What is wpsupdate.exe?

wpsupdate.exe is part of WPS Office and developed by Zhuhai Kingsoft Office Software Co.,Ltd according to the wpsupdate.exe version information.

wpsupdate.exe's description is "WPS Office Expansion tool"

wpsupdate.exe is digitally signed by Zhuhai Kingsoft Office Software Co.,Ltd.

wpsupdate.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\kingsoft\wps office\10.2.0.5871\wtoolex\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameWPS Office
Company nameZhuhai Kingsoft Office Software Co.,Ltd
File descriptionWPS Office Expansion tool
Internal namewpsupdate
Original filenamewpsupdate.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright©1988-2017 Kingsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version10,2,0,5965
File version10,2,0,5965

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

Product nameWPS Office
Company nameZhuhai Kingsoft Office Software Co.,..
File descriptionWPS Office Expansion tool
Internal namewpsupdate
Original filenamewpsupdate.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright©1988-2017 Kingsoft Corpor..
Product version10,2,0,5965
File version10,2,0,5965

Digital signatures [?]

wpsupdate.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameZhuhai Kingsoft Office Software Co.,Ltd
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number67610bda7abdb2ff15de061e0f276515

VirusTotal report

3 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wpsupdate.exe file. That's a 5% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TGeneric
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_93%
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/KingSoft.D potentially unwanted
3 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the wpsupdate.exe file.

wpsupdate.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove wpsupdate.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the wpsupdate.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that wpsupdate.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 wpsupdate.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the wpsupdate.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 wpsupdate.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\lo..oft\wps office\10.2.0.5871\wtoolex\wpsupdate.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the wpsupdate.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If wpsupdate.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If wpsupdate.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If wpsupdate.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 wpsupdate.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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Folder name variants

wpsupdate.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\kingsoft\wps office\10.2.0.5871\wtoolex\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named wpsupdate.exe

wpsupdate.exe (309 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54fd40c5bc7e11e1ba7e75b7455007e99
SHA2561f3bcf911e90302fe243b75654ada9cbe31e9a3cb346d8b3535db09b2d700774

Error Messages

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

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

wpsupdate.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.

WPS Office Expansion tool has stopped working.

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

wpsupdate.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with wpsupdate.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with wpsupdate.exe. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

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