What is Media Player ZUpdater.exe?

Media Player ZUpdater.exe is part of WindowsUpdater according to the Media Player ZUpdater.exe version information.

Media Player ZUpdater.exe's description is "WindowsUpdater"

Media Player ZUpdater.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\Microsoft\sogrMed\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Media Player ZUpdater.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 Media Player ZUpdater.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameWindowsUpdater
File descriptionWindowsUpdater
Internal nameWindowsUpdater.exe
Original filenameWindowsUpdater.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2014
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

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

Product nameWindowsUpdater
File descriptionWindowsUpdater
Internal nameWindowsUpdater.exe
Original filenameWindowsUpdater.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2014
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

Media Player ZUpdater.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

12 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Media Player ZUpdater.exe file. That's a 22% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/MSIL.Agent
Baidu-International Adware.MSIL.Agent.bff
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 700000121 )
K7GW Trojan ( 700000121 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.Agent.bff
Malwarebytes Trojan.FakeMS
McAfee Artemis!FDCD2AFDA7C3
Panda Generic Suspicious
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R00UH07CP15
VBA32 Trojan.MSIL.gen.13
ViRobot Adware.Agent.19968.G[h]
12 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the Media Player ZUpdater.exe file.

Media Player ZUpdater.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Media Player ZUpdater.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Media Player ZUpdater.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Media Player ZUpdater.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 Media Player ZUpdater.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Media Player ZUpdater.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 Media Player ZUpdater.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Windows\Microsoft\sogrMed\Media Player ZUpdater.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Media Player ZUpdater.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Media Player ZUpdater.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Media Player ZUpdater.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Media Player ZUpdater.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 Media Player ZUpdater.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5fdcd2afda7c3cff150cdc49cc6bd1126
SHA256bcbf8f77cfa2553af527cba7cc24d86ee869d7ae64ba5fb1eaef9e0f3a57da4c

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to media player zupdater.exe:

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

media player zupdater.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.

WindowsUpdater has stopped working.

End Program - media player zupdater.exe. This program is not responding.

media player zupdater.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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