update.exe
Avira Free Antivirus by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG (Signed)
| Version: | 13.6.14.402 |
| MD5: | 3c71d3ce2ff4b42cecf9e76c0a8500ad |
| SHA1: | 6489fecef15d21195093e775b347d0714a6908a1 |
| SHA256: | 0782d027061b807edd4b5ae2ff48d0c57d93eb576a4aad7fd8fd998d6db1af29 |
What is update.exe?
Avira Updater is part of Avira Free Antivirus, a free antivirus program from Avira that runs as a background process which checks every file opened or downloaded. Like many antivirus programs, it can run a full or custom scan to check the PC for malware in order to remove them. It updates its virus definitions automatically everyday by default using the Internet.
About update.exe (from Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG)
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Overview
update.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent
sched.exe (Avira Free Antivirus by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG). The file is digitally signed by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).
Details
| File name: | update.exe |
| Publisher: | Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG |
| Product name: | Avira Free Antivirus |
| Description: | Avira Updater |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\avira\antivir desktop\update.exe |
| File version: | 13.6.14.402 |
| Size: | 612.78 KB (627,488 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01154618% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00220071% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00934547% | |
| Memory |
| Private (maximum): | 13.21 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.55 MB | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
100.00% |
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