Estimated safety rating

app_updater.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers many of the "probable danger" criteria described bellow. It is not yet known if app_updater.exe is malware or a legit program that doesn't harm the PC. Please be careful with this application.

Executable file path

This program is normally stored on disk in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\DVDVideoSoft\lib\app_updater.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this executable is 68bfccc1ec25f0f942ea32ad9d67a131.

Is running as a service

This program is a Windows service. This means it runs on your PC in background, usually without showing any user interface to you. Most Windows services are useful programs, which provide useful functions to other applications or to the Windows Operating System.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This app runs as a 32-bit program. It does not use the full power of nowadays' computer CPUs. This ordinarily happens because the makers did not bother to upgrade it to 64-bit code.

File description

The description present in the exe is Digital Wave Update Service.

File version

File version extracted from the file 1,0,11,1224.

Manufacturer

Company name Digital Wave Ltd..

Copyright

Copyright notice Copyright (C) 2015 Digital Wave Ltd..

Potentially dangerous functions

Some dangerous functions of Windows appear to be used, such as functions for tapping the keyboard. We recommend you to read more about this program.

Digitally signed

app_updater.exe has a digital signature. Today most legit programs are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is not valid. This is a strong indicator that this program may be malware and that someone most likely changed some of its code after the signature was applied. We advise extreme caution!

Certifier name

Digitally signed by: Digital Wave Ltd

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA

Can be uninstalled

It has an uninstall string in registry, which is good. si are uninstall.