What is update.exe?

update.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files (x86)\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected update.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 [?]

update.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

update.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

7 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the update.exe file. That's a 12% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.151026.9950.9962
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_65% (D)
Invincea virus.win32.sality.at
Malwarebytes Adware.WebOptimon
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.vc
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM20.1.0000.Malware.Gen
Rising Malware.Undefined!8.C-iviDw4cLOvQ (cloud)
7 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the update.exe file.

update.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove update.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the update.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that update.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 update.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the update.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 update.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\Program Files (x86)\downloads\update.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the update.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If update.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If update.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If update.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 update.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Free Questionnaires

Other files also named update.exe

update.exe (201 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54c7454607f8bd6f3dbee65bbcbd3118b
SHA2564dec29f0f7a6374dedbed0088c8b531d277d3752117bf78d1ae1762c701df723

Error Messages

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

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

update.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.exe has stopped working.

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

update.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with update.exe?

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



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with update.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 update.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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