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News Readers and Aggregators Software
What is grabit.exe
The file grabit.exe, known as GrabIt - USENET binary grabber, belongs to software GrabIt 1.7.1 Beta (build). Grabit is a Usenet content downloader that offers a friendly user interface for Usenet clients to enable them to access quickly Usenet newsgroups. Usenet is a worldwide-distributed discussion system that consists of news groups that are classified hierarchically by subject. Grabit browse Usenet without downloading headers, instead allowing users to go to a group and browse the contents. Users do not have to repair, check and extract downloads manually since GrabIt does all of these functions automatically. It continuously monitors incoming data while downloading, ensuring that binaries are correctly downloaded, in order to avoid the necessity of downloading again to fix communication errors in the middle of a binary. Security of connections to Usenet is ensured since GrabIt supports the ability to fully encrypt all traffic to the Usenet server with industry standard SSl technology.
How can I stop grabit.exe and should I?
Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. grabit.exe. is used by GrabIt 1.7.1 Beta (build0, If you shut down grabit.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop grabit.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is GrabIt 1.7.1 Beta (build0, 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.
Is this a virus or other security concern?
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What is a process and how do they affect my computer?
A process usually a part of an installed application such as GrabIt 1.7.1 Beta (build0, 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.
Is grabit.exe known to be bad for my computer's performance?
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.
What can I do if grabit.exe is causing errors on my computer?
The first thing you should do if grabit.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 grabit.exe, belongs to, in this case GrabIt 1.7.1 Beta (build0