What is harvester.exe and TorrentHarvester.exe

Question:

My PC has encountered low performance from last week, I can’t play game, it will take long time to wait, I found two unknown process named harvester.exe and Torrent Harvester.exe, both of them located on C:\Windows\System32, Torrent Harvester.exe consume up to 70-80% CPU and large memory. Is Torrent Harvester.exe and harvester.exe a virus? How to fix the harvester.exe high cpu usage?

Answer:

There are 16 different files of Harvester.exe in our threat file database, seven files were belong to product SMART Usage Tracking Log Harvester, this product was created by SMART Technologies, The default installed folder of Harvester.exe:

%COMMONFILES%\SMART Technologies\Customer Experience

Most of other harvester.exe files were detected as Trojan or spyware.The default location of harvester.exe virus is:

C:\windows\system32\Harvester.exe or C:\windows\system2\TorrentHarvester.exe

Click here to Run a Free Scan for HARVESTER.EXE related error

Warning:

The below list include threat files that associated with Harvester.exe Trojan or virus:

Bak.Harvest/virus

Tro.Harvest-Generate2008

Worm.Win32.Harvest

Psw:Win32/64.Harvest

If you suspect the file Harvester.exe on your computer, please run free avast anti-virus to scan the hidden threatens on your computer, and then run wise pc doctor to fix the related error of Harvester.exe virus.

More details:

How to get rid of Harvester.exe virus automatically?

You will need to download and burn into CDROM several programs on clean PC or copy them to USB Disk to remove virus. Here is the instruction:
Step A:
copy the below programs to USB disk (you can use an MP3 player) or Burn them to CD:

  1. Avast Pro Antispyware software(free of charge) .Please download with this Download Link.

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2.Wise PC Doctor:with this download link to restore damaged registry values.

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Step B: Restart your computer. At this point you need to gently Press the F8 key repeatedly when you find the startup menu, Select the option “Safe Mode with Networking” by using the arrow key, then press Enter key on your keyboard , and your computer will start into Windows Safe Mode.

Step C: Now you need to install Avast Pro Antispyware on your computer, When the program is installed, your need update its database to the latest, then reboot your computer to make the program fully functional, Go Step B to reboot your computer into Safe Mode and do a complete scan for your computer .

NOTE:

(1)In case you have some problems running Avast Pro Antispyware, you may rename the downloaded file name to explorer.exe or iexplore.exe. After that double click the download file and follow the install steps.

(2) Please make file extension show before renaming download file.

Step D: After finish the full scan, click "Show Results" and be sure that the important data aren’t removed and infected. Select or ignore the scan result and click "Remove Selected" button to get rid of the virus and malwares. Avast Pro Antispyware will give you a report to indicate all operations for this scan. It can be saved as you want. Restart your computer and the Avast Pro Antispyware will get rid of all virus or malwares which are detected before.

Step E: How to erase bad registry? Please install Wise PC Doctor– the best PC cleaner can easily fix your broken registry values and restore registry values.

Why Wise PC Doctor should be used?

As we all know, virus, Trojans and Malwares make the computer breakdown by destroying and modifying the registry values so that the computer will not run normally.

After the virus, Trojans and Malwares are removed, the registry remains to be destroyed or modified, therefore the computer’s system still has some problems. That’s why you really need to fix the registry. Furthermore, some virus, Malwares and Trojans leave many dll data in the registry and this may cause damaged DLL errors and also have an effect on the computer’s system performance.

In any other case Uninstall or install software may make your registry database fragmented, with corrupted, harmful and obsolete files. Do a complete scan for your computer by Wise PC Doctor at this moment.

Step F: Run Wise PC Doctor to repair your computer:

1. Install Wise PC Doctor.

2. Click "One-Click Fix", do a complete scan for your computer.

3. Click “Repair All” then fix all detected problems.

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