What is updater.exe?

updater.exe is digitally signed by SmarterPower.

updater.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\SmarterPower\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product version1.0.0.4
File version1.0.0.4

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

Product version1.0.0.4
File version1.0.0.4

Digital signatures [?]

updater.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSmarterPower
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number38d7c83a73cb4e3ac85648608e3170d8

VirusTotal report

27 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the updater.exe file. That's a 49% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
Agnitum Riskware.Agent!
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
AVG Generic.E07
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BL
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
DrWeb Trojan.BPlug.108
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.L
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
Fortinet Riskware/BrowseFox
GData Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 004a08081 )
K7GW Trojan ( 004a08081 )
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
McAfee Artemis!0669421EF1D4
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!Trojan
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dcnjjv
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.639
Sophos Browse Fox
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0819
VBA32 AdWare.Kranet
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya Backdoor.Krap.Win32.11216
27 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the updater.exe file.

updater.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove updater.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the updater.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that updater.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 updater.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the updater.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 updater.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Program Files (x86)\SmarterPower\updater.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the updater.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If updater.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If updater.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If updater.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 updater.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD50669421ef1d4dee9144d1660d55090ca
SHA25613ad509c001a4dcf95412a2ef870b607f6e7e9b685c053e332721aba6b8f06b7

Error Messages

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

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

updater.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.exe has stopped working.

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

updater.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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