Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
| 9, 4, 0, 2 |
1.00% |
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| 9, 3, 0, 4 |
1.00% |
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| 9, 2, 0, 3 |
1.00% |
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| 8, 9, 0, 3 |
1.00% |
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| 8, 8, 0, 3 |
2.00% |
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| 8, 2, 0, 3 |
1.00% |
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| 8, 1, 0, 2 |
5.00% |
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| 8, 0, 0, 1 |
1.00% |
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| 7, 6, 0, 2 |
12.00% |
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| 7, 2, 0, 1 |
7.00% |
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| 7, 2, 0, 1 |
1.00% |
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| 7, 1, 0, 3 |
2.00% |
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| 7, 0, 0, 1 |
4.00% |
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| 6, 9, 0, 1 |
11.00% |
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| 6, 7, 0, 4 |
3.00% |
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| 6, 6, 0, 4 |
3.00% |
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| 6, 6, 0, 4 |
4.00% |
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| 6, 5, 0, 3 |
12.00% |
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| 6, 3, 0, 3 |
1.00% |
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| 6, 2, 0, 2 |
19.00% |
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| 6, 0, 0, 3 |
1.00% |
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| 5, 7, 0, 2 |
1.00% |
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| 4, 9, 0, 5 |
1.00% |
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| 4, 6, 0, 1 |
5.00% |
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ApplicationUpdater.exe
Application Updater by Spigot (Signed)
| Version: | 6, 9, 0, 1 |
| MD5: | 0e029912e4f9886b9190f59e72eae96d |
| SHA1: | 740865d6715b5a99cb7ea404e2c4bb267fd57812 |
| SHA256: | 556542609935a0923aa5b5078723ec53f02042c5cd7a50638bae109cf45be2d9 |
What is ApplicationUpdater.exe?
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.
About ApplicationUpdater.exe (from Spigot)
“Spigot, Revenue and Engagement on Tap. Keep your customers coming back and delight them with contextually relevant content and applications. Your users already search, shop, and consume a variety of a”
Details
| File name: | applicationupdater.exe |
| Publisher: | Spigot, Inc. |
| Product name: | Application Updater |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\application updater\applicationupdater.exe |
| File version: | 6, 9, 0, 1 |
| Size: | 786.37 KB (805,240 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Spigot |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, March 28, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Installs a Spigot toolbar in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Spigot so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar.
Installs a Spigot toolbar (YouTube Downloader Toolbar) in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Spigot so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. YouTube Downloader Toolbar is free software that allows you to download YouTube videos, Facebook Video, Google Video, Yahoo Video (and many others) and convert YouTube videos to other video formats.
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00239626% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00206345% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00033281% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 281 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.87 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.56 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.1 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.87 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 34.79 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 43.22 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.17 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.65 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 98 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 1 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\application updater\applicationupdater.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Application Updater |
| Description: | “Automatically downloads and installs application updates.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
23.86% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
21.59% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
19.32% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
17.05% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
4.55% |
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| Windows 8 |
3.41% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.41% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.27% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
2.27% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
1.14% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.14% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 40.51% of Application Updater.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.34% |
|
| Dell |
20.34% |
|
| Acer |
18.64% |
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| Gateway |
10.17% |
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| Toshiba |
10.17% |
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| GIGABYTE |
8.47% |
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| Compaq |
3.39% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.39% |
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| ASUS |
3.39% |
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| Samsung |
1.69% |
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