The executable process file yupdater.exe, belongs to the Yahoo Messenger Internet Chat, specifically, the Yahoo Messenger Updater program that is associated with the software, Yahoo. It is featured having no visible window and is not considered as a Windows file. The process file, yupdater.exe is found to be running in the Task Manager as the process yupdater.exe, where its location may diversify in an array of versions and languages of Windows. Found in Program File folder, yupdater.exe, it is located in a subfolder C:\Program File with the size of 364,544 bytes at 38% of all incidence on Windows 7/XP, 212,392 bytes, 386,552 bytes and 210,265 bytes. It is furthermore considered as an online auto updater and is accountable in updating, manipulating other programs, recording inputs and monitoring applications online. As a requirement, it utilizes ports in order to connect to the Internet and to the Local Area Network or LAN.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Yahoo Messenger, 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 yupdater.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 yupdater.exe, belongs to, in this case Yahoo Messenger