What is googleupdate.exe?

googleupdate.exe is part of Google Update and developed by Google LLC according to the googleupdate.exe version information.

googleupdate.exe's description is "Google Installer"

googleupdate.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files (x86)\google\update\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

50 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the googleupdate.exe file. That's a 76% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Acronis	suspicious
Ad-Aware	Win32.Floxif.A
AhnLab-V3	Win32/Fixflo.GEN
ALYac	Win32.Floxif.A
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:FloxLib-A [Trj]
AVG	Win32:FloxLib-A [Trj]
Avira	W32/Floxif.hdc
Baidu	Win32.Virus.Floxif.a
BitDefender	Win32.Floxif.A
BitDefenderTheta	AI:FileInfector.207622A70E
Bkav	W32.FloxitNV.PE
CAT-QuickHeal	W32.Pioneer.CZ1
ClamAV	Win.Virus.Pioneer-9111434-0
Comodo	Virus.Win32.Floxif.A@7h5wha
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Cyren	W32/Floxif.B
DrWeb	Win32.FloodFix.7
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Emsisoft	Win32.Floxif.A (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Floxif.H
FireEye	Generic.mg.59d9bba68c00b1f5
Fortinet	W32/Pioneer.CZ!tr
GData	Win32.Floxif.A
Ikarus	Virus.Win32.Floxif.A
Jiangmin	Win32/Pioneer.l
K7AntiVirus	Virus ( 00521e9a1 )
K7GW	Virus ( 00521e9a1 )
Kaspersky	Virus.Win32.Pioneer.cz
Malwarebytes	Malware.AI.2193170993
MAX	malware (ai score=85)
MaxSecure	Virus.W32.Pioneer.CZ
McAfee	Dropper-FIY!59D9BBA68C00
McAfee-GW-Edition	Dropper-FIY!59D9BBA68C00
Microsoft	Virus:Win32/Floxif.H
MicroWorld-eScan	Win32.Floxif.A
NANO-Antivirus	Virus.Win32.Pioneer.bvrqhu
Panda	W32/Floxif.A
Rising	Virus.Floxif!1.9BE6 (CLASSIC)
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
SentinelOne	Static AI - Suspicious PE
Sophos	ML/PE-A + W32/Floxif-C
Tencent	Virus.Win32.Pionner.tt
TrendMicro	PE_FLOXIF.D
TrendMicro-HouseCall	PE_FLOXIF.D
VBA32	Virus.Win32.Floxif.h
VirIT	Win32.FloodFix.A
Zillya	Virus.Floxif.Win32.1
ZoneAlarm	Virus.Win32.Pioneer.cz

googleupdate.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove googleupdate.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the googleupdate.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that googleupdate.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate googleupdate.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the googleupdate.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 googleupdate.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\program files (x86)\google\update\googleupdate.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the googleupdate.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If googleupdate.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If googleupdate.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If googleupdate.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 googleupdate.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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