What is spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe?

spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe is part of Spybot - Search and Destroy and developed by Safer-Networking Ltd. according to the spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe version information.

spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe's description is "Post Windows 10 upgrade setup for Spybot 2 "

spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe is digitally signed by Safer-Networking Ltd..

spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files (x86)\spybot - search & destroy 2\Updates\Extracts\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.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 spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSpybot - Search and Destroy
Company nameSafer-Networking Ltd.
File descriptionPost Windows 10 upgrade setup for Spybot 2
CommentsThis installation was built with Inno Setup.
Legal copyright2015 Safer-Networking Ltd.
Product version2.5.42
File version1.4

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

Product nameSpybot - Search and Destroy ..
Company nameSafer-Networking Ltd. ..
File descriptionPost Windows 10 upgrade setup for Sp..
CommentsThis installation was built with Inn..
Legal copyright2015 Safer-Networking Ltd. ..
Product version2.5.42 ..
File version1.4

Digital signatures [?]

spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSafer-Networking Ltd.
Certificate issuer nameStartCom Class 2 Primary Intermediate Object CA
Certificate serial number11825649fe4143

VirusTotal report

None of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe file.

None of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD59df4bd88c9de41aceef155bb50295dee
SHA256fbcb379d731a1131e99836e0e19e9bf5ba2a8c65f95b767ef78a1d919b656080

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe:

spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.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.

Post Windows 10 upgrade setup for Spybot 2 has stopped working.

End Program - spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe. This program is not responding.

spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

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User vote results: There were 8 votes to remove and 37 votes to keep

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