What is updater.exe?

updater.exe is digitally signed by Scape Nano.

updater.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\219d5106-5a99-41fd-b942-db6b503b0178\' 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 version1.0.5922.2355
File version1.0.5922.2355

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

Product version1.0.5922.2355
File version1.0.5922.2355

Digital signatures [?]

updater.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameScape Nano
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number7ead865852c29036b527a1106fd60080

VirusTotal report

35 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the updater.exe file. That's a 61% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1
AegisLab AdWare.W32.Yotoon
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
ALYac Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.BrowseFox.bz
Arcabit Adware.BrowseFox.1
AVG BrowseFox.B8D
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.151026.9950.9950
BitDefender Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.A93B
ClamAV Win.Adware.Browsefox-42699
Cyren W32/S-b844dee6!Eldorado
DrWeb Trojan.Yontoo.4650
Emsisoft Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.CV potentially unwanted
F-Prot W32/S-b844dee6!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1
GData Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1
Ikarus PUA.BrowseFox
Jiangmin AdWare.Amonetize.gqe
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004ddb021 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004ddb021 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BrowseFox.dild
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Yontoo
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.eanwyc
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.0000.Malware.Gen
Rising PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F]
Symantec PUA.Yontoo.C!gen4
Tencent Win32.Risk.Adware.Egnz
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R00XC0ECM16
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
35 of the 57 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\Common Files\219d5106-5a99-41fd-b942-db6b503b0178\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.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5fac31dc9f4a87c9d48fdb9b4b0ba93e2
SHA2567f2125c94283285b13231e17a8e4a01860be717ba287bcb3d38b076d9aad6380

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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