Prohibition of updating the mail agent. How to prevent an agent's email from updating? Control shot: how to clean Windows using CCleaner

Hello everyone Today we will touch on two topics: disabling the Agent update from Mail.ru and how to completely remove it from your computer. So what is this Mail ru Agent anyway? This is a program with the help of which users who have an account on Mail.ru can communicate, transfer files, make calls, and there is also video communication. In general, I personally have been using this program for a long time, I tried to communicate, so to speak, but for some reason I didn’t like it and I continued to sit on ICQ. Yes, there was still ICQ back then, but few people use it now, but ten years ago it was popular

Mail ru Users do not like the Agent because it has such behavior, well, in short, intrusive, this is how this behavior can be characterized. Not all users can easily delete it; for some, it doesn’t want to be deleted at all; in general, users write all sorts of things, and I think it’s time for me to sort this matter out..

I installed Mail ru Agent to understand what kind of beast it is and can I tame it? Will I be able to delete it, or prevent updating, will I be able to find out in which folders it took root and where in Windows it left its marks? This is all I have to find out today and I think I will succeed.

So I opened an email account on Mail.ru, downloaded the Agent, installed it, launched it, there was a field for login and password, I indicated everything that was needed and logged in to the Agent. Everything went smoothly, there were no lags, in the end this is the picture:

Well, that is, a pure Agent, there are no contacts or conversations in it.. If you click on this button:

The following menu will appear:

Here you can add a contact, create some kind of group chat, turn off sounds... In general, the Agent has advanced since the last time I saw him, that’s a fact. Okay, now let's click Settings here, let's see what's what, then the settings have opened, look what they look like:

I thought there would be fewer settings. So what can you configure here? On the Basic tab, you can move the Launch at system startup slider, so that the Agent itself does not turn on when Windows starts...

But how to disable Agent auto-update?

But one thing I’m wondering is where is the disabling of the Agent’s auto-update, so that it doesn’t update itself.. Hmm, interesting, for some reason I can’t find this option yet... So I went through all the settings, but I couldn’t find anything to disable the auto-update, this is weird. Okay, I'll do one more thing now. In general, my guesses turned out to be correct, which means that the fact is that programs often have a so-called assistant in the form of a module that is responsible for updating. This is a special module and it is found in many programs, including Agent! And look, I’m showing you what you need to do, first start the dispatcher:

And here the folder where the Agent is installed will open, here it is:

But the most important thing is the magentsetup.exe file, it is responsible for installing the Agent, including auto-updating, or rather, I’m not sure about this, but I think so.. When updating, this file, that is, the magentsetup.exe module is launched, and downloads the new version of the Agent and puts it on top. Do you see there is also a magent.exe file there? So, this is the Agent himself! That is, to disable Agent auto-update, you need to disable the magentsetup.exe module, but how to do this safely? Yes, you can simply delete it. This is a radical method, but a little dangerous, what if there are bugs and glitches later, is this what you need? I think no! Therefore, you just need to rename it! Here, rename from magentsetup.exe to magentsetup.exe_ I always add a lower space character for such purposes. To rename, click once on magentsetup.exe and then press the F2 button on the keyboard and then add the bottom space (or any other character of your choice):

That's it, and then the file was already renamed:

That's basically it, auto-update should be disabled now. If you do not have something like exe in the file name, this means that you have disabled the display of extensions. Actually, this is not critical and I think that even without this the renaming should work, try it! If an error pops up, check whether you have the magentsetup.exe process running in the manager; if it is, shut it down and try again. I then rebooted, the Agent turned on, I didn’t notice any problems or glitches, so the method is safe!

So guys, why didn’t we check the startup? Let's see if there's an Agent there! So I press the Win + R buttons and write this command:

I clicked OK, a system window called System Configuration opened, then I switched to the Startup tab and saw that fellow Agent Mail.ru was right there, here is his agent.desktop entry:

Guys, in fact, the Agent is not to blame for anything here, because if I’m not mistaken, then in the Agent settings there is an option for autostart, so if you disable the Agent’s autostart, then the entry should disappear here too. And you know, I took it and checked it! And yes, that’s right, if you disable autorun in the options, then the entry will disappear in autoload!

How to remove Agent Mail ru in the usual way?

First, I will show you how to remove the Agent as usual, that is, without any frills, so to speak... So first you need to exit the Mail.ru Agent, to do this, go to the tray and right-click on the Agent icon, then select Exit:

We exited the Agent, that’s good, now we hold down the Win + R buttons, a window for entering a command will appear, write the following command there:

After this, a window will open with all the installed software on your computer, in this list you need to find something like Mail.Ru Agent (version 10.0.20061), but of course you may have a different version, well, find Agent and click right-click and then select Delete:

But then this strange window popped up, look:

And I didn’t immediately understand what this was all about, what kind of error? And then I remembered, it seems to me that the point is that I renamed the magentsetup.exe file, remember, so that the Agent itself would not be updated! Therefore, in this window I click No and open this folder:

C:\Users\Dima\AppData\Roaming\Mail.Ru\Agent\bin

Then I renamed the file back, in short everything was returned as it was. By the way, do you see the word Dima in the address? Well, this is what my account is called in Windows, but you will probably have a different name, this is just a note for you. I returned to the window with the list of programs, again right-clicked on the Agent, selected Delete, and there was no message anymore, there was nothing at all, no window, no removal wizard, the Agent just took it and quietly left...

This is how you can remove the Agent, so to speak in a simple way, without complications...

How to remove Agent Mail ru: a complex technique that everyone can do!

Now I will show you a more aggressive way to remove Agent Mail ru, so to speak, how to completely throw it out of your computer without asking! First, you need the Agent to be running, let it work and not even suspect that now we will remove it... I almost forgot, for this operation we will need the Unlocker utility, it is easy to download on the Internet, so if anything, get it! So, the Agent is running, go to the manager, find magent.exe in the processes, right-click, select the first item in the menu, that is, this one:

And then click here again:

As a result, we will have the Mail.ru folder selected, great, now right-click on it, select the Unlocker item in the menu (I already have the utility):

The magic has begun:

The magic lasted for some time, not very long, or rather I thought so, but the shamanism somehow dragged on for about five minutes... And then a message popped up saying that deletion was impossible and the question was whether to perform the deletion at the next boot of the system, well, okay, so be it:

After that, I immediately rebooted, then went to check if there was a Mail.Ru folder and it turned out that there was, here’s what’s inside this folder:

There was one strange, incomprehensible file left, I right-clicked on it and calmly deleted it, there were no problems with that. Then I deleted the Mail.ru folder from Roaming and everything was clear too

We have considered an alternative method for removing Mail.ru Agent. In principle, the Unlocker utility can delete a lot of things this way. Just know, the only correction is, do not use the Unlocker utility to remove those programs that use drivers in their work, because this can lead to real glitches and lags in Windows, remember this

Manual cleaning of the computer from the remains of Agent Mail ru

Well, you deleted the Agent, right? Well, everything is okay, no problem, yo! But wouldn’t it be good to also clean Windows from traces? I think that it will be good, but it’s clear that this is not necessary to do, this is so for those who like that there is no garbage in Windows. And then when there is a little bit of garbage, that’s one thing, but when it becomes more and more... Then slowdowns may appear over time..

You will probably immediately think, well, why do I need all this, it’s complicated... Nothing like that, no complicated thing, I assure you, in short, do what I’m going to tell you now! So first you hold down the Win + E buttons, an explorer window will appear, your disks will be there, in general there will be a search field in the upper right corner, write the mail.ru website there and wait:

Please note that they will search for ALL FILES in the name of which this site is mentioned, that is, be careful, maybe you need some kind of software from Mail.ru, then in short you watch what you delete! Well, do you understand what I mean? Hope so! And here's what I found guys, look:

Yes, not so little, I twisted the results a little, and now I see that there are also such folders and files, as I understand them, these are system ones:

Well, what can I say here, of course I won’t delete system folders and files, although I don’t know why they were found, I don’t see the word mail.ru in their name, but they were still found, although their names contain the word mail and separately ru, but I wrote mail.ru, damn it’s such an incomprehensible scoundrel... So I selected all the files and folders that are definitely not system ones, and which can definitely be deleted (well, I think so) and right-clicked on them, and then selected Delete item:

Then another message appeared, saying that the object cannot be moved to the Trash, and then it is proposed to delete it permanently, well, okay, I also put a checkmark at the bottom and click the Yes button:

Then such a window appeared, well, it’s like we couldn’t find this element, it’s like it’s no longer there, well, okay, I also put a tick here and click Repeat, I’ll try again to say this:

But the window appeared again, then I checked the box again, but already clicked the Skip button:

That's it, now there were no errors, everything was deleted. Or not all? Yes, this is not a simple question, I closed the window, pressed Win + E again, and again repeated the search for the word mail.ru, and here are the results:

In general, you can’t see everything here, this is understandable, but I looked carefully, everything that was found, it relates only to Microsoft, that is, to the system. Nothing that relates to mail.ru, there is nothing like that here. That is, the conclusion suggests itself: the goal has been achieved, the file system has been cleared of the remnants of Mail.ru, hurray, comrades!

Is that all, you ask? I may disappoint you, but no, there is still a registry left, there are often traces of programs that you have already deleted, alas... So, don’t relax, we are hard workers, let’s hold down the Win + R buttons, and in the Run window write this command:

Clicked OK, the registry editor opened, it contains many sections and parameters (they are also called keys). The database here is huge, and it’s better that there is no junk data here, so let’s clean the registry, in the editor press the Ctrl + F buttons, a search window will appear, write the word mail.ru there and click the Find Next button opposite:

A search in the registry will begin, it is called here as Viewing the registry, during which the following window will appear:

Now what are your actions? All that can be found is a section or key (parameter). It will be searched one at a time, when something is found, the search will stop and what was found will be selected, you right-click on this selected one and select Delete in the menu. Then press F3 to continue the search. Repeat all steps until a window appears informing you that the search is over. Difficult? As you can see, no! For example, I found a parameter called path, I right-click on it and select Delete:

Then you need to confirm the action, click here Yes:

And that’s it, it’s gone, but stop mobile! Well, look carefully in which section this key was located? Here I immediately realized that this section, where the path parameter was, can also be deleted, it is from the Agent:

Guys, look, you better look for the remains not only by the word mail.ru, but also by the name agent.desktop (as we see, it is often referred to as the name of the section). Maybe you will find some other words, then search for them, this increases the efficiency of finding garbage

And just a minute. It may be that a key was found, but there is nothing in the name that would say about Mail ru.. But did you look at the contents of the key? Click on it twice and everything will fall into place

Well guys, is it difficult? No! Well, it seems so to me...

Control shot: how to clean Windows using CCleaner?

Do you want to do the best cleaning? Then you need to download and install CCleaner, it is free and the best program of its kind for cleaning your PC from trash! This means you can download CCleaner on the official website (here it is piriform.com/ccleaner), go to the website, click Download Free Version there:

Then you need to click on Free Download again here:

Damn, there’s a bit of a hassle with downloading, in short, then you need to click on Piriform.com here (I download it from there the best):

Oh, well, the installer download has finally started, it weighs 9 megs, which in principle is not much, so it’s downloaded, I launch it:

Then the installer will appear, but here you need to select a language, this can be done here:

Russian has been selected, now you can click the Install button:

STOOOOP! I was wondering, what options are hidden behind the Configure button? Well, that second button at the bottom under Install! I clicked it and here are the options there, look:

So if anything happens, you can customize something here! Well, that’s it, now I definitely click on Install, the installation was lightning fast (thanks PrimoCache), now I press the Run CCleaner button:

And here is CCleaner in all its glory:

In this window, at the bottom, I immediately clicked the Analysis button to scan the computer for junk files, and the analysis ended, three and a half gigs of garbage were found (that’s a lot of shit), I press the Clean button here:

I confirm my intentions:

The cleaning has begun, I feel like Windows is breathing easier, how happy it is that I’m finally cleaning it!

Now on the left I click Registry and here I also need to clean it, click Search for problems:

There was also quite a lot of rubbish here, so I clicked further on Correct selected:

And then in the next window all you have to do is click Correct marked ones:

In a second it was all corrected there:

The CCleaner cleaner works clearly and quickly, don’t you agree? Good program

Guys, I think it’s time to finish, I’ve already written a LOT of BUKOFF here, it’s time for me to rest, I think you don’t mind. I hope everything was clear. Good luck to you too, I look forward to visiting you again

27.06.2017

Old versions of Mail.ru Agent (6.4, 6.2 and earlier) began to be automatically updated to version 10, and the user is not given the opportunity to refuse the upgrade. Modern Agent has a number of shortcomings and unnecessary functions, so many people want to disable program updates. It is impossible to do this through the settings, and even after reinstalling the Agent, the usual version remains in the system only until the computer is rebooted. However, if you understand how the upgrade process occurs, you can disable this function. Today I will tell you how to disable the Mail.ru Agent update to version 10.

Let's figure out how to prevent Mail.ru Agent from updating to a new version

Disabling Mail.ru Agent updates: instructions

The update does not occur from within the Agent itself - it uses a separate executive file, magentsetup.exe, located in one of the hidden system folders on the C:\ drive. Simply deleting it will not help prevent the upgrade - the file will simply be created anew. To permanently disable Mail.ru Agent updates, you need to deny the program access to the file system.

Before doing this, you need to completely remove the messenger from your computer. Using the standard Windows Add/Remove Programs tool will not help, as it leaves Agent “tails” on the hard drive. To remove all hidden components of the program, as well as accompanying Mail.ru products (Sputnik, Amigo browser, etc.), you need to use third-party utilities - for example, Revo Uninstaller, CCleaner, Geek Uninstaller, Wise Disk Cleaner, etc.

You can remove the Agent using a standard tool, but you will have to clear hidden folders manually

When the Agent is removed, you need to do the following:

1. Enable the display of hidden directories through the folder options, “View” tab, “Advanced options” block.
2. Go to the hidden system directory C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming, create the Mail.Ru folder in it, in it - Agent, inside of which - bin.
3. Open the properties of the bin folder, go to the “Security” tab and remove all rights for all user groups.

After this, you can download and install the usual version of the messenger. You need to run the program and use it for some time, since you can disable the Mail.ru Agent update only after the magentsetup.exe file is created.

Rights to make changes are configured through the properties of folders and files

After waiting a little, you need to do the following:

1. Close Agent.
2. Go to the AppData\Roaming\Mail.ru\Agent\Mra\Update folder in the user directory on the system drive.
3. Open the text document version4.txt with any editor, find the line silent_update:1 in it by pressing Ctrl+F, and change it silent_update:0.
4. Open the properties of the version4.txt file and deny write permissions for all user groups.
5. Create a text file called magentsetup, change its extension from .txt to .exe and deny all rights to it.
6. Delete the original magentsetup.exe file.

After this, updates will be disabled. In this case, all accounts in Mail.ru Agent will work normally.

Using the portable version of Mail.ru Agent

Since in order for the update process to start, the messenger must “register” in the system, saving its files in system directories, the portable version of the program will save you from upgrading.

Externally, the portable version of Agent 6.2 is no different from the full version

Using the portable Agent is very simple:

• download the usual version of the messenger;
• run;
• use it.

In this case, there will be no updates; In addition, the portable version does not need to be installed. Its disadvantage is that it does not save settings and history on the hard drive.

Knowing how to disable Mail.ru Agent updates, it is easy to disable upgrades for other company products - for example, ICQ. This is done in the same order, only the names of folders and files will be ICQ, not magent.

Mile Agent is a very simple, but at the same time, multifunctional messenger that allows you to quickly exchange messages, send various files and even make calls.

Moreover, all these options are provided free of charge, which determined the high popularity of the application. However, many users are faced with the problem that how to update Mail Ru Agent. This article is intended to resolve this issue.

How to update Mail Ru Agent on your computer

The developers of this program took into account the features of modern devices, which are sometimes strikingly different from each other, and therefore offer an application for several operating systems and devices:

• Android;
• Windows;
• MacOS;
• Symbian;
• Java and others.

Accordingly, first of all, you need to find out what operating system is installed. In the future, those who decide update Mail Ru Agent on your computer, you will have to complete several steps:

It should be noted that the program does not require any payment when downloading or updating. In addition, it always notifies users that its next version has appeared by sending a corresponding message. That is, you will never miss the release of a new version of the Agent.

How to update Mail Ru Agent on your phone

Update Mail Ru Agent on your phone can be done in the same way as described above. Only this time you need to go to the developer’s official website via your smartphone and download the new version of the program from there. Installing the application proceeds in a similar way.

Also, the new version of the agent is always available through Google Play and AppStore. On any of these resources, just enter the phrase “Mail ru Agent” into the search for it to display the corresponding application for your phone. When downloading from here, you need to remember that the program is free. Therefore, it is better to ignore those versions that require any money.

Master's answer:

One of the most popular programs for communication between friends is Mail Agent. With its help you can make video calls, instant messages, voice calls, SMS, conference calls, and calls to landlines, and it also provides spam protection. It is also possible to communicate on popular social networks, including Odnoklassniki and Vkontakte. This application is very convenient for users of the mail.ru mail service.

You only need two conditions: access to the Internet and a computer on which the mail agent is installed.

First, you need to find out what version of the mail agent is installed on your PC. To find out this information, you need to perform a number of specific actions - launch the program and go to the “About the program” item. This way you can determine whether you need this update.

You can check whether there is a newer version of the mail agent program than the one you have installed by going to the official website at www.agent.mail.ru. Updating the agent will not pose any problems, due to the fact that the official page does not require registration.

Click the button on the right side of the site “update mail agent”, in the window that appears, from all the proposed options, select the fastest update option by clicking “start” and wait for the installation file to download. This process usually takes a few minutes, depending on your Internet speed.

First, you need to select the installation language. Remember that the language you select will be used not only during installation, but also in subsequent work.

Decide on the options that you will use in future work. You can select several options at once. If you set mail.ru as your home page, it will always open when you launch the browser you are using. If mail.ru is set as the default search, then any search will be carried out through the Mail.Ru system. You can launch the application by pressing a single key, but to do this you need to create shortcuts on the desktop, in the Quick Launch bar and in the browser. There is also a panel for the Internet browser, for this you just need to install [email protected], and then your work on the World Wide Web will become much more efficient and comfortable, especially if you work with Mail.Ru services.

Let the mail agent be completely updated. While the update process is in progress, the application will be closed, but it will automatically open after the installation is complete. You don’t have to worry about the safety of your contacts; they, as well as your accounts and settings, will be completely saved and you will be able to see them in the new version.