Estimated safety rating

avupdate.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers many of the "probable danger" flags detailed in this document. It is yet unknown if avupdate.exe is malware or not which doesn't harm the PC. Please be careful with this application.

Executable file path

This application is normally stored on disk in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Innovative Solutions\AVBase\avupdate.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is 6f4a865ae2ab166eee50ff68bfd88885.

Is running as a service

This program does NOT run as a Windows service. This is usually a good sign.

Accesses the internet

This executable uses the net to communicate. Today this is quite normal. For example, most of the apps on your computer check for updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This exe runs as a 32-bit program. It does not exploit the full set of features of nowadays' PC CPUs. This ordinarily happens because the makers did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description stored in the program is Updater.

File version

File version UPDATER_VERSION_STRING.

Manufacturer

Maker Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG.

Copyright

Legal copyright notice � 2000 - 2014 Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG and its Licensors.

Has valid windows

This exe does NOT have visible elements of user interface. This is usually a bad sign.

Digitally signed

avupdate.exe is digitally signed. Nowadays the large majority of clean programs are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is not valid, which indicates the program may be malware and that somebody most likely modified it after the signature was generated. We advise extreme caution!

Certifier name

Digital certificate name: Innovative Solutions Grup SRL

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2

Can be uninstalled

This application does NOT have an uninstall routine stored in registry.