What is the "wuauclt.exe" ? Variant 17653946

Our database contains 35117 different files for filename wuauclt.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the wuauclt.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name wuauclt.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Windows Update. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process wuauclt.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Windows Update
Version:: 7.8.9200.16465
MD5:: e9ef3fce994c17d2478cb936d43cfba1
SHA1:: 79e89ebcf7b012ab807adddb7e837d68f236e72c
SHA256:: 5a0863686b4aa285a047343aa0e32bbdeb0b7d58cc27e9d512a82e8c656f413c
Size:: 58288
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 8
Occurence:: Medium
Digital Signature:: Microsoft Windows

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Avira Antivirus	2015-06-08 04:49:41
Norton Internet Security	2015-02-25 03:00:20
Windows Defender	2014-08-11 23:49:20
McAfee Anti-Virus und Anti-Spyware	2014-08-02 19:16:17
McAfee Anti-Virus	2014-07-10 02:09:43
avast! Antivirus	2014-07-03 15:45:23
Kaspersky Internet Security	2014-06-22 09:41:30
McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware	2014-06-18 01:46:32
ESET Smart Security 7.0	2014-05-24 17:11:52
McAfee Anti-Virus i Anti-Spyware	2014-05-06 11:23:31

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Reviews for different files with filename "C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe"

SAFErating from user Jojogunn69 for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe (Variant: 34921861)
This is the real Windows update client!!!
SAFErating from user abcd for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe
SAFErating from user Sabrina01 for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe
SAFErating from user maclay for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe
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SAFErating from user Denis for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe (Variant: 10403891)
This file is the genuine Windows update client - part of Automatic Updates system from Microsoft, used to check for available updates (for the various versions of the MS Windows platform). The Windows update service can be automatic (checking the available updates for home installations on the Microsoft Update Service server) on set by network admins. More info about the service can be found here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb332157.aspx "Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) enables information technology administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers that are running the Windows operating system. By using WSUS, administrators can fully manage the distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers in their network." More info about problems with this file on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312477 This article lists the recommended steps to solve Windows Update, Microsoft Update a Windows Server Update Services problems : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906602
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe (Variant: 19436061)
This file is the genuine Windows update client - part of Automatic Updates system from Microsoft, used to check for available updates (for the various versions of the MS Windows platform). The Windows update service can be automatic (checking the available updates for home installations on the Microsoft Update Service server) on set by network admins. More info about the service can be found here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb332157.aspx
"Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) enables information technology administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers that are running the Windows operating system. By using WSUS, administrators can fully manage the distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers in their network."
More info about problems with this file on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312477
This article lists the recommended steps to solve Windows Update, Microsoft Update a Windows Server Update Services problems : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906602
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe (Variant: 19484948)
This file is the genuine Windows update client - part of Automatic Updates system from Microsoft, used to check for available updates (for the various versions of the MS Windows platform). The Windows update service can be automatic (checking the available updates for home installations on the Microsoft Update Service server) on set by network admins. More info about the service can be found here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb332157.aspx
"Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) enables information technology administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers that are running the Windows operating system. By using WSUS, administrators can fully manage the distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers in their network."
More info about problems with this file on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312477 This article lists the recommended steps to solve Windows Update, Microsoft Update a Windows Server Update Services problems : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906602