Versions

1.040.0.0	73.68%
1.039.0.0	26.32%

There are 2 versions of updatechecker.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.040.0.0. updatechecker.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process displays a GUI (graphical user interface) which allows the user to interact with it as well as displays a notification icon in the taskbar. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 300 KB. The programs FileHippo.com Update Checker, FileHippo App Manager and OUTDATEfighter have been observed as installing specific variations of updatechecker.exe. The executable is a .NET framework assembly utilizing the CLR. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0048% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 19.54 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 76.63 KB per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.

FileHippo.com Update Checker 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.