Xupiter removal
How to remove and uninstall xupiter toolbar and hijacker

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How to Uninstall and Safely Remove Xupiter Adware?

In this series of our getting rid of Spyware and Adware articles, you shall learn about how to successfully remove the Xupiter Adware and successfully get rid of it from your system.

Xupiter removal Introduction

Xupiter is a hijacker which comes in the form of an Internet Explorer toolbar with links to one of Xupiter's search engines. It Hijacks your home page and address bar searches, and add Xupiter links to your bookmarks.

What is Xupiter and what exactly does it do?

Xupiter exists in the form of an Internet Explorer Toolbar. It monitors web pages requested and data entered into forms, sends this information to its home server, and opens pop-up advertisement windows.

It also has the capability to update itself and install other software.

Xupiter hijacks your home page, add links to your browser, shows pop-under ads when directed by its controlling server. Apart from the hijacking and added links, the software periodically opens pop-under advertisements as directed by its controlling servers.

It monitors web pages requested and data entered into forms, sends this information to its home server, and opens pop-up advertisement windows. These may appear in windows with only an 'exit' menu. The software contacts its servers to ask for update code, which is executed without checks. It has also been known to download third-party software (for instance a casino loader app). In the initial variants, the update-checking task tries to connect to xupiter.com to download updates whether or not you are connected. If it fails it may cause a crash in 'RunDownload.exe'. Some versions of Xupiter can cause the Windows Explorer to crash when opened under Windows XP.

It opens pop-up adverts depending on targeted URLs being browsed, targeted terms being entered into forms (this is aimed at search engines), and how much browsing is being done. It also tries to hide by not opening adverts when little is happening.

Xupiter exists in the following variants:

Xupiter uses the site xupiter.com for all functions. Xupiter/Xjupiter is the same but uses xjupiter.com instead. Xupiter/2003 is the same as the Xupiter variant, but puts its DLL directly in its Program Files folder instead of in an 'Updates' folder.

  • Xupiter: This uses the site Xupiter.com as it backend server.
  • 2003: This is same as Xupiter but puts its DLL directly in the Program Files folder instead of an Updates folder.
  • Xjupiter: This is also same as Xupiter but the only difference is that it uses the site xjupiter.com instead of xupiter.com for its functions.
  • BrowserWise: This is another variant which is same as Xupiter but uses browserwise.com as its controlling server.
  • Browser: This is a newer variant which still points to browserwise.com, but stores its program files in a folder called 'Browser' instead of 'Xupiter'.
  • Sqwire: This is a newer variant of Xupiter pointing at sqwire.com. Its program files are stored in a 'Sqwire' folder, in a different layout to previous versions. The installer DLL is left in Downloaded Program Files.
  • OrbitExplorer: This is the latest variant of Xupiter, pointing at orbitexplorer.com. It stores some of its program files in an 'Orbit' folder under Program Files and the rest in an 'OE' folder in Common Files. It also has the installer DLL similar to Sqwire.

SPYWARE / ADWARE XUPITER REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS

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How to manually remove Xupiter Adware from your system?

* WARNING: Modifying your registry or system files can render your system unusable in case of any error. Because there are multiple variants of the Xupiter toolbar, it makes it difficult to remove manually. We strongly recommend you to Download Spy Sweeper in order to safely remove Xupiter from your computer

  • Xupiter removal step 1: Find the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  • Delete the entries 'XupiterStartup' and 'XupiterCfgLoader' (earlier variants), 'SQUpdatesChecker' and 'SQConfigChecker' (Sqwire variant) or 'OrbitUpdate' and 'OrbitView' (OrbitExplorer variant).
  • Xupiter removal step 2: Open a command prompt window and enter the following commands to deregister the toolbar
  • Xupiter removal step 3: Xupiter and BrowserWise variants: cd "%WinDir%\System" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Xupiter\Updates\XupiterToolbar.dll" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Xupiter\Updates\XTUpdate.dll" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Xupiter\Updates\XTSearch.dll"
  • Xupiter removal step 4: For the 2003 variant, use: cd "%WinDir%\System" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Xupiter\XupiterToolbar.dll" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Xupiter\XTUpdate.dll" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Xupiter\XTSearch.dll"
  • Xupiter removal step 5: For the Browser variant, use: cd "%WinDir%\System" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Browser\Updates\BrowserToolbar.dll" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Browser\Updates\BWUpdate.dll" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Browser\Updates\BWSearch.dll"
  • Xupiter removal step 6: For the Sqwire variant, use: cd "%WinDir%\System" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Sqwire\t.dll" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Sqwire\u.dll" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Sqwire\s.dll"
  • Xupiter removal step 7: For the OrbitExplorer variant, use: cd "%WinDir%\System" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Common Files\OE\toolbar.dll" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Common Files\OE\redirector.dll" regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Common Files\OE\search.dll"
  • Xupiter removal step 8: Restart the computer and open the Program Files folder. Delete the 'Xupiter', 'Browser', 'Sqwire' or 'Orbit' folders, and in the OrbitExplorer variant also the 'OE' folder inside Common Files.
Congratulations, you have successfully removed Xupiter from your computer by following our Xupiter removal and uninstalling instructions you have been removing and uninstalling all homepage hijacker traces.

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