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What is updatechecker.exe? UpdateChecker.exe?

Vendor:      ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Product:     UpdateChecker Application
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.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: UpdateChecker.exe -

updatechecker.exe is returning insufficient information about this program.


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updatechecker.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: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
updatechecker.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xd72d08898e2ba14b8fd6e9533c714385 7/20/2015 1:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 0 KB
2 Status 0x1e60c2b180925f84ce3f25d71d262f30 2/6/2012 8:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 243 KB
3 Status 0x9b1a51e5aaa839b9cbbdd55da9a76df6 9/6/2011 9:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 243 KB
4 Status 0x0c1df1dae7afe56017c244b6a1ed4974 3/8/2011 8:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 152 KB
5 Status 0x04eaeb22f7cc460c8d5c46f12e3e31d8 2/1/2011 8:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 152 KB
6 Status 0x807daa26fc6dd458f9d112a2d1d1bffe 1/27/2011 6:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 143 KB
7 Status 0xea5a8f7105d24da94a80b9587634bfcb 8/8/2010 2:26:00 AM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 143 KB
8 Status 0x6a77e3032131b41191c01282bdf3faf8 8/3/2010 3:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 152 KB
9 Status 0xcbaf605cb543b77a796d74a9403b10e5 8/2/2010 12:59:00 AM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 144 KB
10 Status 0x6aad3f2bcb97f43d8e525c61a94cc9d0 7/27/2010 1:24:00 AM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 152 KB
11 Status 0x53ff07683403135a1d4c83e45ad171e8 6/22/2010 11:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 152 KB
12 Status 0x4565b16315b4b72a86fddf5f576fe9f9 4/8/2010 4:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 143 KB
13 Status 0x2ef5247d6d93db974778cc6c691db703 1/27/2010 11:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 151 KB
14 Status 0xd8e390211b33e15025eb0cb866c9718f 12/16/2009 9:10:00 AM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 134 KB
15 Status 0xf0ec87917a81e8179505677569a1e0b0 11/10/2009 1:10:00 AM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 144 KB
16 Status 0x074424c578780b34bb425b682ae098fb 11/1/2009 12:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 131 KB
17 Status 0x08764e5a2bf7bf151062b4ea6693d39e 10/20/2009 6:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 133 KB
18 Status 0xf4407eca455235c7a4ee0503422349ab 7/25/2009 9:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 143 KB
19 Status 0x6ff68cfe64af765a1af2c00a591665d0 10/19/2008 5:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 131 KB
20 Status 0xa0b79307aafa9dadc0796e8f1b95e072 9/26/2008 12:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown FileHippo Update Checker 143 KB


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