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One Updater Uninstall

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by Lidia Howler

January 15, 2021

One Updater

One Updater is a potentially unwanted app promoted as a software update utility but in reality, it seeks to install more undesirable programs on the computer. One Updater doesn’t damage the system directly but the software it may install without your permission could be harmful.

Most users get One Updater installed on their computers without realizing it. This is because this unwanted app uses some rather sneaky distribution techniques that allow it to enter one’s computer without getting noticed at first. This, combined with the fact that One Updater does things in the system that it hasn’t been permitted to by the user, makes researchers label this software as potentially unwanted.

One Updater will install malicious software on your system.

One of the dangers that this program may lead to if it is allowed to remain on your computer is the potential infection of your system with more serious threats, including Ransomware, Spyware, or Trojans.

What is OneUpdater?

One Updater is a commonly encountered type of unwanted software known for installing additional undesirable third-party apps on the computer without user approval. One Updater gets installed in the system via file-bundles or fake updates that users encounter on questionable sites.

One Updater itself is not regarded as particularly dangerous or harmful because it is not intended to directly damage the computer. Instead, its goal is to spread other software by automatically downloading and installing it on the computers of unsuspecting users. Naturally, this could pose lots of dangers to your machine because there’s no telling what kind of software One Updater may add to your system. In most cases, users report that after getting One Updater, other unpleasant software such as Adware and Browser Hijackers have started appearing on their computer. While those are two types of software that are not that dangerous and can be dealt with relatively easily, there’s no guarantee that One Updater won’t install something else on your computer such as Ransomware or Spyware virus. The worst part is that you won’t even get notified if that happens – before you know it, your computer may get infected, and then you’d have to find a way to deal with the consequences while trying to minimize the damage caused by the infection.

Additionally, if this program installs Adware or a Browser Hijacker in your browser(s), then you’d start getting exposed to all sorts of questionable and possibly misleading online advertisements, pop-ups, and page-redirects which could also put your system at risk. Many of the ads coming from these types of software lead to unsafe online locations where your machine could get targeted by hackers and scammers. What’s worse is that even if you manage to remove whatever has been added to your computer by One Updater, the latter can always install more unwanted stuff without your permission. Therefore, the only correct answer here is to find a way to fully remove One Updater and then take care of the other unwanted programs and apps that it may have added to your system.

Is One Updater a Virus?

One Updater is not a virus but it’s still regarded as a form of malware and should not be kept on the computer for long. One Updater could potentially cause your system to get targeted by viruses and adware if it remains on the computer.

In addition to its other unpleasant characteristics, the way this program gets distributed is yet another thing that leads people to categorize it as malware. The most common distribution technique used by this app is misleading update requests. Commonly, users report that they have noticed One Updater on their computers after attempting to update the Flash Player after getting prompted by some questionable site to install the update. In reality, the Flash Player update prompt encountered by those users was a disguised download button for One Updater. After downloading and installing the “update”, those users have actually gotten One Updater added to their computer. This sneaky distribution technique is definitely not something that would be used by the creators of legitimate and useful software and gives us yet another reason to label this app as unwanted.

One Updater – should I remove it?

You should remove One Updater if you wish to keep your system secure and away from harm. After you remove One Updater, you should also check your computer for other unwanted apps that it may have installed and remove them as well.

The guidelines presented below this article include detailed information that we have provided in order to aid you with the elimination of this undesirable software. Also, posted below you can find a potent anti-malware program that has the ability to clean your computer from anything unwanted that may have been left in your system after you finish the removal guide.

SUMMARY:

Name	One Updater
Type	PUP
Detection Tool

How to uninstall One Updater?

To uninstall One Updater, you must go to your Control Panel, and find and delete it from the Uninstall a Program list. If you need more detailed instructions on how to uninstall One Updater, you can use the steps provided below.

Select the Start Menu from the bottom-left corner and click on the Control Panel icon.
Click on the Uninstall a Program button.
Find One Updater in the list of programs and select it.
Click on the Uninstall button from the top and follow the uninstallation prompts.
Uninstall any other suspicious software you may find there in the same way.

Note: If you see the following screen during the uninstallation, click on the NO option. Also, read carefully the text in any other dialog boxes that may pop-up while uninstalling One Updater and select the appropriate option that will help you remove everything.

This is the quickest way to remove One Updater. If those instructions didn’t fully rid your system of the unwanted program, proceed to the more detailed steps included below.

First, bookmark this page to easily find it later because some of the next steps will require you to restart your browser and/or PC.
Go to this page and follow the steps in it to reboot your PC into Safe Mode.
Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc and open the Processes section where you must find the One Updater process.
If you don’t see a process named One Updater, look for processes with unfamiliar and suspicious-looking names and high RAM and/or CPU consumption.
If you suspect a given process, look up its name to confirm that it is not something related to a regular program or your OS.
If your online search confirms that the suspected process is probably unwanted, right-click on it and select Open File Location.
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If the scanner finds malware in any of the files, right-click on the process again and select End Process tree.
Delete the file location folder with all of its files. If you aren’t allowed to delete the folder, open it and delete whatever files you can from the folder. Once the rest of the guide is finished, go back to that folder and try again to delete it.
Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and again check if there are programs or apps that may be linked to One Updater.
If you find anything, select it, click on Uninstall, and complete the process.
Press the Ctrl + R keys and type msconfig.
Hit Enter and select the Startup tab.
Look for suspicious entries in the Startup items list – anything with an unknown manufacturer or an unusual name could be linked to One Updater or other unwanted software.
Untick the checkboxes in front of all items that seem suspicious. Obviously, if there is an item labeled One Updater uncheck that one too.
Click on Apply and then OK and restart the PC.
Next, you must place this “notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts” in the search field below the Start Menu and select the first icon from the results (should be a notepad file).
In the notepad file (named Hosts), pay attention to the line at the bottom of the text where it says Localhost. If you see anything written below it, copy that text and place it in the comments section under this article. We will examine the text you’ve sent us and tell you what to do in our reply to your comment.
If we tell you that the text from your Hosts file is from One Updater, you will have to delete it from the file and save the changes to it.
Type regedit.exe inside your Start Menu and select the icon with the same name from the search results.
If Windows asks for your Admin permission, click on Yes to provide it and to open the Registry Editor.
- Warning!: The next few steps will require you to make modifications to the Registry of your PC that will involve deleting certain items from it that are linked to One Updater. You must be very careful and make sure you only delete items related to the unwanted program and nothing else or you may destabilize your system. If you cannot determine if a given item in the Registry is from One Updater and don’t know whether to delete it, we strongly advise you to ask us in the comments about it before you take any action!
Press Ctrl + F while in the Registry Editor and type One Updater in the search box
Select Find Next to find the first item related to the unwanted program.
If a result is found, right-click on it and select Delete. Confirm the command by selection Yes.
Repeat Steps 23 and 24 until there are no more results for One Updater.
From the left panel of the Registry Editor, find the following directories:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main
Look in them for folders with very long names that consist of randomized characters or other suspicious-looking folders.
Delete anything that seems out of place but remember to hit us up in the comments section if you are not sure about something.

How to clean your browser from One Updater

If One Updater has made any changes in your browser by installing in it a browser hijacker or an adware app, you will have to clean the browser to make sure that there’s absolutely nothing left in your PC that is related to the unwanted software and the next steps can help you do exactly that:

Note: The next instructions show how to clean the Google Chrome browser but the process is very similar for most other popular browsing programs.

Go to Google Chrome, select the three dots in the top-left corner, and hover your cursor over More Tools.
From the second drop-down menu, click on Extensions and check the page with extensions that are currently added to the browser.
If any of them is unfamiliar or seems to have been added to the browser without your knowledge or approval, delete it by clicking on the Remove button below it.
If the extension gets automatically reinstalled or would simply not go away, click on the toggle button next to it to turn it off (disabling the extension) and then quickly select Remove again – this time the extension should be removed successfully.
Next, select Settings from the three-dots menu and then go type clear in the Settings page search box.
Click on the Clear browsing data button and tick every box except Passwords and Autofill data.
Click on Clear data and wait several minutes for the completion of the process. If you haven’t done that in a while, you may have to wait for some time and it may look like the browser has frozen, but don’t close it, eventually the deletion will complete.

If the steps above were not enough to resolve you problem with One Updater, we recommend that you try the powerful malware-removal program that is linked on the current page – it can find any remaining files related to the unwanted software in no time and remove them automatically. It can also keep your system protected against other threats that may target your computer in the future. Last but not least, do not forget you can use our free malware scanner at any time to test suspicious files and find out if they contain harmful code, so that you’d know to delete them.

About the author

Lidia Howler

Lidia is a web content creator with years of experience in the cyber-security sector. She helps readers with articles on malware removal and online security. Her strive for simplicity and well-researched information provides users with easy-to-follow It-related tips and step-by-step tutorials.

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