qbupdate.exe
QuickBooks Automatic Update by Intuit (Signed)
Overview
There are 14 versions of qbupdate.exe in the wild, the latest version being 24.0 R3. qbupdate.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. When the program is installed, it will add a shortcut pointer in the Start Menu which will execute the file as a process upon a user login. The average file size is about 1.02 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Intuit by VeriSign. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 10.18 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 22.71 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 1.56 MB per minute for reads and 33.47 KB per minute for writes.
What is qbupdate.exe?
QuickBooks Automatic Update 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.
Details |
File name: | qbupdate.exe |
Publisher: | Intuit Inc. |
Product name: | QuickBooks Automatic Update |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\intuit\quickbooks\qbupdate\qbupdate.exe |
Original name: | QuickBooks Automatic Update.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Intuit |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
Expiration date: | Friday, March 18, 2011 |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of qbupdate.exe, select a unique version for details.)
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
- Shortcut to 'qbupdate.exe'
All file variations of qbupdate.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
31.82% |
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Windows Vista Home Premium |
18.18% |
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Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
13.64% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
13.64% |
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Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
9.09% |
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Windows 8.1 |
4.55% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
4.55% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
4.55% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 95.45% of QuickBooks Automatic Update.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Hewlett-Packard |
19.05% |
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ASUS |
19.05% |
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Intel |
19.05% |
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Lenovo |
9.52% |
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Dell |
9.52% |
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Toshiba |
9.52% |
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Sony |
9.52% |
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American Megatrends |
4.76% |
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