What is upgrade.exe?

upgrade.exe is part of McAfee Remediation Manager and developed by McAfee, Inc. according to the upgrade.exe version information.

upgrade.exe's description is "McAfee Remediation Manager"

upgrade.exe is digitally signed by McAfee, Inc..

upgrade.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\AV\McAfee Anti-Virus And Anti-Spyware\' folder.

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 upgrade.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMcAfee Remediation Manager
Company nameMcAfee, Inc.
File descriptionMcAfee Remediation Manager
Internal nameupgrade
Original filenameupgrade.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2016 McAfee, Inc.
Product version9,3,0,0
File version9,3,3064,0

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

Product nameMcAfee Remediation Manager
Company nameMcAfee, Inc.
File descriptionMcAfee Remediation Manager
Internal nameupgrade
Original filenameupgrade.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2016 McAfee, Inc.
Product version9,3,0,0
File version9,3,3064,0

Digital signatures [?]

upgrade.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMcAfee, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number5dc98b9add1b30090983cbe53b9e6406

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD51bd50f92091ac2550d6133cff7e8f3e8
SHA2560a31d370b13aef05532321e79256abc14064867d663313143ca91c98a018cfaa

Error Messages

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

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

upgrade.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.

McAfee Remediation Manager has stopped working.

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

upgrade.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with upgrade.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with upgrade.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 3 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
3

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with upgrade.exe. Only 3 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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