What is the "wuaueng.dll" ?

Our database contains 183936 different files for filename wuaueng.dll . You can also check most distributed file variants with name wuaueng.dll. This files most often belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System. and were most often developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This files most often have description Windows Update Agent. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 3 reviews.This file is Dynamic-link Library. This library can be loaded and executed in any running process.

wuaueng.dll Library

File details of most used file with name "wuaueng.dll"

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows Update Agent
Version:
7.6.7600.256
MD5:
fc3ec24fce372c89423e015a2ac1a31e
SHA1:
12a8e93523c7f22889a3f8418897c57bfc02046a
SHA256:
8d028182cf83667d3e4d148979972d208fa6d9b8540ee47a0a7831b770ecd257
Size:
1933848
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
High oc2
Digital Signature:
Microsoft Windows Component Publisher

Is the library "wuaueng.dll" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
67% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Latest new variant of the file with name "wuaueng.dll" was discovered 4314 days ago. Our database contains 115 variants of the file "wuaueng.dll" with final rating Safe and zero variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

User Reviews of the "wuaueng.dll"

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Reviews for all files with name "wuaueng.dll"

  • SAFErating from user Genadij for file C:\Windows\System32\wuaueng.dll

  • SAFErating from user kajmik for file C:\Windows\System32\wuaueng.dll (Variant: 509533)

    Windows Server 2003 R2.

  • SAFErating from user Don't PlaY for file C:\Windows\System32\wuaueng.dll (Variant: 502505)

    The DLL wuaueng.dll is the Microsoft Windows Updater module. It is connected with the Windows Update functionality. The wuaueng.dll module is considered as a necessary element in Windows since it checks on the system and its components. Consequently, the module provides updates that are rather useful and beneficial to the user. The wuaueng.dll file provides definition updates such as Junk Mail updates for the Windows Mail. The DLL is registered to Microsoft Corporation and is commonly located in C:/ Windows/ system 32 folder. Windows update is an applet in the Control Panel and is available in the recent versions of Windows. It cannot load independently as it usually needs the human user for it to function. This also goes for the wuaueng.dll file which works with its main application. Also, it is same as the Windows Media Player applet that is used to load videos that are embedded in a web browser such as the most commonly-used Internet Explorer.