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What is aupdate.exe? Symantec LiveUpdate?

Vendor:      Symantec
Product:     LiveUpdate
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: AUpdate.exe - Software updater for Symantec products

aupdate.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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aupdate.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: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
aupdate.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x3f28d2a84dbae0321e3ee90b5bff66ff 10/14/2014 4:45:00 AM Unknown 1.80.19.0 Symantec LiveUpdate 221 KB
2 Status 0x3d3f917f336b8273721af36beb48b5d8 9/16/2014 10:09:00 PM Unknown 3.2.0.68 Symantec LiveUpdate 609 KB
3 Status 0x11b85e722773a0097b428d9220692e7d 2/7/2012 12:49:00 AM Unknown 3.4.1.232 Symantec LiveUpdate 301 KB
4 Status 0xff84b9f59b4b4035f5b1161f8f3c8f21 1/15/2012 9:41:00 PM Unknown 3.4.0.162 Symantec LiveUpdate 301 KB
5 Status 0x2adedff13868add36cbf9511722f0036 9/16/2011 1:12:00 AM Unknown 3.0.0.171 Symantec LiveUpdate 145 KB
6 Status 0x3a98bb0b76b91e136ddc70391f997f8c 9/6/2011 3:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown Symantec LiveUpdate 145 KB
7 Status 0x0e2279cba97bf91e4fdd63b9adfd695b 9/6/2011 5:19:00 AM Unknown 3.1.0.99 Symantec LiveUpdate 237 KB
8 Status 0x26783ced337b60b0d562ff2a0d297630 8/17/2011 7:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown Symantec LiveUpdate 301 KB
9 Status 0x2131999e6afff021feae3d179e954803 8/13/2011 8:24:00 PM Unknown 3.0.0.160 Symantec LiveUpdate 145 KB
10 Status 0x20a2aed4e77da833ead87def135b03d7 8/9/2011 3:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown Symantec LiveUpdate 301 KB
11 Status 0x1a2dbb8d5c79e296c7a035a3d0b4d73c 7/18/2011 10:47:00 PM Unknown 3.4.1.234 Symantec LiveUpdate 301 KB
12 Status 0x46281f377cb933b6e60514092fa6a98b 6/17/2011 9:55:00 PM Unknown 2.6.14.0 Symantec LiveUpdate 257 KB
13 Status 0x9515cc63c426ff8e451823b83f63e489 5/29/2011 11:56:00 PM Unknown 3.0.0.166 Symantec LiveUpdate 145 KB
14 Status 0xcd8ceb49ccb333c5ef2684ae3f153d0a 1/22/2011 4:50:00 PM Unknown 2.5.55.0 Symantec LiveUpdate 257 KB
15 Status 0xeba5e1039ba6e1ac768caa0883a7bb58 10/14/2010 8:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown Symantec LiveUpdate 237 KB
16 Status 0x0ee30322eaf642a069b9f36b1383c188 9/22/2010 8:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown Symantec LiveUpdate 653 KB
17 Status 0x4c2b02d3fd545ab4a80918bde120dbc6 8/6/2010 11:54:00 PM Unknown 3.2.0.41 Symantec LiveUpdate 609 KB
18 Status 0xb0384d8d74867a8770d34e334df615c1 7/14/2010 12:30:00 AM Unknown 3.0.0.150 Symantec LiveUpdate 145 KB
19 Status 0xf3abf15e550016b5849fb2babe16584d 5/16/2010 1:51:00 AM Unknown 3.4.0.170 Symantec LiveUpdate 301 KB
20 Status 0xe85dc6fdae8c019dec27bce62dc9fe7f 5/7/2010 7:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown Symantec LiveUpdate 653 KB
21 Status 0x9ca9c76560dab238f7594a41a21b48b7 5/3/2010 6:58:00 PM Unknown 2.7.39.0 Symantec LiveUpdate 257 KB
22 Status 0xd04be2479a0a7e61561ee402f8f3a4e9 4/12/2010 6:52:00 PM Unknown 3.0.0.154 Symantec LiveUpdate 145 KB
23 Status 0xab8d469f5e2aa97b19832c155a3a1e4c 3/31/2010 2:38:00 AM Unknown 3.2.0.53 Symantec LiveUpdate 609 KB
24 Status 0x3b5a51912aed3b5a068567e607f56315 2/23/2010 8:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Symantec LiveUpdate 145 KB
25 Status 0x5d044ee9709c2d8328da7af6f3dbf8f9 1/24/2010 7:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Symantec LiveUpdate 653 KB


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