Estimated safety rating

sdupdsvc.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers many of the "possible danger" flags described bellow. It is not yet known if sdupdsvc.exe is a virus or not which doesn't cause harm your computer. Please be careful with this program.

Executable file path

Normally, this application is located in C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\SDUpdSvc.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this executable is 94653c9cfdc15b30eeecd94ba7219654.

Is running as a service

This application is registered as a Windows service. This means it runs on your PC in background, usually without showing anything to you. Most Windows services are useful programs, which perform useful features to other programs or to Windows in general.

Accesses the internet

This program uses the Internet to communicate. Today this is ok. For example, most of the programs on your computer check for updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 32 bit executable file

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

File description

The description stored in the file is Spybot-S&D 2 Background update service.

File version

File version 2.5.44.79.

Manufacturer

Author Safer-Networking Ltd..

Copyright

Copyright notice © 2008-2016 Safer-Networking Ltd. All rights reserved..

Is an encrypted file

The machine code of this executable seems to have been compressed or obfuscated so it can not be quickly decompiled.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some dangerous features of the Operating System have been used, such as functions for recording the keyboard. We advise you to read more about this program.

Digitally signed

sdupdsvc.exe is digitally signed. Today most serious software applications are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is invalid, which is a strong indicator that the app may be a virus and that someone most likely changed some of its code after the signature was applied. Please be very careful regarding this!

Certifier email

The name of the firm or individual signing this is: webmaster@spybot.info

Certifier name

Digitally signed by: Safer-Networking Ltd.

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: StartCom Class 2 Primary Intermediate Object CA

Can be uninstalled

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