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How to remove AutoUpdate error

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AutoUpdate.exe file information

The process AutoUpdate MFC Application or Spy Fighter Auto Update or Automatic Update Service or Configurator Auto-Update or Secure Update or BnB AutoUpdate belongs to the software AutoUpdate.exe or AutoUpdate.exe" or EMBASSY Trust Suite or Spy Fighter or Amadeus Automatic Update or Cisco Systems, Inc. AutoUpdate or AutoUpdate Module or EMBASSY Security Center or AutoUpdate Application or Security Wizards or BnB AutoUpdate Application or Microcat For Holden by SG Soft or Amadeus or Cisco Systems, Inc (www.cisco.com) or Wave Systems Corp or VinaGame J.S.C or VinaGame JSC.

Description: AutoUpdate.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" - e.g. C:\program files\autoupdate\. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 225280 bytes (77% of all occurrence), 192512 bytes, 233472 bytes, 98304 bytes, 180224 bytes, 1149440 bytes, 484352 bytes, 343552 bytes, 188416 bytes, 229376 bytes.
AutoUpdate.exe is not a Windows system file. The process starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders). The program is not visible. The file is a file without information about the maker of this file. The application can be uninstalled in the Control Panel. Therefore the technical security rating is 51% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

If AutoUpdate.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files\Common Files" then the security rating is 25% dangerous. File size is 241740 bytes (66% of all occurrence), 98304 bytes. It is not a Windows system file. The program has no visible window. Program can be removed using the control panel Add\Remove programs applet.

If AutoUpdate.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\ then the security rating is 18% dangerous. File size is 462848 bytes. It is a Windows core system file. The program has a visible window.

If AutoUpdate.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32 then the security rating is 80% dangerous. File size is 417792 bytes.

External information from Paul Collins:
There are different files with the same name:

• "ATTRedUpdate" can run at start up. Additional item added to start-ups after AT&T took over the now bankrupt Excite@home high-speed internet service. Included for automatically downloading and installing updates. Leave it unless you plan to regularly run it to check for updates
• "AutoUpdater" definitely not required. PeopleonPage foistware

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as AutoUpdate.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the AutoUpdate.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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