How to Remove UpdateChecker.exe | Information about UpdateChecker.exe

What is UpdateChecker.exe?

UpdateChecker.exe is a legitimate process file popularly known as Media Player Codec Pack. It is associated with software FileHippo.com Update Checker developed by Cole Williams. It is located in C:\Program files by default.

Malware programmers write virus files with malicious scripts and save them as UpdateChecker.exe with an intention to spread virus on the internet.

Affected Platforms: Windows OS

How to determine if your computer is infected with UpdateChecker.exe malware?

Look out for the these symptoms to check if your PC is infected with UpdateChecker.exe malware:

Unstable internet connection
UpdateChecker.exe occupies extra CPU space
PC processing speed slows down
Browser often redirects to irrelevant websites
Browser is bombarded with hordes of popup ads
Computer screen freezes repeatedly

Take the following steps to diagnose your PC for possible UpdateChecker.exe malware attack:

Step 1: Simultaneously press CTRL+ALT+DEL keys to open Task Manager.

Step 2: If you notice the file located outside C:\Program files perform an antivirus scan to get rid of the malware.

How to remove UpdateChecker.exe malware from system using Comodo Antivirus?

Step 1: Download our award-winning Free Antivirus.

Step 2: Installation configuration frames will be displayed. Select the configuration you would like to apply.

Step 3: Select Customize Configuration option and arrange installers, configuration, and file location.

Step 4: Restart your PC after the installation gets over

Step 5: Wait for Comodo Internet Security to update the antivirus.

Step 6: Proceed with the quick scan that automatically begins after the update.

Step 7: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be notified through an alert screen.

Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove UpdateChecker.exe malware from your computer including all other malwares!

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries

First Seen: 31 October 2011 at 3:36 pm

No.	Company	File Type	SHA1	MD5	Malware Name	Digitally Signed	File Version	Product Version	Submitted From	Malware Behavior
1	N/A	Executable	e55ee86238d261eb 71856d5da7a98ac7 21b85454	160458ef04045484 30c0da486a20f4b4	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
2	NULL	Executable	d681bbe5cf76478a bbd0d60498326e31 48bd961f	77deea3b95f22690 28050a6c44899196	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
3	NULL	Executable	7436f44229d13cf4 eb55d86bdf4eadb4 b5e851a6	644eacf34226f1a6 0a380c1b6f8912bf	N/A	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
4	FileHippo.com	Executable	43fd477ab1c974d4 0d6282625bf7c738 54bb8359	b14557339f7a6e56 d0512e70a9005ee0	Virus.Win32. Virut.CE	No	1.038.0.0	1.038.0.0	149.255.232.27/32	N/A
5	NULL	Executable	91d8612c769587ec b5814e789b4e8f38 858f395f	e50ffde64f99baaf 56314cf4c09451b3	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
6	FileHippo.com	Executable	806b924e54f02630 116c42b71a24894b 67068b70	fa9536aa2e267fd2 91a07118b3c216f2	Virus.Win32. Virut.CE	No	1.040.0.0	1.040.0.0	Egypt	N/A
7	N/A	Executable	b3259ea7c67394de ebbee7cb083f9c38 8b044446	971fb9f95dc4408d 594241db76c3228b	EmailWorm.Wi n32.Runonce. ~v001	No	1.0.3792.2 2566	1.0.3792.2 2566	Indonesia	N/A
8	NULL	Executable	05eceb4b86ee1556 5e4b5ee0f2ccacdb 274b28bc	75ca2d65c579c443 588fecab9a51fd25	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	198.20.167.84/32	N/A
9	NULL	Executable	7ad3fa1ccce30e2a 5f3e0bbeccc4604f eda0f7a9	d006b8ef1bc931fa 90ef809b4ef034c9	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
10	NULL	Executable	529412657f335810 a56c4e9e97a6330a 8b4dc6a1	ff19c826fdf5d156 5f250cc2c6a31aba	ApplicUnwnt	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
11	NULL	Executable	47b3fce634694a04 44a369e29bef8b96 d4c1923a	91a52308d4e6d855 fcc17977f339fc5f	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
12	NULL	Executable	eb4407cb031196c6 924f65fe52b8272a 31726470	68251f42445e7eda 837ed74dc05aef7d	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
13	ASUSTeK Computer Inc.	Executable	02dca51e062a5d45 fea0a3aa444c417e 4d01bb35	b07b8e16a2aff5ee f9213224fbde03f3	Virus.Win32. Sality.gen	No	1, 0, 9, 0	1, 0, 9, 0	Turkey	N/A
14	N/A	Executable	44dbec5805d15285 7d9a01fc6f800b05 04b2e3bd	9942d4bded283863 8694f9caa90b46f1	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
15	NULL	Executable	78fd80d8e477eeb7 ae42bdeb5740422e 50427705	461311f2bb8a7ecb 4a7cedbb6c49a7ba	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
16	NULL	Executable	28b09d19475521e1 668446e2781e02a6 566de7f1	fb32c46893acc436 0b0c2bf48c97beca	ApplicUnwnt	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
17	NULL	Executable	db74ee6b653dac3a a79f6266c9a0ab82 21c59a43	d2357e3161d3dea1 b757153cf0452c15	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
18	NULL	Executable	19506106f1844241 5aa66b42d032344b 7acabcce	ecd1926a419f2bb2 1bb59690aceca4ff	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
19	N/A	Executable	10e14a70afdf2966 531f5df2c0393147 f1ccec1f	12c264778760bc92 f2aa303fc09eb4ef	Unclassified Malware	Yes	N/A	N/A	United States	N/A
20	NULL	Executable	70aa95b32bc2f198 7c650b4414bfb2db 80733da2	430011f0f2900aa3 5c8ac5a5fd9d392f	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
21	NULL	Executable	7a5763036afb68e2 9290f8493b8c50d2 a692e442	8278ab869bba935f ba0685cb02cf43b0	ApplicUnwnt	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
22	N/A	Executable	76966d5ef43c94a9 b1a87492765f47c5 497224f9	ffe44a660805c928 60f8e766673967eb	Unclassified Malware	Yes	N/A	N/A	United States	N/A
23	NULL	Executable	4b4b79d21df3d044 ca38044918f06e7c d918dd17	d636c3c69ca4c1f3 4ee3f1d2ac22849e	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
24	NULL	Executable	a69a04e07ffa9a90 b63df4224c126b80 c247ea06	ddab7d86bb6e1eb9 eafffb6a63384fc3	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
25	NULL	Executable	38dc744895bcd24d 7bc3eeb8236da005 5be11e27	252cba67c5613ec6 ca70a15ff9d433f0	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
26	NULL	Executable	997718210a409780 fe1e6633ab661afd 9936a53f	615f06ed5d046561 124fc31feddedf8f	Unclassified Malware	Yes	1.0.6.1	1.0.5.1	United States	N/A
27	N/A	Executable	e09c25f5608b5920 3b07576b5fe8ac0a 7a7cb7de	46b81859caac1bcc 4a692f46c8bc5397	Unclassified Malware	Yes	N/A	N/A	United States	N/A

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First Seen: 23 October 2010 at 8:30 am

No.	Company	File Type	SHA1	MD5	Digitally Signed	File Version	Product Version	Submitted From
1	NULL	Executable	173442f8d7c60009 f413fb417c30a9d7 c636ebc1	e3c27e7a232f8f1b efacb79f311cbf37	Yes	1.0.0.1150	1.0.0.1150	United States
2	MusicLab, Inc.	Executable	016c37b48572fad9 2f84cf15180d5a6b 54ccfa40	45516260e7bc7f9e a3d9b1fdcb95babf	Yes	1.4.0.7549	1.4.0.7549	United States
3	N/A	Executable	fae59cc4c75fddec 14319e74163f5887 e3dd4ce0	bdb9d4649366d7b9 feaa6d3aa7df25fb	No	1.0.0.0	1.0.0.0	Internal Submission
4	Password Recovery Software	Executable	b2b1636ec3571bee 5b3c7300f466db3e cc8f584f	9e0320cfc30f4746 302ba86ab27ef941	No	1.0.0.0	1.0.0.0	Internal Submission
5	NULL	Executable	0c8a98926ff2672c 0e245988ce94b8df 9921836d	d17ab7f60bf1e44e b8448a581e0fc12b	Yes	1.0.0.1143	1.0.0.1143	United States
6	Password Recovery Software	Executable	a0a1e8663c8fc754 46db1bb71b6db5b9 1bdba63a	dbf6fc4e18b9f315 f90161e174257b99	No	1.0.0.0	1.0.0.0	Internal Submission
7	Dxtory Software	Executable	221bd3663f4393b3 68ebf74d1a892f93 79ddbe44	406e7df08ce79be3 016cc6d15e2ed956	No	2.0.0.0	2.0.0.0	10.224.1.58/32
8	NULL	Executable	09466084bb13c0fd 7233994439dc324c cc2cd81f	16538455d793989b c7f48ec7e04e1c50	Yes	1.0.0.1128	1.0.0.1128	United States
9	Password Recovery Software	Executable	31f17cf2a1f51d8b f1d92b765920ef6c 0cba9cfa	f39056624857989b 8ede58a9aba3a9e1	No	1.0.0.0	1.0.0.0	United States
10	NULL	Executable	173442f8d7c60009 f413fb417c30a9d7 c636ebc1	e3c27e7a232f8f1b efacb79f311cbf37	Yes	1.0.0.1150	1.0.0.1150	104.238.128.144/32
11	MusicLab, Inc.	Executable	1269752f2e839c99 37cd7151f5f5265b cd6e62bd	6a958074a4eb785c d52c6e6a0fa2a264	Yes	1.4.0.7544	1.4.0.7544	10.224.25.61/32
12	Password Recovery Software	Executable	5a871bb3c6891351 5bf91f616313d6aa 12038bbf	de3c0f73f26eaa82 251631ba5d00ac01	No	1.0.0.0	1.0.0.0	Internal Submission
13	NULL	Executable	f213d7cfd411bcc4 ec826b67e056e4ec 8e4348a7	689a8a9d8ebf75fb 8a2c8948349fa511	Yes	1.0.0.1131	1.0.0.1131	United States
14	NULL	Executable	cbfd960e6bd918a6 054e6b3370c1c79f 2c70962c	307819c020bdcb71 5ec8670b4cb09938	Yes	1.0.0.1140	1.0.0.1140	United States
15	NULL	Executable	6eb48c559e036c26 f11144c87fe83897 e74a6f7d	5edb3d3d327476ac f465ca36a02470e5	Yes	1.0.0.1139	1.0.0.1139	United States
16	N/A	Executable	5ff5b190060e31de 71c0d3877b52804a 64edf71a	dc55bf6a5bc59b31 781773e57f6a15cd	Yes	N/A	N/A	United States
17	Password Recovery Software	Executable	cbde2cb30fa72504 005576c328dafe63 f5526049	7638ffae66b725e8 5cea9b3e76b8666e	No	1.0.0.0	1.0.0.0	Internal Submission
18	Password Recovery Software	Executable	92d0537e1bef39e8 82ebef95f5c8c058 8a917def	edef372021d4ea36 4d3d44473d037735	No	1.0.0.0	1.0.0.0	Internal Submission
19	Password Recovery Software	Non-executable	fa90334499290fc5 70a13616bea49d8e a8f8a7d3	6be3d1da1ac06a2b bcba4c23c896c7d2	No	1.0.0.0	1.0.0.0	United States
20	FileHippo.com	Executable	11931f077680540e 4dfcf5c643a29790 1867c8a5	3d0a2cb20ef05f32 d8116bdf52c34d6b	No	1.039.0.0	1.039.0.0	10.224.1.65/32
21	N/A	Executable	4eaa6c3345d950a9 4ecd9ee7a7900030 48b03740	624f072d8c7fd25e 82e66c788012d2c6	Yes	1.0.0.1145	1.0.0.1145	United States
22	NULL	Executable	02a569b3d8145dd1 ac37eaf1393794da 42b9d1be	95efd1eafd82493f 1bef6b0f32746ab9	Yes	1.0.0.1126	1.0.0.1126	United States
23	N/A	Executable	bbb287129b5563da bf29f86afae8f50b 9e8a4851	7155185a6c981b59 71396ddfdb045293	Yes	1.0.0.1133	1.0.0.1133	United States
24	N/A	Executable	35035ed37b5e4dd6 16bf227d8d519dec d6ffb07b	4661226fcb1153ac 66a9d5ccfa3fb8bd	No	1.0.0.0	1.0.0.0	United States
25	FileHippo.com	Executable	3f8609c14ca3fb9b 9690958f1d619ff2 ed4b94ec	d72d08898e2ba14b 8fd6e9533c714385	No	1.040.0.0	1.040.0.0	10.224.1.58/32
26	FileHippo.com	Executable	11931f077680540e 4dfcf5c643a29790 1867c8a5	3d0a2cb20ef05f32 d8116bdf52c34d6b	No	1.039.0.0	1.039.0.0	10.224.1.63/32
27	N/A	Executable	dfcf1c4734d7f085 1b5a7316c7f4d477 968e6280	a8e8bd8ec35cdc59 545afb4b25d7e9b5	No	N/A	N/A	Hong Kong

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