Yahoo! Update Manager or Yahoo! Update uses the file yum.exe. This is located in the windows subfolder of a user’s computer, specifically in C:\Program Files. 50% of instances, Windows 7 and XP operating systems store this file at 231,936 bytes size or 222,208 bytes size in some instances. At other times, it may register 188,416 bytes size or 268,840 bytes size. Users have the option to uninstall this from their computer’s control panel but most likely, this should be kept installed unless it is causing a problem on the computer. This process file does not come pre-installed with the computer. It is installed through downloads of software done by the user. Yahoo! Update, as its name says, is used to update the Yahoo browser, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Toolbar, and other Yahoo related products on a user’s computer and internet browser. Yahoo! Update is a browser helper.

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

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