Versions

4,0,11,71581	37.50%
4,0,1,55936	12.50%
4,0,0,48610	12.50%
3,7,1,44084	12.50%
1,17,0,4	12.50%
1,17,0,4	12.50%

There are 6 versions of updater.exe in the wild, the latest version being 4,0,11,71581. updater.exe is run as a standard windows process in the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges. A job within the Windows Task Scheduler is added to execute this process of a specific schedule during installation of the program that will runs daily. The average file size is about 1.04 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co. by VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Baidu PC Faster from Baidu, Inc.. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 5.37 MB.

Baidu PC Faster 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. The updater will check for updates remotely and install them based on an internal schedule.