The file eetu.exe, also called aida, is a component of an advertising program from the company PurityScan that takes note of the user's Internet surfing behavior. PurityScan is a program distributed by an advertising company called Clickspring LLC for the stated purpose of scanning the computer and removing any hidden pornographic material. When this program is loaded into the computer, it performs a scan and displays a list of files containing suspected sites while at the same time installing a copy of itself in the Windows Startup folder. This spyware gathers information from users and relays these to the servers of the process authors where these will be studied. The file eetu.exe is also known to display numerous unsolicited popups when the user is online. It is a security risk that should be removed from the computer to prevent infection from other malware that it may install, and to remove the security threat posed by the recording of the user's browsing habits.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. eetu.exe. is used by PurityScan, If you shut down eetu.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop eetu.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is PurityScan, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed eetu.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as PurityScan, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if eetu.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that eetu.exe, belongs to, in this case PurityScan