The process nail.exe is a component of the adware program Aurora that generates excessive popup adware messages and attacks browser information such as Web sites visited. This program is combination adware/ hijacker that return the browser data to a remote server for analysis. It modifies the value "Shell" = "Explorer.exe" to "Shell" = "Explorer.exe %Windir%\Nail.exe in the registry subkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\Winlogon so that it runs every time Windows start. This malware has the capability to change intermittently the Internet and computer desktop settings to links preferred by the author, or links to the author's sponsors. Aurora updates itself by downloading new versions and it is capable of recreating files to repair it. Removal of this adware from an infected system must be thoroughly completed to ensure that it will not be able to repair and re-install.

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

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