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UpdateChecker.exe
FileHippo.com Update Checker by FileHippo.com
| Version: | 1.040.0.0 |
| MD5: | d72d08898e2ba14b8fd6e9533c714385 |
| SHA1: | 3f8609c14ca3fb9b9690958f1d619ff2ed4b94ec |
| SHA256: | f4337d46bbb5886ed654157c3bb1b2779376e919f1c5d8e5ff2f8c6b7306f8c4 |
What is UpdateChecker.exe?
FileHippo.com Update Checker 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 UpdateChecker.exe (from FileHippo.com)
“The Update Checker will scan your computer for installed software, check the versions and then send this information to FileHippo.com to see if there are any newer releases. These are then neatly disp”
Overview
updatechecker.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It is installed with a couple of know programs including FileHippo.com Update Checker published by FileHippo.com, OUTDATEfighter from SPAMfighter ApS. and OUTDATEfighter by SPAMfighter ApS.. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC).
Details
| File name: | updatechecker.exe |
| Publisher: | FileHippo.com |
| Product name: | FileHippo.com Update Checker |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\filehippo.com\updatechecker.exe |
| File version: | 1.040.0.0 |
| Size: | 300.5 KB (307,712 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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FileHippo.com Update Checker is the updater program which runs with Windows (in the background as a service) and automatically starts up when your computer boots. It checks for updates and automatically downloads and installs them if found based on the user's settings.
“The FileHippo App Manager will scan your computer for installed software, check the versions and then send this information to FileHippo.com to see if there are any newer releases. These are then neatly displayed in your browser for you to download. Please note that not all programs are supported.”
Total Commander is an Orthodox File Manager (OFM) for Windows that features include a built-in FTP client, tabbed interface, file compare, archive file navigation, and a versatile multi-rename tool with regular expression support. Additionally, Total Commander can be made portable via a special installer for USB and U3 disks. The Windows version is shareware: users can download it for free and use indefinitely, but should register or d...
CCleaner developed by Piriform, is a utility program used to clean potentially unwanted files and invalid Windows Registry entries from a computer. CCleaner supports the cleaning of temporary or potentially unwanted files left by certain programs along with browsing history, cookies, recycle bin, memory dumps, file fragments, log files, system caches, application data, autocomplete form history, and various other data. The program also ...
OUTDATEfighter has been known to use the InstallX (InstallIQ) download and bundle manager to install additional offers, typically unwanted toolbars such as We-Care and BlitzMedia.
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'FileHippo.com' → "C:\Program Files\FileHippo.com\UpdateChecker.exe" /background
Scheduled tasks
- Entry path '\FileHippo.com online update program'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01032881% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00282762% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00750119% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 313 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 20.32 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 24.71 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 24.71 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 20.32 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 139.62 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 162.65 MB | |
| Working set: | 24.71 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 24.72 MB | |
| Page faults: | 7,063/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 156.96 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 39/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 346 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 7/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 224 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 42 | |
| GUI USER count: | 35 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
36.84% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
15.79% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
15.79% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
15.79% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
5.26% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
5.26% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
5.26% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 27.78% of FileHippo.com Update Checker.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| American Megatrends |
30.00% |
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| Dell |
20.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
20.00% |
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| Toshiba |
20.00% |
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| Acer |
10.00% |
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