What is the "hotfixinstaller.exe" ?
Our database contains 136 different files for filename hotfixinstaller.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name hotfixinstaller.exe. This files most often belongs to product Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008. and were most often developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This files most often have description HOTIRON Hotfix Installer. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 7 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process hotfixinstaller.exe.
In most cases, this file is the main executable for the HOTIRON Hotfix Installer - an automatic installation service commonly used by the MS Windows applications to apply last updates or patches. User can see this application running in the memory when the installation process runs. Some users report a high CPU usage, which is mainly caused by the unpacking of the installation parts.
More info for this installer can be found here : http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_programs/is-hotiron-hotfix-installer-a-suspicious-file/25d74a43-8520-4545-a914-4ddd41be2885
File details of most used file with name "hotfixinstaller.exe"
- Product:
- Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008
- Company:
- Microsoft Corporation
- Description:
- HOTIRON Hotfix Installer
- Version:
- 9.0.40215.0
- MD5:
- 8b7cea1db72ab6216009185aab2302e6
- SHA1:
- c149d10e6e339084d76757cdb218b2d1535ffe50
- SHA256:
- 91b3e8282676518126fdaa9d17aba69f930304c43d19bba9e7a77bd9f63a2e26
- Size:
- 322664
- Directory:
- %SystemDiskRoot%\ca1d69a3903445f2565f0a
- Operating System:
- Windows XP
- Occurence:
- Medium
- Digital Signature:
- Microsoft Corporation
Is the Process "hotfixinstaller.exe" Safe or Threat ?
User Reviews of the "hotfixinstaller.exe"
Reviews for all files with name "hotfixinstaller.exe"
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SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %SystemDiskRoot%\9a63e28768e485cd3a4e23\hotfixinstaller.exe (Variant: 20146797)
In most cases, this file is the main executable for the HOTIRON Hotfix Installer - an automatic installation service commonly used by the MS Windows applications to apply last updates or patches. User can see this application running in the memory when the installation process runs. Some users report a high CPU usage, which is mainly caused by the unpacking of the installation parts.
More info for this installer can be found here : http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_programs/is-hotiron-hotfix-installer-a-suspicious-file/25d74a43-8520-4545-a914-4ddd41be2885 -
SAFErating from user demerzal for file f:\890357d5af2fd5c4682f\HotFixInstaller.exe (Variant: 935131)
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