What is the "wuauclt.exe" ? Variant 566923

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:: 7.2.6001.784
MD5:: d316e28958873859b88d72cf47ad1ea5
SHA1:: 36a54a85121770e68f836bf32a0bf422a0c4e172
SHA256:: afef34f482f5fb1f5768bdc63bc1dd8e787df5391b2fa0fa1e97041ecb72cae4
Size:: 53448
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: Medium
Digital Signature:: Microsoft Windows Component Publisher

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This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
360 Total Security	2015-11-07 09:05:22
Avira Antivirus	2015-09-17 19:05:38
Kaspersky Anti-Virus	2015-05-03 23:52:35
ESET Smart Security 7.0	2015-01-18 21:23:01
Baidu Antivirus	2015-01-18 21:23:01
avast! Antivirus	2014-08-19 23:12:44
Kaspersky Internet Security	2014-08-14 17:01:23
McAfee Anti-Virus y Anti-Spyware	2014-05-03 19:55:04
ESET Smart Security 6.0	2014-03-24 06:16:04
Avira Desktop	2014-01-27 09:27:37

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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