Versions

9, 4, 0, 2	1.05%
9, 3, 0, 4	1.05%
9, 2, 0, 3	1.05%
8, 9, 0, 3	1.05%
8, 8, 0, 3	2.11%
8, 2, 0, 3	1.05%
8, 1, 0, 2	5.26%
8, 0, 0, 1	1.05%
7, 6, 0, 2	12.63%
7, 2, 0, 1	7.37%
7, 2, 0, 1	1.05%
7, 1, 0, 3	2.11%
7, 0, 0, 1	4.21%
6, 9, 0, 1	11.58%
6, 7, 0, 4	3.16%
6, 6, 0, 4	3.16%
6, 6, 0, 4	4.21%
6, 5, 0, 3	12.63%
6, 3, 0, 3	1.05%
6, 2, 0, 2	20.00%
6, 0, 0, 3	1.05%
5, 7, 0, 2	1.05%
4, 9, 0, 5	1.05%

Warning 5 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of ApplicationUpdater.exe.

There are 23 versions of applicationupdater.exe in the wild, the latest version being 9, 4, 0, 2. It is started as a Windows Service called 'Application Updater'. The average file size is about 781.37 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Spigot by VeriSign. The programs IObit Apps Toolbar v6.9, YouTube Downloader Toolbar v4.9 and IObit Toolbar v4.6 have been observed as installing specific variations of applicationupdater.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0034% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1.7 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 2.56 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 46 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.

Application Updater is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.

Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 5 of them detected the following malware.