What is javaupdater.exe?

javaupdater.exe is part of jre7u45 and developed by Oracle Incorporation according to the javaupdater.exe version information.

javaupdater.exe's description is "javaupdater"

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

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected javaupdater.exe.

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VirusTotal report

41 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the javaupdater.exe file. That's a 73% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.1424747
Agnitum	Trojan.Zapchast!cgwnwChXo6g
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.1424747
Avast	MSIL:GenMalicious-SR [Trj]
AVG	MSIL.BVLZ
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	Trojan.MSIL.Zapchast.bfzg
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.1424747
CAT-QuickHeal	Backdoor.Bladabindi.r3
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren	W32/Trojan.SOHX-1495
DrWeb	Win32.HLLW.Autoruner.25074
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.1424747 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.JB
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.1424747
Fortinet	MSIL/Dropper.AZQ!tr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.1424747
Ikarus	Trojan.Msil
Jiangmin	Trojan/MSIL.bgze
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 00430c6c1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 00430c6c1 )
Kaspersky	Trojan.MSIL.Zapchast.bfzg
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Zapchast.bf.(kcloud)
McAfee	RDN/Generic BackDoor!b2o
McAfee-GW-Edition	RDN/Generic BackDoor!b2o
Microsoft	Backdoor:MSIL/Bladabindi
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.1424747
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Zapchast.cwkwem
Norman	Troj_Generic.RQSCP
nProtect	Trojan.GenericKD.1424747
Panda	Generic Malware
Qihoo-360	HEUR/Malware.QVM03.Gen
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Trojan.Gen
Tencent	Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.18
TrendMicro	TROJ_SPNR.11A514
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_SPNR.11A514
VBA32	Trojan.MSIL.Zapchast
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.96256.CR[h]
Zillya	Trojan.Zapchast.Win32.33608

javaupdater.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\javaupdater.exe

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

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

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