What is Updater.exe?

Updater.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\21761\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Updater.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Updater.exe:

PropertyValue
Internal nameinst.exe
Original filenameinst.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2015
Product version1.0.0.1
File version1.0.0.1

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Internal nameinst.exe
Original filenameinst.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2015
Product version1.0.0.1
File version1.0.0.1

Digital signatures [?]

Updater.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

38 of the 53 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Updater.exe file. That's a 72% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.2959648
Agnitum PUA.Amonetize!
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Amonetiz
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.2959648
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Amonetize
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D2D2920
AVG BundleApp.RBK
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.2959648
CAT-QuickHeal AdWare.Amonetize.r5 (Not a Virus)
CMC Trojan.Win32.Swizzor.1!O
Comodo Application.Win32.Amonetize.NH
Cyren W32/Adware.DQGB-8005
DrWeb Trojan.Amonetize.12029
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.2959648 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Amonetize.NU potentially unwanted
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.2959648
Fortinet Adware/Amonetize
GData Trojan.GenericKD.2959648
Jiangmin AdWare.Amonetize.dxd
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004dacb11 )
K7GW Adware ( 004dacb11 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Amonetize.cbod
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Amonetize
McAfee RDN/Generic PUP.z
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Keylog.jc
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.2959648
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.Amonetize.dznamb
nProtect Trojan.GenericKD.2959648
Panda Generic Suspicious
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Rising PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F]
Sophos Generic PUA FD (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware PUP.Amonetize/Variant
Symantec Suspicious.Cloud.7.F
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R0EBC0PA516
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Adware.Amonetize.656384.M[h]
38 of the 53 anti-virus programs detected the Updater.exe file.

Updater.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Updater.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Updater.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Updater.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate Updater.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Updater.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate Updater.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\21761\Updater.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Updater.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Updater.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Updater.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Updater.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that Updater.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








Free Questionnaires

Folder name variants

Updater.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\21761\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named Updater.exe

Updater.exe (24 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD59051afb1871fb3612ccff2c12b14ab85
SHA25666f7b6579192cc1384dc53d0425da80efeb035861e0ed623e8f3319713f6c538

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to updater.exe:

updater.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

updater.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.

updater.exe has stopped working.

End Program - updater.exe. This program is not responding.

updater.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

updater.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with Updater.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with Updater.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Updater.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with Updater.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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