ApplicationUpdater.exe
Application Updater by CBS Interactive (Signed)
| Version: | 6, 6, 0, 4 |
| MD5: | cd880266bbc27b0f8b58500a16c7c0fc |
| SHA1: | d1ac6c67260e7ade8e9b91cddc0c28cf9dbb7b20 |
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. The updater will check for updates remotely and install them based on an internal schedule.
Overview
applicationupdater.exe runs as a service under the name Application Updater with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by CBS Interactive which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | applicationupdater.exe |
| Publisher: | CBS Interactive |
| Product name: | Application Updater |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\application updater\applicationupdater.exe |
| File version: | 6, 6, 0, 4 |
| Size: | 778.73 KB (797,416 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | CBS Interactive |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, May 8, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
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: | 0.00062895% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00058438% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004458% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 312 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 6.12 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.31 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 47.63 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 53.91 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.33 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.26 MB | |
| Page faults: | 20,179/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 3 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 19 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 155 | |
| 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) |
Threads
Averages
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00376637% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00364487% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00012150% | |
| CPU cycles: | 94,828/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00012440% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00012440% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,092/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
75.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.00% |
|
Distribution by country
Canada installs about 50.00% of Application Updater.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
100.00% |
|
