What is autoupdate.exe?

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The table below includes any processes that may be associated with autoupdate.exe, from which further information can be found by clicking on the process title. The icon beside the information can be used to quickly determine if this is a safe file in combination with the key below:


This file is normally safe to leave running.	In most cases, this file is not required to run on startup and can be run manually.	Warning, this file may be a virus, spyware, resource hog and running it is not recommended.	This file may or may not be necessary to load on startup, depending on your circumstances.	No information is available for this item.

autoupdate.exe Processes:

File Type	Process Name and Information
	ATTRedUpdate Additional item added to start-ups after AT&T took over the now bankrupt Excite@home high-speed internet service. Included for automatically downloading and installing updates. Leave it unless you plan to regularly run it to check for updates
	AutoUpdater PeopleonPage foistware
	Creative Software Update Auto-updater for Creative Labs software
	EMBASSY Trust Suite Secure Update Updates for Wave Systems Corp. Embassy Trust Suite - "delivers advanced levels of security to the client PC using the TPM security chip found on most enterprise PCs today"
	LG Intelligent Update Automatic update utility for LG Notebooks
	SpyFighterUpdate SpyFighter spyware remover - not recommended, see here

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