefore the technical security rating is 48% dangerous.
It is possible to uninstall Yahoo! Messenger or Yahoo! Messenger with BT from your computer using the Control Panel applet "Add/Remove programs".
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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as yupdater.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the yupdater.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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