What is fupdate.exe?

fupdate.exe is digitally signed by Parus.

fupdate.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\fupdate\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected fupdate.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.

VirusTotal report

20 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the fupdate.exe file. That's a 35% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Graftor.287735
AhnLab-V3	Adware/Win32.Updater.C1575400
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Graftor.287735
Arcabit	Trojan.Graftor.D463F7
AVG	Generic.602
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Graftor.287735
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_99% (D)
DrWeb	Trojan.DownLoader22.51269
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Graftor.287735 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.RuKoma.B
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Graftor.287735
GData	Gen:Variant.Graftor.287735
Ikarus	PUA.RuKoma
Invincea	trojanspy.win32.skeeyah.a!rfn
Jiangmin	Trojan.Scar.hqw
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Graftor.287735
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM10.1.0000.Malware.Gen
Rising	Malware.Generic!HrTpeTQkqwH@5 (thunder)
Symantec	Heur.AdvML.B
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Graftor.Llrp

fupdate.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\fupdate\fupdate.exe

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

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

Filename variants

fupdate.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• T8R4oA3t3Y4D.exe

Folder name variants

fupdate.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\fupdate\. The most common variants are listed below:

• c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\local settings\application data\fupdate\
• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\
• C:\Users\ShapovalovaAV\AppData\Local\fupdate\

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