What is Updater.exe?

Updater.exe is part of Update Helper and developed by Goobzo according to the Updater.exe version information.

Updater.exe's description is "Update Helper"

Updater.exe is digitally signed by Goobzo LTD.

Updater.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\YTDownloader\' 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
Product nameUpdate Helper
Company nameGoobzo
File descriptionUpdate Helper
Internal nameUpdate
Original filenameUpdater.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2014
Product version1.4.0.0
File version1.4.0.0

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

Product nameUpdate Helper
Company nameGoobzo
File descriptionUpdate Helper
Internal nameUpdate
Original filenameUpdater.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2014
Product version1.4.0.0
File version1.4.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

Updater.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameGoobzo LTD
Certificate issuer nameThawte Code Signing CA - G2
Certificate serial number120b25dde57b88636ad4d97d23b99c88

VirusTotal report

39 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Updater.exe file. That's a 68% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Adware.Generic.1158411
AegisLab AdWare.W32.Shopper.adw!c
Agnitum PUA.Shopper!
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.ShopperPro
ALYac Adware.Generic.1158411
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Shopper.adw
Arcabit PUP.Adware.Goobzo
Avast Win32:Adware-CDO [PUP]
AVG ShopperPro.A8D
Avira ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen
AVware Goobzo (fs)
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.151026.9950.9962
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Shopper.BAI
BitDefender Adware.Generic.1158411
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.CEDB
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.Goobzoltd.Gen
Comodo ApplicUnwnt
Emsisoft Adware.Generic.1158411 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/ShopperPro.A potentially unwanted
F-Secure Adware.Generic.1158411
Fortinet Adware/Shopper
GData Adware.Generic.1158411
Jiangmin AdWare/Shopper.yr
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 00495d151 )
K7GW Trojan ( 00495d151 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Shopper.adw
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.Generic.1158411
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.Shopper.dpsabl
Panda Adware/Goobzo
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Rising PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F]
Sophos Goobzo (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware PUP.Goobzo/Variant
Symantec SAPE.Heur.81FA0
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Hmrb
VBA32 AdWare.Shopper
VIPRE Goobzo (fs)
ViRobot Adware.Shopper.751976[h]
Zillya Adware.Shopper.Win32.452
39 of the 57 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:\Program Files (x86)\YTDownloader\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.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD52203f5ed9a382f086375df9e0f0d9419
SHA25678ac89833b9bfea4a3b1e711581e922038aea3138b69ad0bd7ba40acd47abd56

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.

Update Helper 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
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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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