How to Remove "YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD" Virus (Easy Guide)

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What is YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD?

YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD is classified as Win32:PUP-gen (potentially unwanted program).

YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD detected as PUP.AD.YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD.
What is PUP? PUP is crapware.
YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD have several types of unwanted behaviour:

Displaying popup ads.
Hijacking your browser.
Infecting your desktop shortcuts, etc.
Inserting ads to the web pages.

YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD can redirect your browser search, collect your personal information and sell it for advertising.
YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD is usually hard in removing. Some people could not find uninstall program for YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD in the Control Panel.
Sometimes YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD uninstaller does not work.

How YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD got on your computer?

Usually you got YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD with as part of a bundle with another tool you downloaded from the Internet. Since YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD manufacturer pays software developers for distributing YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD within their applications, YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD is often included as part of the installer.
Usually, you have not only one YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD problem, but a bunch of similar WIN32:PUPs.

You have 2 ways to remove YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD:

You have 2 ways

1. Remove Automatically.
2. Remove Manually.

Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?

You know only one virus name: "YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
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Here’s how to remove YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD virus automatically:

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STEP 3: Remove YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD virus (3 minutes)

So it was much easier to fix such problem automatically, wasn't it?
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How to remove YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD manually:

STEP 1: Check all shortcuts of your browsers on your desktop, taskbar and in the Start menu. Right click on your shortcut and change it's properties.

http://…

You can see YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD or another web site at the end of shortcut target (command line). Remove it and save changes.

In addition, check this command line for fake browser's trick.
For example, if a shortcut points to Google Chrome, it must have the path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.
Fake browser may be: …\Appdata\Roaming\HPReyos\ReyosStarter3.exe.
Also the file name may be: “chromium.exe” instead of chrome.exe.

STEP 2: Investigate the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown recently installed programs.

check installed programs to uninstall

STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD virus from running processes

STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.

Remove YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD in it's name or description.

STEP 5: After that press Win+R, type in: taskschd.msc and press OK to open Windows Task Scheduler.
Remove YOUTUBEDOWNLOADER_UPD from scheduled task list.