Should I block it?

60%

60% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Additional versions

9, 4, 0, 2	1.00%
9, 3, 0, 4	1.00%
9, 2, 0, 3	1.00%
8, 9, 0, 3	1.00%
8, 8, 0, 3	2.00%
8, 2, 0, 3	1.00%
8, 1, 0, 2	5.00%
8, 0, 0, 1	1.00%
7, 6, 0, 2	12.00%
7, 2, 0, 1	7.00%
7, 2, 0, 1	1.00%
7, 1, 0, 3	2.00%
7, 0, 0, 1	4.00%
6, 9, 0, 1	11.00%
6, 7, 0, 4	3.00%
6, 6, 0, 4	3.00%
6, 6, 0, 4	4.00%
6, 5, 0, 3	12.00%
6, 3, 0, 3	1.00%
6, 2, 0, 2	19.00%
6, 0, 0, 3	1.00%
5, 7, 0, 2	1.00%
4, 9, 0, 5	1.00%
4, 6, 0, 1	5.00%

Relationships

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

ApplicationUpdater.exe

Application Updater by Spigot (Signed)

Remove ApplicationUpdater.exe

Version:	6, 5, 0, 3
MD5:	70968a726d9de0f0259d4aeb965fad61
SHA1:	a7f3a41ea3aeb57464fdedb6a424b4c4cc517f36
SHA256:	f7cdb5869a6ad10a388136a870febd10d70f48611a32d898c7cb6a161d3166c7

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, 5, 0, 3
Size:	780.38 KB (799,112 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 program will install this file

pdfforge Toolbar

Spigot, Inc.

66% remove

This toolbar is typiclaly bundled with the installation of the free version of PDF Forge that 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. The toolbar is typically bundled with the free PDFCreator program as an option during installation and does not necessarily get uninst...

Behaviors

Service

Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

'Application Updater'

Network connections

[TCP] 174.36.215.20-static.reverse.softlayer.com (174.36.215.20:80)

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00189857%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00147789%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00042068%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	56 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	30,567/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	1.24 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	1.05 MB
Private (minimum):	959.33 KB
Non-paged memory:	1.24 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	43.82 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	50.85 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	1018.67 KB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	5.18 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	6,260/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	122 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	9 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	2/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	4	12
Handles:	123	600
GUI GDI count:	4	103
GUI USER count:	1	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
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)

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