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Threat's profile Threat indicator: HIGH

Name of the threat:RoadRunner

Command or file name:Sochost.exe

Threat type:Adware

Affected OS:Win32/Win64 (Windows XP, Vista/7, 8/8.1, Windows 10)

Affected browsers:Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari

In some cases RoadRunner may allow the programs to be ensured to the user chargeless or at a reduced price making it lighter to get dirty with RoadRunner and then to create a requirement in RoadRunner removal operation. Adverizing software is any applications package which automatically plays, depicts or gets commercials to a machine after the programs is installed producing a absolute necessity to remove RoadRunner. A lot of programs have been made to detect, quarantine and remove RoadRunner. Slight;y all commercial anti malware currently detect RoadRunner and spyware, but mainly it's needed to have express - orientated removal tools as regular complete removal can not be executed by anti virus. You can encounter the matter with latent computer files being used by RoadRunner. RoadRunner is big business and there is a great amount of money in there.


RoadRunner intrusion method

RoadRunner installs on your PC along with free software. This method is called "bundled installation". Freeware offers you to install additional module (RoadRunner). Then if you fail to decline the offer it starts hidden installation. RoadRunner copies its file(s) to your hard disk. Its typical file name is Sochost.exe. Then it creates new startup key with name RoadRunner and value Sochost.exe. You can also find it in your processes list with name Sochost.exe or RoadRunner. Also, it can create folder with name RoadRunner under C:\Program Files\ or C:\ProgramData. If you have further questions about RoadRunner, please ask below. You can use programs to remove RoadRunner from your browsers below.


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How to remove RoadRunner manually

This problem can be solved manually by deleting all registry keys and files connected with RoadRunner, removing it from startup list and unregistering all corresponding DLLs. Additionally missing DLL's should be restored from distribution in case they are corrupted by RoadRunner.

To get rid of RoadRunner, you should:

1. Kill the following processes and delete the appropriate files:

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Warning: you should delete only those files which checksums are listed as malicious. There may be valid files with the same names in your system. We recommend you to use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool for safe problem solution.

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2. Delete the following malicious folders:

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3. Delete the following malicious registry entries and\or values:

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Warning: if value is listed for some registry entries, you should only clear these values and leave keys with such values untouched. We recommend you to use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool for safe problem solution.


Uninstall RoadRunner related programs from Control Panel

We recommend you to check list of installed programs and search for RoadRunner entry or other unknown and suspicious programs. Below are instructions for different version if Windows. In some cases adware programs are protected by malicious service or process and it will not allow you to uninstall it. If RoadRunner won't uninstall or gives you error message that you do not have sufficient rights to do this perform below instructions in Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking or use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool.


Windows 10

  • Click on the Start menu and choose Settings
  • Then click on System and choose Apps & Features in the left column
  • Find RoadRunner under in the list and click Uninstall button near it.
  • Confirm by clicking Uninstall button in opened window if necessary.

Windows 8/8.1

  • Right click on the bottom left corner of the screen (while on your desktop)
  • In the menu choose Control Panel
  • Click Uninstall a program under Programs and Features.
  • Locate programs that can be connected with RoadRunner or other related suspicious program.
  • Click Uninstall button.
  • Wait until uninstall process is complete.

Windows 7/Vista

  • Click Start and choose Control Panel.
  • Choose Programs and Features and Uninstall a program.
  • In the list of installed programs find entries related to RoadRunner
  • Click Uninstall button.

Windows XP

  • Click Start
  • In the menu choose Control Panel
  • Choose Add / Remove Programs.
  • Find RoadRunner related entries.
  • Click Remove button.

Remove RoadRunner related extensions from your browsers

RoadRunner in some cases can be accompanied with browsers extension. We recommend you to use free option Toolbar Remover under Tools in Spyhunter Remediation Tool to remove unwanted browser extensions related to RoadRunner. We recommend you to perform scan your PC with Removal Tool or Spyhunter Remediation Tool. To remove extenions from your browsers manually do the following:

Internet Explorer

  • While in Internet Explorer click cogwheel icon in the top right corner
  • In the menu choose the Manage Add-ons
  • Select Toolbar and Extension tab.
  • Choose add-on possibly related to RoadRunner or other related adware BHO.
  • Click Disable button.

Warning: This option will only disable unwanted plugin. For effective RoadRunner removal use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool.

Google Chrome

  • Start Google Chrome.
  • In the address bar type chrome://extensions/
  • In the list of add-ons find related to RoadRunner and click recycle bin icon.
  • Confirm RoadRunner removal.

Mozilla Firefox

  • Open Firefox
  • In the address bar type about:addons
  • Click Extensions tab.
  • In the list of extension locate ones related to RoadRunner.
  • Click Remove button near it.

Protect computer and browsers from infection

Adware threats like RoadRunner are very widespread and, unfortunately, many anti-virus programs fail to detect it. To protect your computer from future infection we recommend you to use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool, it has active protection module and browser settings guard. It does not conflict with any anti-virus programs and creates additional shield against threats like RoadRunner.


Here are the descriptions of problems connected with RoadRunner and Sochost.exe we received earlier:

Problem Summary: unwanted search engine

How do I remove Road Runner search engine & return to Google?

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: want to delete all at one time

mailbox is 100% full. takes too lone to delete 25 at one time. can you help?

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: i need to delete all messages from my mailbox and its not letting me do it....i have about 1200

i also would like to know how to stop every facebook post posting to my mailbox

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: can't empty deleted items from rr web mail

Just got an imac and continue to use rr as my email. Cannot figure out how to empty the deleted items folder, as nothing is like the pc.

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: can't empty deleted items from rr web mail

Just got an imac and continue to use rr as my email. Cannot figure out how to empty the deleted items folder, as nothing is like the pc.

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: Want to mass delete email

I want to delete more than 25 items at a time. I do not want to delete roadrunner. I just want to clean up my mailbox which has over 1,800 messages.

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: Road runner removal

How did I get Road Runner????

Please tell me how to get rid of ROad Runner! The search results are TERRIBLE!!!

Thank you,

Diane Loeffler

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: Slow Deletion of Messages

Every attempt to delete messages from my inbox leads to a lengthy lag time (sometimes minutes). It doesn't matter whether I'm using the Firefox browser or Safari. And it doesn't matter whether I'm deleting one message or many.

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: delete all inbox mail

I want to delete all or at least more than one email at a time in my roadrunner mailbox.

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: Delete Emails

I have a lot of emails and my account has reached 100 percent. i would like to delete them all and start clean again but dont want to do it one by one. Can not receive emails to my roadrunner acount so I had to set up a yahoo account.

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

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