What is BrowserUpdate.exe?

BrowserUpdate.exe is part of QQ??? and developed by Tencent according to the BrowserUpdate.exe version information.

BrowserUpdate.exe's description is "QQ???"

BrowserUpdate.exe is digitally signed by Tencent Technology(Shenzhen) Company Limited.

BrowserUpdate.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\ChelfNotify\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about BrowserUpdate.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on BrowserUpdate.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	QQ???
Company name	Tencent
File description	QQ???
Internal name	QQBrowser_exe
Original filename	QQBrowser.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright 2015 Tencent. All rights reserved.
Product version	9.3.6494.400
File version	9.3.6494.400
Special build	1023

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product name	QQ???
Company name	Tencent
File description	QQ???
Internal name	QQBrowser_exe
Original filename	QQBrowser.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright 2015 Tencent. All rights r..
Product version	9.3.6494.400
File version	9.3.6494.400
Special build	1023

Digital signatures [?]

BrowserUpdate.exe has a valid digital signature.

Property	Value
Signer name	Tencent Technology(Shenzhen) Company Limited
Certificate issuer name	VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number	7170bd93cf3f189ae6452b514c49340e

VirusTotal report

None of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the BrowserUpdate.exe file.

Folder name variants

BrowserUpdate.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\ProgramData\ChelfNotify\. The most common variants are listed below:

C:\Program Files (x86)\QQBrowser\Update\25FD3E1F93CC99243C04F41F042DE5E9\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\TXQQBrowser\Update\9A6736B247216F8A0B99C6A5F01C1B29\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\TXQQBrowser\Update\0C371BFE2987BB2885DF51343DA0527C\Update\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ChelfNotify\
C:\Program Files (x86)\TXQQBrowser\Update\8C176352B5479744B2584421ECBF9A4B\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\QQBrowser\Update\0E2B9409163ED1F6902113BBB8F6B3EB\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\QQBrowser\Update\468C3646E0B22FCA00EFA8A33C1C29AC\Update\
c:\Program Files (x86)\TXQQBrowser\Update\FE94800DB14676F99E3D5F38416109C2\Update\
C:\Program Files\QQBrowser\Update\23E3B4F1D0AFE617560863299CBB8AA2\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\QQBrowser\Update\685BD082CC2CB9CB065EAE470442C9F7\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\QQBrowser\Update\Download\1E5A39515268F59EA59BD3AB9178357C\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\QQBrowser\Update\57E7A1A62537699B673182562A5AD878\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\QQBrowser\Update\Download\3030B13F1C0AF1876FB49E5D2946D1F5\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\QQBrowser\Update\DE9913211E728FD21EED31B28A5382BA\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\QQBrowser\Update\AF1519FEB32003AD09CC5B87DBB5188F\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\QQBrowser\Update\7C6FE76ACA52B704E313C08450E9D38B\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\QQBrowser\Update\7882CB1B56761938108CACE2CD818CD8\Update\
C:\Program Files (x86)\QQBrowser\Update\3EDAB04645C528D0747DC23622725070\Update\
c:\Program Files (x86)\Phowert\_ALLOWDEL_10606\

Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	5bce955cf12af3417f055dadc0212920
SHA256	adcf6b8aa633286cd3a2ce7c79befab207802dec0e705ed3c74c043dabfc604c

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to browserupdate.exe:

browserupdate.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

browserupdate.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

QQ??? has stopped working.

End Program - browserupdate.exe. This program is not responding.

browserupdate.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

browserupdate.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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