What is rut.exe?

rut.exe is part of Updater and developed by DreamLair according to the rut.exe version information.

rut.exe's description is "Updater"

rut.exe is digitally signed by Irina Mihaylovna.

rut.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\documents\benko\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameUpdater
Company nameDreamLair
File descriptionUpdater
Internal nameUpdater.exe
Original filenameUpdater.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © DreamLair 2011
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameUpdater
Company nameDreamLair
File descriptionUpdater
Internal nameUpdater.exe
Original filenameUpdater.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © DreamLair 2011
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

rut.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameIrina Mihaylovna
Certificate issuer nameCOMODO RSA Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number00bc6e7174f970f33bb466c7452477cbda

VirusTotal report

1 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the rut.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AVG AdLoad
1 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the rut.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD53b2c1d2b11e8d41f58ff2f407a9d9def
SHA2561798acee5554f73624f49b58697cf819cfb11d50ff2fb8b1c0b0cd18a10c98e1

Error Messages

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

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

rut.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.

Updater has stopped working.

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

rut.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with rut.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with rut.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 7 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
7

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with rut.exe. Only 7 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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.

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