What is the "wuauclt.exe" ? Variant 538458

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 Automatic Updates. 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 Automatic Updates
Version:: 7.0.6001.18000
MD5:: 8e93cdf0ea8edba63f07e2898a9b2147
SHA1:: 571df3112ca89795d6947b2b76195e8fe854704c
SHA256:: b34e4a4e7017525af61cdb629cc593c09a0db28de282a1e6656e4183d2345197
Size:: 43008
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows Vista
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-04 20:28:50
360 Total Security	2016-07-14 14:31:39
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2013	2016-07-04 11:57:26
avast! Antivirus	2016-07-04 08:23:57
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-06-29 11:16:51
ESET Smart Security 9.0.381.1	2016-06-16 10:23:55
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition	2016-03-31 14:52:48
Norton Internet Security	2016-02-25 17:19:13
ESET Smart Security 8.0	2016-02-20 07:45:27
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-02-16 16:49:44

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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