What is yupdate.exe?

yupdate.exe is part of Загрузчик обновлений программ Яндекс and developed by ООО "Яндекс" according to the yupdate.exe version information.

yupdate.exe's description is "Загрузчик обновлений программ"

yupdate.exe is digitally signed by OOO Yandex.

yupdate.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Yandex\Punto Switcher\Updater\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about yupdate.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on yupdate.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameЗагрузчик обновлений программ Яндекс
Company nameООО "Яндекс"
File descriptionЗагрузчик обновлений программ
Internal nameyupdate-executor
Original filenameyupdate-executor.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2011 Yandex
Product version1.0.0.1555
File version1.0.0.1555

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

Product name
Company nameООО "Яндекс"
File description
Internal nameyupdate-executor
Original filenameyupdate-executor.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2011 Yandex
Product version1.0.0.1555
File version1.0.0.1555

Digital signatures [?]

yupdate.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameOOO Yandex
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Certificate serial number3769815a97a8fb411e005282b37878e3

VirusTotal report

None of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the yupdate.exe file.

None of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the yupdate.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD55adfdc4aee1dc811616f240ab5a828a8
SHA256a186d96174953bbfd1451c2b7ffb788c797e65a5109fe1de0ef3fcc8214f0e4b

Error Messages

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

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

yupdate.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.

Загрузчик обновлений программ has stopped working.

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

yupdate.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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