What is smlupd.exe?

smlupd.exe is part of Geo Builder App and developed by Geo Builder according to the smlupd.exe version information.

smlupd.exe's description is "Geo Builder Application"

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on smlupd.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameGeo Builder App
Company nameGeo Builder
File descriptionGeo Builder Application
Internal nameGeo Builder 8.0
Original filenamebuild.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © Geo Builder 2014
Product version2.0.0.1
File version2.0.0.1

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

Product nameGeo Builder App
Company nameGeo Builder
File descriptionGeo Builder Application
Internal nameGeo Builder 8.0
Original filenamebuild.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © Geo Builder 2014
Product version2.0.0.1
File version2.0.0.1

Digital signatures [?]

smlupd.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

33 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the smlupd.exe file. That's a 49% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.31242246
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.31242246
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.BTSGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D1DCB806
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Avira HEUR/AGEN.1027046
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.31242246
CAT-QuickHeal Downloader.Agent.20601
Cybereason malicious.8a3e03
Cylance Unsafe
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.31242246 (B)
Endgame malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.Montiera.A
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.31242246
GData Trojan.GenericKD.31242246
Ikarus PUA.Downloader.Agent
Jiangmin Adware.Adware.pvx
Kaspersky not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent.ecpu
MAX malware (ai score=86)
McAfee Artemis!E14864D8A3E0
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.mh
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.31242246
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Agent.efucyp
Panda PUP/SoftwareUpdater
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Downloader.ba5
Sophos Generic PUA IG (PUA)
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Tencent Win32.Risk.Adware.Ahee
VBA32 Downloader.Agent
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya Downloader.Agent.Win32.276882
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent.ecpu
33 of the 68 anti-virus programs detected the smlupd.exe file.

smlupd.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove smlupd.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the smlupd.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that smlupd.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 smlupd.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the smlupd.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 smlupd.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\smlupd\smlupd.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the smlupd.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If smlupd.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If smlupd.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If smlupd.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 smlupd.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
MD5e14864d8a3e0340abd5a70a6d3c7b100
SHA2560d7fa4ae1b8f2bea390b1e8aac9d7a3f2d73144bba518c92429eb81134601101

Error Messages

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

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

smlupd.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.

Geo Builder Application has stopped working.

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

smlupd.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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