The alerter.exe file is an EXE application process that has been reported by many users as a malicious application associated with the Generic PWS spyware and the Infostealer program, which is a family of spyware components. Other user reports claim that the alerter.exe process belongs to the Trojan-PSW.Win32.Maha.f software, which is a family of Trojans. As a spyware component, the alerter.exe process has been reported by some users to be capable of automatically initializing during system startup and covertly running in the system as a background process, in order to collect private user data and Internet surfing information from the infected system and its default Web browser, in which these details are said to be transmitted by the alerter.exe process to remote servers that are operated and managed by its authors. As a Trojan, the alerter.exe process is said to be capable of exploiting unprotected TCP/IP network ports of unsecure Windows-based systems, and these compromised TCP/IP network ports are then said to be used by the alerter.exe process for downloading more malicious programs unto the system from the Web servers of its authors.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. alerter.exe. is used by Generic PWS Spyware and Infostealer and Trojan-PSW.Win32.Maha.f, If you shut down alerter.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop alerter.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Generic PWS Spyware and Infostealer and Trojan-PSW.Win32.Maha.f, 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 alerter.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Generic PWS Spyware and Infostealer and Trojan-PSW.Win32.Maha.f, 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 alerter.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 alerter.exe, belongs to, in this case Generic PWS Spyware and Infostealer and Trojan-PSW.Win32.Maha.f