GoForFilesUpdater.exe is part of GoforFiles Application and developed by http://goforfiles.com/ according to the GoForFilesUpdater.exe version information.
GoForFilesUpdater.exe's description is "GoforFiles Updater Application"
GoForFilesUpdater.exe is digitally signed by Righway Technologies, Inc.
GoForFilesUpdater.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\GoForFilesUpdater\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected GoForFilesUpdater.exe.
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The following is the available information on GoForFilesUpdater.exe:
Property | Value |
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Product name | GoforFiles Application |
Company name | http://goforfiles.com/ |
File description | GoforFiles Updater Application |
Internal name | GoforFiles |
Original filename | GoforFiles.exe |
Legal copyright | Copyright http://goforfiles.com/ (C) 2013 |
Product version | 3,0,0,0 |
File version | 3, 0, 0, 1 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
Product name | GoforFiles Application |
Company name | http://goforfiles.com/ |
File description | GoforFiles Updater Application |
Internal name | GoforFiles |
Original filename | GoforFiles.exe |
Legal copyright | Copyright http://goforfiles.com/ (C).. |
Product version | 3,0,0,0 |
File version | 3, 0, 0, 1 |
GoForFilesUpdater.exe has a valid digital signature.
Property | Value |
---|---|
Signer name | Righway Technologies, Inc |
Certificate issuer name | COMODO Code Signing CA 2 |
Certificate serial number | 0089b8c147f063769f8d685962c161e027 |
24 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the GoForFilesUpdater.exe file. That's a 42% detection rate.
Scanner | Detection Name |
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Agnitum | Riskware.Agent! |
Antiy-AVL | RiskWare[RiskTool:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent |
Avast | Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp] |
AVG | Righway Technologies.55F |
AVware | SimpleFiles (fs) |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.7AC1 |
CAT-QuickHeal | RiskTool.Agent.r5 (Not a Virus) |
Cyren | W32/Trojan.FFND-3020 |
DrWeb | Adware.Downware.4798 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/YourFileDownloader.B potentially unwanted |
Fortinet | Riskware/Agent |
GData | Win32.Adware.GoForFiles.A |
K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 0049faaf1 ) |
K7GW | Trojan ( 0049faaf1 ) |
Kaspersky | not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.Agent.jzs |
McAfee | Artemis!13A317E9A45E |
McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.PUP.dm |
Sophos | Go For Files |
Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EKG14 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EKG14 |
VBA32 | Signed-Downware.ExpressDownloader |
VIPRE | SimpleFiles (fs) |
Zillya | Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.58294 |
The instructions below shows how to remove GoForFilesUpdater.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the GoForFilesUpdater.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that GoForFilesUpdater.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
Property | Value |
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MD5 | 13a317e9a45e2e5a864d120d8a2058e0 |
SHA256 | 8b8e9380b386556b8ae11c2e835453f3ffa10ef02f07f62155c8fbddb901aff8 |
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to goforfilesupdater.exe:
goforfilesupdater.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
goforfilesupdater.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.
GoforFiles Updater Application has stopped working.
End Program - goforfilesupdater.exe. This program is not responding.
goforfilesupdater.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
goforfilesupdater.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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