What is PicasaUpdater.exe?

PicasaUpdater.exe is part of Picasa and developed by Google Inc. according to the PicasaUpdater.exe version information.

PicasaUpdater.exe's description is "Picasa"

PicasaUpdater.exe is digitally signed by Google Inc.

PicasaUpdater.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on PicasaUpdater.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namePicasa
Company nameGoogle Inc.
File descriptionPicasa
Internal namePicasa
Original filenamePicasa.exe
Legal copyright© 2003-2013 Google Inc.
Product version3.9.137
File version3.9.137.81

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

Product namePicasa
Company nameGoogle Inc.
File descriptionPicasa
Internal namePicasa
Original filenamePicasa.exe
Legal copyright© 2003-2013 Google Inc.
Product version3.9.137
File version3.9.137.81

Digital signatures [?]

PicasaUpdater.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameGoogle Inc
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number09e28b26db593ec4e73286b66499c370

VirusTotal report

1 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the PicasaUpdater.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
ByteHero Trojan.Exception.gen.101
1 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the PicasaUpdater.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5ca6c073cab5adfaa2898771c262d0fc3
SHA256c346139781c30866c449f4d16fe2e1767c3259a7f05582fbe5f9bd0e019e7b87

Error Messages

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

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

picasaupdater.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.

Picasa has stopped working.

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

picasaupdater.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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