How to Remove “spupdwxp.exe”

What is spupdwxp.exe?

spupdwxp.exe is a legitimate executable file developed by Microsoft Corporation. This process is known as Windows XP SP Installer Update Tasks and it belongs to Windows Operating System. It is commonly stored in C:\Windows\System32.
Cybercriminals find a way out to mimic malicious programs in the name of spupdwxp.exe to spread malware infection.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

How to detect whether your system is affected by spupdwxp.exe?

Viruses can easily affect and corrupt “.exe” files causing several system malfunctions. Below are the symptoms to check if your system is infected with the malware:

  • Problem during computer start-up.
  • Problem during program start-up.
  • Errors while running specific functions.
  • Damaged and missing link files.
  • Conflict in the process.
  • Missing or corrupted driver files.
  • Invalid Windows registry.
  • Hardware malfunction.

To further establish the infection of malware, take the following steps:

  • Go to Task Manager by pressing the combination of keys CTRL+ALT+DEL.
  • Go to the process tab and right-click on the spupdwxp.exe file and open its location.

If the file is located outside C:\Windows\System32, then you should perform an antivirus scan to get rid of the malware infection.

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 17 September 2008 at 1:56 am
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 Microsoft Corporation Executable 9c9d145e4b683a6c
9c136d2351d712f2
785fa217
daf2fa64b347638b
0107d5631ec3249e
Worm.Win32.G
ael.A
No 5.1.2600.2
180
(xpsp_sp2_
rtm.040803
-2158)
5.1.2600.2
180
United States N/A
2 Microsoft Corporation Executable 668338be6b424a8d
53428bd0b7c29ea7
23037e5a
4d37a8df799936a2
293249973b6ac211
Virus.Win32.
Parite.gen
No 5.1.2600.5
512
(xpsp.0804
13-2113)
5.1.2600.5
512
Australia N/A
3 Microsoft Corporation Executable f60d6054616bc3e6
6bdcd773d0e81335
ccf7c68a
87863a1975e94acd
b456c69ad3f0ce24
MalCrypt.Ind
us!
No 5.1.2600.5
512
(xpsp.0804
13-2113)
5.1.2600.5
512
Singapore N/A
4 Microsoft Corporation Executable ade0322bfb71b4cd
b5c210327d0bdee7
ce5c2ef1
eb6df05ec02e76cf
1199e2cc7d111a99
Virus.Win32.
Parite.gen
No 5.1.2600.2
180
(xpsp_sp2_
rtm.040803
-2158)
5.1.2600.2
180
Germany N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 04 June 2008 at 4:07 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 Microsoft Corporation Executable e9013c5ca534fee8
2dbf2bc36eec53ad
0d776945
7c3de5833b407bc5
75c9195feb1577ab
No 5.1.2600.5
503
(xpsp.0803
06-1609)
5.1.2600.5
503
Internal Submission
2 Microsoft Corporation Executable 954de3319e2cf807
1bc38b9954308cf0
723d9fb2
d80f3070b6d049db
5f4fda41f80e1a96
No 5.1.2600.5
512
(xpsp.0804
13-2113)
5.1.2600.5
512
Israel
3 Microsoft Corporation Executable d621c2c4549e0b12
05b41273ccde1ff7
9368cb7e
9d913890c812af92
6fb9f83963cae79c
No 5.1.2600.2
180
(xpsp_sp2_
rtm.040803
-2158)
5.1.2600.2
180
Australia
4 Microsoft Corporation Executable cde770377e50f87f
2dbd16857f56356a
9bdf1fcb
4b585d23f93017b8
1efa41adf40e4f67
No 5.1.2600.5
512
(xpsp.0804
13-2113)
5.1.2600.5
512
Internal Submission
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