What is the "wuauclt.exe" ? Variant 501996

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. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 8 reviews.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:: 7.4.7600.226
MD5:: 62bb79160f86cd962f312c68c6239bfd
SHA1:: c2de8148e1a8e8f097e3a40232ddb04efd0a7cc6
SHA256:: 2fa2506b5c8b4469d2b36c803cceac15e831c3f8a4af065aca72da8f385f24c0
Size:: 53472
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows Vista
Occurence:: High
Digital Signature:: Microsoft Windows Component Publisher

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This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 7.0	2016-09-06 19:09:14
McAfee VirusScan	2016-09-06 17:41:00
Panda Internet Security 2016	2016-09-05 17:17:53
avast! Antivirus	2016-08-30 09:57:01
V3 Lite	2016-07-07 09:10:47
Norton AntiVirus	2016-06-19 20:42:21
ZoneAlarm Antivirus	2016-06-16 01:55:26
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 3.0	2016-06-15 17:12:25
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.2	2016-05-15 01:22:14

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SAFErating from user martrr for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe
SAFErating from user Masterlink for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe (Variant: 506613)
Part of Windows Update
SAFErating from user Admin (Variant: 501996)
File belongs to Windows Update
SAFErating from user gerardwil for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe
SAFErating from user houteng for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe
SAFErating from user UPieper for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe
SAFErating from user a for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe (Variant: 387)
Might creat some problems but not using it will create loads of problems.
SAFErating from user Anonymous for file C:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe

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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
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