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)

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

CreateServiceW, RegDeleteValueW, RegSetValueExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegEnumKeyExW, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, CreateProcessAsUserW, OpenProcessToken, DuplicateTokenEx, GetTokenInformation, LookupAccountSidW, IsValidSid, GetLengthSid, ConvertSidToStringSidW, CopySid, RegNotifyChangeKeyValue, RegOpenKeyExW, RegCloseKey, DeleteService, OpenServiceW, DeregisterEventSource, ReportEventW, RegisterEventSourceW, SetServiceStatus, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerW, CloseServiceHandle, OpenSCManagerW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW

kernel32.dll

DllMain

ole32.dll

CoTaskMemFree, CoCreateInstance, OleRun, CoInitialize, CoUninitialize

shell32.dll

ShellExecuteW, SHGetFolderPathW

shlwapi.dll

PathAppendW, PathAddBackslashW, PathIsDirectoryW, PathFileExistsW

user32.dll

ModifyMenuW, IsWindow, LoadStringW, CharNextW, wvsprintfW, SetWindowTextW, IsMenu, SendMessageW, LoadBitmapW, GetSystemMetrics, LoadImageW, RealGetWindowClassW, RegisterWindowMessageW

userenv.dll

LoadUserProfileW, CreateEnvironmentBlock, DestroyEnvironmentBlock, UnloadUserProfile

wininet.dll

HttpOpenRequestW, InternetConnectW, InternetSetOptionW, InternetOpenW, InternetCloseHandle, HttpSendRequestW, InternetReadFile, InternetCrackUrlW, HttpQueryInfoW, InternetQueryOptionW, InternetGetConnectedState

ApplicationUpdater.exe

Application Updater by Spigot (Signed)

Remove ApplicationUpdater.exe

Version:	8, 0, 0, 1
MD5:	d14679eeedbc39bfd31e464654779b45
SHA1:	4630932e05e4fb4a973e05a4adcd4fc27789d4ae
SHA256:	e827dc8cf139c955eb1aa602dbf9e2e92c17c1705ae442525284f3a0089eff43

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:	8, 0, 0, 1
Size:	789.37 KB (808,312 bytes)
Build date:	10/10/2013 9:45 PM
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

IObit Apps Toolbar

Spigot, Inc.

70% remove

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 included with several IObit software products as an optional install. Functionality of the toolbar includes: - Changing the web browser's default home page to MyWebSearch.com. - Changing the browse...

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:	0.00187511%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00175464%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00012047%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	671 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	2.15 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	7.22 MB
Private (minimum):	2.82 MB
Non-paged memory:	2.15 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	56.78 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	65.78 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	3.4 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	7.38 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	6	12
Handles:	156	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	64-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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