What is the "updroots.exe" ? Variant 17437964

Our database contains 3 different files for filename updroots.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the updroots.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name updroots.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description UPDROOTS. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process updroots.exe.

updroots.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
UPDROOTS
Version:
5.2.3790.4456
MD5:
063dd2b2ceff421e944446057a77fce9
SHA1:
466a138fa11e829afb3af35df8b0ca73d5083640
SHA256:
9e538a58aed94a7748df9262ae0343dea9efce8d9117e0868eb404e1098747b6
Size:
6656
Directory:
C:\Windows\TEMP\IXP000.TMP
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
Low oc0

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
avast! Antivirus2013-01-12 00:39:45
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 20132013-01-02 10:59:55
Kaspersky PURE2012-12-21 10:04:18
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 20122012-12-19 11:41:07
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 para Windows2012-12-19 11:41:07
Lavasoft Ad-Watch Live! Anti-Virus2012-12-13 10:53:00
Norton Internet Security2012-12-13 10:53:00
Avira Desktop2012-12-13 10:32:55
Microsoft Security Essentials2012-12-13 10:32:55
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Is the Process "updroots.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
Filename "updroots.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

User Reviews of the "updroots.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne (Variant: 17437964)

    This executable servers as a part of the roots certificate update for Microsoft Windows - You will find it as a part of the Windows XP Pro SP3 (KB931125) and probably also other updates. This file serves as a command line utility, with following params : -h Help -d Delete (default is to add) -l Local Machine (default is Third Party) More specific info can be found here : http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_27699883.html