What is UPDATE~1.EXE?

UPDATE~1.EXE is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\pricef~1\update~1\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected UPDATE~1.EXE.

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VirusTotal report

26 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the UPDATE~1.EXE file. That's a 48% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.1872430
Agnitum	Riskware.Agent!
Avira	Adware/DealPly.204288.5
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	Adware.Win32.DealPly.bS
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.1872430
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.1872430 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/DealPly.S
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.1872430
Fortinet	Riskware/DealPly
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.1872430
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0049c8161 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0049c8161 )
McAfee	RDN/Generic PUP.x!c2w
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.ch
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.1872430
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Delphi.dggece
Norman	Troj_Generic.WKMHY
nProtect	Trojan.GenericKD.1872430
Qihoo-360	HEUR/Malware.QVM05.Gen
Rising	PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.175D5C01!391994369
Sophos	Generic PUA AD
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro	TROJ_SPNR.19IT14
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_SPNR.19IT14
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

UPDATE~1.EXE removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove UPDATE~1.EXE with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the UPDATE~1.EXE file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that UPDATE~1.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 UPDATE~1.EXE in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the UPDATE~1.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 UPDATE~1.EXE in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\pricef~1\update~1\UPDATE~1.EXE

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the UPDATE~1.EXE file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If UPDATE~1.EXE still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If UPDATE~1.EXE is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If UPDATE~1.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 UPDATE~1.EXE no longer appear in the scan result.

Filename variants

UPDATE~1.EXE may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• PriceFountainUpdateVer.exe

Folder name variants

UPDATE~1.EXE may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\pricef~1\update~1\. The most common variants are listed below:

• C:\DOCUME~1\HP_ADM~1\APPLIC~1\PRICEF~1\UPDATE~1\
• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\pricefountain\

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