What is krbupdater.exe?

krbupdater.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\KRB Updater Utility\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

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

Digital signatures [?]

krbupdater.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

21 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the krbupdater.exe file. That's a 37% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AegisLab Suspicious.Cloud.Gen!c
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwNS.49ED
Avira ADWARE/BPlug.tao
AVware Adware.NSIS.Agent
DrWeb Trojan.BPlug.1064
ESET-NOD32 Win32/ExtenBro.CJ
GData Win32.Trojan.Agent.A3FCUV
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Agent.hx
McAfee Artemis!87DB3C182742
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Tool.cm
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.BPlug.ebfcqc
Panda Generic Suspicious
Rising Trojan.ConvertAd!1.A36E-XH7j5b0ZJcL (Cloud)
Sophos Generic PUA LN (PUA)
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Nsis.Adware.Agent.Edeh
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R03EC0ODA16
VIPRE Adware.NSIS.Agent
Zillya Dropper.Agent.Win32.230438
21 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the krbupdater.exe file.

krbupdater.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove krbupdater.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the krbupdater.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that krbupdater.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 krbupdater.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the krbupdater.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 krbupdater.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\ProgramData\KRB Updater Utility\krbupdater.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the krbupdater.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If krbupdater.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If krbupdater.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If krbupdater.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 krbupdater.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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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD587db3c182742a1c4385a1033bce4f486
SHA2561e7117d13d7a7c0891344c1497793c6f452810724cb87781c92b188faf486ed8

Error Messages

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

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

krbupdater.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.

krbupdater.exe has stopped working.

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

krbupdater.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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