Updater.exe
Updater by Ask.com (Signed)
| Version: | 1.4.445269 |
| MD5: | 3c2448ae63fd52fb443624a46d10d59c |
| SHA1: | 43e2698164568b241e9766d3c2b70fc821f181bd |
| SHA256: | b15d03afd21f77a850c842f3aa9f00f8c836b67c65bb760cddd114243098ccd8 |
What is Updater.exe?
The Ask Toolbar is a free browser add-on that allows you to search the Web using the Ask.com search engine directly from the Internet Explorer browser. The Ask Toolbar is integrated with the 3rd party software downloads. During the installation of some software, users are presented with an option of downloading the Ask Toolbar. This is the software update portion of teh toolbar which automatically checks for new versions and updates the toolbar.
About Updater.exe (from Ask.com)
“The Ask Toolbar is a free browser add-on that allows you to search the Web using the Ask.com search engine directly from Internet Explorer or Firefox browsers. The toolbar software DOES NOT monitor th”
Details
| File name: | updater.exe |
| Publisher: | Ask |
| Product name: | Updater |
| Description: | Ask Updater |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\ask.com\updater\updater.exe |
| File version: | 1.4.445269 |
| Size: | 1.64 MB (1,721,480 bytes) |
| Build date: | 4/30/2013 8:56 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Ask.com |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, June 16, 2008 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, June 17, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.255219 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
The ooVoo toolbar is a software utility that installs with the Ask.com internet browser toolbar and keeps it automatically updated. The toolbar gets installed through bundled software. The default settings will automatically install toolbar as soon as you install the host bundler software on your PC. Sometimes KMPlayer Toolbar has a habit of leaving numerious files, settings and useless registry entries behind which might cause some st...
Support.com Toolbar Updater is a software utility that installs with the Ask.com internet browser toolbar and keeps it automatically updated. The toolbar gets installed through bundled software. The default settings will automatically install toolbar as soon as you install the host bundler software on your PC. Sometimes KMPlayer Toolbar has a habit of leaving numerious files, settings and useless registry entries behind which might cau...
VirtualDJ Toolbar Updater is a software utility that installs with the Ask.com internet browser toolbar and keeps it automatically updated.
KMPlayer Toolbar Updater is a software utility that installs with the Ask.com internet browser toolbar and keeps it automatically updated. KMPlayer Toolbar gets installed through bundled software. The default settings will automatically install the KMPlayer Toolbar as soon as you install the host bundler software on your PC. Sometimes KMPlayer Toolbar has a habit of leaving numerious files, settings and useless registry entries behind w...
The Ask Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that can appear as an extra bar added to the browser's window and/or menu. It is often installed (sometimes without warning) during the installation of other software. Ask.com has entered into partnerships with some software security vendors, whereby they are paid to distribute the toolbar alongside their software. When you use the Toolbar to submit a query, the Toolbar forwards such query inform...
Foxit PDF Creator Updater installs with the Ask.com internet browser toolbar and keeps it automatically updated. Avira SearchFree Toolbar gets installed through bundled software. The default settings will automatically install the Avira SearchFree Toolbar as soon as you install the host bundler software on your PC. Sometimes Avira SearchFree Toolbar has a habit of leaving numerious files, settings and useless registry entries behind whi...
The Ask Toolbar and other applications are increasingly being bundled with programs; most notably freeware. It's usually installed during the installation of a program, and it's easy to miss the step where you can uncheck the Ask Toolbar option.
The Ask Toolbar Updater is designed to periodically (once a day) check for an install updates to the toolbar without the interaction of the user. The Ask Toolbar and other applications are increasingly being bundled with programs; most notably freeware. It's usually installed during the installation of a program, and it's easy to miss the step where you can un-check the Ask Toolbar option.
MP3 Rocket Toolbar Updater installs with the Ask.com internet browser toolbar and keeps it automatically updated. The Toolbar gets installed through bundled software. The default settings will automatically install the Toolbar as soon as you install the host bundler software on your PC. Sometimes Avira SearchFree Toolbar has a habit of leaving numerious files, settings and useless registry entries behind which might cause some stability...
Dictionary.com Toolbar Updater is a software utility that installs with the Ask.com internet browser toolbar and keeps it automatically updated. The toolbar gets installed through bundled software. The default settings will automatically install toolbar as soon as you install the host bundler software on your PC. Sometimes the toolbar has a habit of leaving numerious files, settings and useless registry entries behind which might cause...
APN (Ask Parnter Network) Updater is a software utility that installs with the Ask.com internet browser toolbar and keeps it automatically updated. The toolbar gets installed through bundled software. The default settings will automatically install toolbar as soon as you install the host bundler software on your PC. Sometimes the toolbar has a habit of leaving numerious files, settings and useless registry entries behind which might ca...
SUPERAntiSpyware Toolbar is an Ask.com (Ask Partner Network) Toolbar that will provide limited web browser functionality but will modify the user's home and search pages and providers to an Ask.com managed partner search engine.
This toolbar is typiclaly bundled with the installation of the free KMPlayer software. KMPlayer Toolbar gets installed through bundled software. The default settings will automatically install the KMPlayer Toolbar as soon as you install the host bundler software on your PC. Sometimes KMPlayer Toolbar has a habit of leaving numerious files, settings and useless registry entries behind which might cause some stability and performance issu...
programma di aggiornamento Ask Toolbar Updater is an Ask.com powered toolbar update mechanism that is designed to keep the branded toolbar up to date. The Ask Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that can appear as an extra bar added to the browser's window and/or menu. It is often installed during the installation of 3rd party software. Ask.com has entered into partnerships with some software security vendors, whereby they are paid to distr...
The Ask Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that can appear as an extra bar added to the browser's window and/or menu. It is often installed (sometimes without warning) during the installation of other software. Ask.com has entered into partnerships with some software security vendors, whereby they are paid to distribute the toolbar alongside their software. When you use the Toolbar to submit a query, the Toolbar forwards such query inform...
Support.com Toolbar is an Ask.com powered toolbar. The Ask Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that can appear as an extra bar added to the browser's window and/or menu. It is often installed (sometimes without warning) during the installation of other software. Ask.com has entered into partnerships with some software security vendors, whereby they are paid to distribute the toolbar alongside their software. When you use the Toolbar to sub...
The DictionaryBoss Toolbar installs into your Internet browser and allows you to search the Internet with Ask, a potentially unwanted program that changes and redircts all of your search results as well as DNS errors, and modifies your home page to ask.com or some other webpage. Ask.com automatically becomes your default search service which hijacks all your search requests as well as tracks your Internet surfing behavior to send you ta...
PandoraTV Toolbar Updater is a software utility that installs with the Ask.com internet browser toolbar and keeps it automatically updated. The toolbar gets installed through bundled software. The default settings will automatically install toolbar as soon as you install the host bundler software on your PC. Sometimes the toolbar has a habit of leaving numerious files, settings and useless registry entries behind which might cause some...
This toolbar is typiclaly bundled with the installation of the free Foxit PDF Creator software. Foxit PDF Creator Toolbar is a software utility that installs with the Ask.com internet browser toolbar and keeps it automatically updated. The toolbar gets installed through bundled software. The default settings will automatically install toolbar as soon as you install the host bundler software on your PC. Sometimes KMPlayer Toolbar has a ...
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'ApnUpdater' → "C:\Program Files\Ask.com\Updater\Updater.exe"
Network connections
[TCP] 213-155-158-8.customer.teliacarrier.com (213.155.158.8:80)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00226980% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00046507% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00180473% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 12,012,077 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,432,886/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.74 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 9.65 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 7.63 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.74 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 80.83 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 93.14 MB | |
| Working set: | 7.64 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 9.71 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,871/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 195 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 66 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 64 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 194 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 11 | |
| GUI USER count: | 7 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 8 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\ask.com\updater\updater.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
33.33% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
16.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
12.96% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
9.26% |
|
| Windows 8 |
9.26% |
|
| Windows XP Professional |
3.70% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
3.70% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.85% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
1.85% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
1.85% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.85% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.85% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.85% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 26.53% of Updater.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
28.57% |
|
| Dell |
17.86% |
|
| Acer |
14.29% |
|
| Lenovo |
14.29% |
|
| Sony |
7.14% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
5.36% |
|
| Samsung |
3.57% |
|
| Toshiba |
3.57% |
|
| ASUS |
3.57% |
|
| Sahara |
1.79% |
|
