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What is update.exe? Microsoft Update?

Vendor:      Microsoft Corporation
Product:     Windows
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: update.exe - This is a generic exe file for update, used to update any Microsoft program. It should be loaded just while the process is in progress. Rebooting the system should clear this out.

update.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.


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update.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.11%
Average CPU use for this program: 8%
Average RAM for this program: 11 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
update.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x0ff4e4e0dd01e7872d9c2013560fd4a7 11/19/2017 10:38:00 PM Unknown 6.3.0013.0 built by: dnsrv Microsoft Update 737 KB
2 Status 0xfb5c337800ed35091f3d95f3ff34b3f9 2/3/2015 6:43:00 PM Unknown 5.5.1005.0 (SRV03_QFE.031113-0918) Microsoft Update 640 KB
3 Status 0xb9fa27bea6b6fb59cd79aa46e58f9176 8/12/2014 6:42:00 PM Unknown 6.3.0003.0 built by: dnsrv Microsoft Update 724 KB
4 Status 0xa35cf266ea5462a5ede4df500be29745 2/8/2012 2:37:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 738 KB
5 Status 0x41e3f5495047829511e164b8a2399438 2/5/2012 9:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 741 KB
6 Status 0x0b630c8656b1ea82c82b929d51fa351b 1/29/2012 5:44:00 AM Unknown 6.2.0029.0 (SRV03_QFE.031113-0918) Microsoft Update 699 KB
7 Status 0xcb10fb06b778bbe75ef8968eb9ff24c1 9/17/2011 8:24:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 742 KB
8 Status 0x37d67933b2c9f935aa9f3a00e462be26 9/16/2011 11:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 746 KB
9 Status 0x744bebb57ce2f7908446b705b1d538eb 9/8/2011 7:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 722 KB
10 Status 0xd2c47c22a213aa04336f9ed8a5444865 8/19/2011 11:24:00 PM Unknown 6.3.0004.0 built by: dnsrv Microsoft Update 724 KB
11 Status 0x3b5eaaedb8a9d3f98debbdb0cfd214d5 8/2/2011 4:37:00 PM Unknown 6.1.0022.4 (SRV03_QFE.031113-0918) Microsoft Update 701 KB
12 Status 0xc1fbbf95adb4c68c7f966c0f00bf009c 7/26/2011 1:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 742 KB
13 Status 0x50914702cb6c72275018643c557ef8c5 7/8/2011 3:11:00 PM Unknown 6.3.0004.1 built by: dnsrv Microsoft Update 725 KB
14 Status 0x9950380dd31fb50d18c02dac635b1eb3 6/30/2011 5:27:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 749 KB
15 Status 0x46306f5693c221f6f383649d7fc74026 6/27/2011 8:03:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 747 KB
16 Status 0x3776538e4371dbda117a3b2199a230de 6/21/2011 8:22:00 PM Unknown 5.5.0033.0 (SRV03_QFE.031113-0918) Microsoft Update 639 KB
17 Status 0x7a0709358c3e0a686a6a56b96865ac07 3/28/2011 4:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 732 KB
18 Status 0x83b48cd1beb94350803b5f5e93754c9f 2/28/2011 8:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 747 KB
19 Status 0x1ef493cfe59a498a5cbf1cb489f07726 1/30/2011 4:06:00 PM Unknown 5.3.0010.0 (xpclnt_qfe.020226-1835) Microsoft Update 399 KB
20 Status 0x1cb020609ebf1712ada47ff739843092 10/25/2010 12:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 266 KB
21 Status 0x95c3f2f9ad9c94f7a9e988a697cfd307 6/18/2010 12:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 746 KB
22 Status 0xc5140c3f32cbeccf30e4037948805474 6/5/2010 11:04:00 PM Unknown 5.5.0031.0 (SRV03_QFE.031113-0918) Microsoft Update 639 KB
23 Status 0xe527f40558d70af1eae223eccc5b6fb0 5/20/2010 5:56:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 693 KB
24 Status 0x09756f685daa11e873192dc568705af6 5/12/2010 10:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 737 KB
25 Status 0x1f1a375e1488df91191ac61d733ce70d 4/3/2010 5:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Update 745 KB


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