What is winupdate.exe?

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The table below includes any processes that may be associated with winupdate.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.

winupdate.exe Processes:

File Type	Process Name and Information
	blah service Added by the GAOBOT.BIA WORM!
	LTM2 Added by the LITMUS.203 TROJAN!
	Microsoft auto update Added by the BMBOT TROJAN!
	Microsoft Synchronization Manager Added by the SDBOT.ER WORM!
	Microsoft update Added by a variant of the RBOT WORM!
	Microsoft Windows Updater Added by the SDBOT-PU WORM!
	mssonfig Added by a variant of the SDBOT WORM!
	MSWinupdate Added by the DLOADR-AAW TROJAN!
	RunDLL32 Added by an unidentified TROJAN! - possibly a BMBOT variant
	Sygate Personal Port Blocker Added by a variant of the RBOT WORM!
	Sysctrls Added by an unidentified WORM or TROJAN!
	Win32 USB2 Driver Added by the AGOBOT.YE WORM!
	Windows Update Added by the SDBOT-WS WORM!
	Windows Updates Agent Detected by Trend Micro as the SPYBOT.HW WORM! See here
	WindowsRegKey update Added by the RBOT-QJ WORM!
	windowsupdate Added by the WARPI WORM!
	Winsock2 driver Added by the SPYBOT-BX WORM!
	winupdate Added by the ALCAN.B WORM!
	winupdate.exe Added by the RADO TROJAN!
	winupdate.reg Added by the SPYBOT.EAS WORM!

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