What is autoupdate.exe?

autoupdate.exe is digitally signed by Beijing Gaojiaoxintu Technology Co.,Ltd..

autoupdate.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\rundir\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected autoupdate.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 [?]

autoupdate.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

autoupdate.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBeijing Gaojiaoxintu Technology Co.,Ltd.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number3d42c4d03a43697f6ba02171753c83c8

VirusTotal report

19 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the autoupdate.exe file. That's a 34% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.2315734
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.2315734
Avira TR/Rogue.195440
AVware Trojan.StartPage
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.2315734
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.2315734 (B)
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.2315734
Fortinet PossibleThreat.SB!tr.dldr
GData Trojan.GenericKD.2315734
Ikarus Trojan.SuspectCRC
McAfee Artemis!9670A9B44C01
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.2315734
nProtect Trojan.GenericKD.2315734
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Symantec Trojan.Startpage
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R02KC0ODO15
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R02KC0ODO15
VIPRE Trojan.StartPage
19 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the autoupdate.exe file.

autoupdate.exe removal instructions

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








Free Questionnaires

Folder name variants

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

Other files also named autoupdate.exe

autoupdate.exe (14 votes)

Hashes [?]

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MD59670a9b44c01f0f4f1f98d5aeb535edf
SHA25629e6dabf469ea4a93baf145af9bad2c22f3663661908ac4897f2612b03222c10

Error Messages

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

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

autoupdate.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.

autoupdate.exe has stopped working.

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

autoupdate.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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