The addestroyer.exe executable file is said to be a virus. Computers that have this process installed may be at risk of computer system damage if not taken off right away. The addestroyer.exe is known to others as Abebot Trojan. Some know this file better as a property of the AdDestroyer software developed by Spyware Labs. An Abebot Trojan is a backdoor malware that can lower the security level of a user’s computer system. Although it claims to be a malware remover, it usually runs automatically when Windows is started up. When it runs in the background, it opens a door to a program and tries to gather data from that program and initiate an update which may not be necessary for its chosen program. Although it is known as a Trojan, its security risk to the PC is estimated to be at 16% only.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AdDestroyer, 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 addestroyer.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 addestroyer.exe, belongs to, in this case AdDestroyer