The inet.exe has been reported by some users as a possible malicious application that belongs to the Downloader-ASH.gen.b family of Trojans. The same user reports claimed that the inet.exe file is integrated into the system upon the placement of various files that have been downloaded from suspicious websites, warez networks and pirate portals. The inet.exe process has also been reported to be capable of creating and injecting entries and keys into the Windows System Registry, in order for the inet.exe process to initialize automatically during system startup. Some users stated that the inet.exe process can search for system vulnerabilities it can exploit, in order to initiate contact with Web servers that are managed and operated by the authors of the inet.exe file. Upon initiating contact with these Web servers, the inet.exe process then proceeds to download more malicious applications that have been reported by some users to cause system stability problems, hacker attacks, user privacy threats or data security risks in the infected computer.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Downloader-ASH.gen.b, 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 inet.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 inet.exe, belongs to, in this case Downloader-ASH.gen.b