What is app_updater.exe?
app_updater.exe is part of Free Studio and developed by Digital Wave Ltd. according to the app_updater.exe version information.
app_updater.exe's description is "Digital Wave Update Service"
app_updater.exe is digitally signed by Digital Wave Ltd.
app_updater.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\DVDVideoSoft\lib\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about app_updater.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 app_updater.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Free Studio |
| Company name | Digital Wave Ltd. |
| File description | Digital Wave Update Service |
| Internal name | app_updater.exe |
| Original filename | app_updater.exe |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (C) 2015 Digital Wave Ltd. |
| Product version | 1,0,4,1029 |
| File version | 1,0,4,1029 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Free Studio |
| Company name | Digital Wave Ltd. |
| File description | Digital Wave Update Service |
| Internal name | app_updater.exe |
| Original filename | app_updater.exe |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (C) 2015 Digital Wave Ltd. |
| Product version | 1,0,4,1029 |
| File version | 1,0,4,1029 |
Digital signatures [?]
app_updater.exe has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Digital Wave Ltd |
| Certificate issuer name | Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA |
| Certificate serial number | 1825ed6422d189492317aad87b5382c5 |
VirusTotal report
None of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the app_updater.exe file.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | abd573313386c93625643beeb89e5400 |
| SHA256 | da9a9f6f42fd7e3097a54069251a01b313ea21c5bc96e2284b3ef63b974d2e91 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to app_updater.exe:
app_updater.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
app_updater.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.
Digital Wave Update Service has stopped working.
End Program - app_updater.exe. This program is not responding.
app_updater.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
app_updater.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
What will you do with the file?
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What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 91% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 316 users.
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Malware or legitimate?
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Comments
Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.
I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.
This seems to be an update service for free studio, they make a youtube downloader and some other software.
# 9 Jul 2016, 10:40
Mal Owen writes
The FreeFixer program seems to be a simpler extract of Windows Process Explorer which has shown app_updater.exe as 5/57 i.e. 5 of 57 anti malware products think it a threat on my machine. Not enough hits to be a worry I guess.
Checked with "Total Defence","Malwarebytes" and "Spybot" which all tested OK.
# 22 Oct 2016, 19:53
Glenn writes
Thats probs it Thor, got theyr youtube downloader same company name and stuff, theyr updater is just f* i think did not used to do that..
# 8 Nov 2016, 17:03
Calvin Nguyen writes
My pc lags like crazy recently and welp I decided to delete it since it was the main cpu guzzler on here. It popped up an error saying it was still running so to finish the job i used task manager killed the process and deleted it fast as possible because most programs like that come back as fast as it takes to kill the process...it feels great to have a lagless pc again
# 2 Feb 2017, 5:25
CondoGhost writes
DVDVideoSoft have some great tools but their "uninstall" leaves so much behind with unwanted startup commands and Windows Task Manager Services still "active".
I you wish to have a 'clean remove of everything that is DVDVideoSoft' then this should do it ...
I'm still using Windows 7: Once DVDVideoSoft Free Studio and all their other programs are uninstalled you will find you have to manually delete folders and contents in the following areas:
C: User AppData Roaming DVDVideoSoft
C:\Program Files (x86) (or Program Files) Common Files DVDVideoSoft
and maybe also
C:\Program Files (x86) (or Program Files) DVDVideoSoft.
You will find attempts to delete app_updater.exe (and other associated files) will be rejected "Digital Wave Update Service active". A real pain.
Following remain "active" ...
[00-PROCESS]**app_updater - C:\Program Files\Common Files\DVDVideoSoft\lib\app_updater.exe
[05-SERVICE]**DigitalWave.Update.Service - C:\Program Files\Common Files\DVDVideoSoft\lib\app_updater.exe
Run msconfig startup and untick vidnotifier.exe (This command is set by DVDVideoSoft to execute at StartUp. The executable is in the DVDVideoSoft lib in Common files).
Either restart computer and continue OR try stopping and removing the DigitalWave.Update.Service before you restart.
1. Right-click Command Prompt and Run as administrator
2. In the cmd: line stop the service with this script ...
sc stop "DigitalWave.Update.Service"
Enter Key
sc config "DigitalWave.Update.Service" start= disabled
Enter Key
Then in cmd: line delete this service with this script ...
sc delete "DigitalWave.Update.Service"
Enter Key
Now try again to delete all those DVDVideoSoft folders and files the DigitalWave.Update.Service prevented you from deleting earlier.
# 31 Jan 2021, 13:51
Thor writes