What is inet32upd.exe?

inet32upd.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\networking\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected inet32upd.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 [?]

inet32upd.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

inet32upd.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

15 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the inet32upd.exe file. That's a 27% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Agnitum Riskware.Agent!
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.BitCoinMiner
Avast Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
AVware Trojan.Win32.CoinMiner.ba (v)
Baidu-International Hacktool.Win32.BitCoinMiner.BY
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/BitCoinMiner.BY potentially unsafe
Fortinet Riskware/BitCoinMiner
McAfee Artemis!557C6D2E6867
Sophos Generic PUA AH
Symantec Trojan.ADH.2
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OJV14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OJV14
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.CoinMiner.ba (v)
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.S.BitCoinMiner.494606[h]
15 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the inet32upd.exe file.

inet32upd.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove inet32upd.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the inet32upd.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that inet32upd.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 inet32upd.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the inet32upd.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 inet32upd.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\networking\inet32upd.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the inet32upd.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If inet32upd.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If inet32upd.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If inet32upd.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 inet32upd.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Folder name variants

inet32upd.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\networking\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5557c6d2e68679c65898a5cbf8f188087
SHA25652fa21f1bbb2a7b6c8d277ad119862d2cc079eaf8b1c427c1dd088d068226093

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to inet32upd.exe:

inet32upd.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

inet32upd.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.

inet32upd.exe has stopped working.

End Program - inet32upd.exe. This program is not responding.

inet32upd.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

inet32upd.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with inet32upd.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with inet32upd.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with inet32upd.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

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NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with inet32upd.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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.

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