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What is alu.exe? Asus Live Update utility?

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Vendor Website:      http://support.asus.com/download/download_item.aspx?product=1&model=Tools&f_name=AsusUpdt_V71005.rar&SLanguage=en-us
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

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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: ALU.exe - Asus Live Update utility. Not needed on startup.

alu.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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alu.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: 0.10%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
alu.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xf4dcd4912b185c3aaeb92a7040832ad1 6/4/2020 6:06:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 Asus Live Update utility 50 KB
2 Status 0xdb355ffc5b3ac92591c7d7478c629a52 10/10/2014 11:54:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 Asus Live Update utility 44 KB
3 Status 0x47276cdae68a7966c6885c161c00460e 2/2/2012 6:26:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 Asus Live Update utility 48 KB
4 Status 0x9392b0933f91426a0a70d72e3ae855f2 1/22/2012 10:18:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 Asus Live Update utility 48 KB
5 Status 0x805a9762437bb73af000d7e124837e9f 5/11/2011 7:40:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 Asus Live Update utility 176 KB
6 Status 0xc31a0e2c9e4c069e1d055d9addf74b0c 3/22/2011 2:11:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 Asus Live Update utility 168 KB
7 Status 0xad17ec0c8023eda1b61cba2d89854435 12/16/2010 10:38:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 Asus Live Update utility 176 KB
8 Status 0xec9cd8e1eb75f794e97e011759e9c2cf 5/15/2010 8:01:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 Asus Live Update utility 50 KB
9 Status 0xdfe4810dd0e1d23133ad921079376cb8 2/10/2009 7:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Asus Live Update utility 164 KB
10 Status 0xc88b9a9e058fb03d7a4ea956b9645755 11/23/2008 8:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Asus Live Update utility 184 KB
11 Status 0xbe72d64fea75fa951ea832bd8bdc0c8c 9/25/2008 1:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown Asus Live Update utility 184 KB
12 Status 0xeca18bd3bf418ffa3482a3ed1522d567 8/26/2008 4:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown Asus Live Update utility 176 KB


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