What is ProductUpdater.exe?

ProductUpdater.exe is part of ProductUpdater according to the ProductUpdater.exe version information.

ProductUpdater.exe's description is "ProductUpdater"

ProductUpdater.exe is digitally signed by INTERNET PROJECT LLC.

ProductUpdater.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Freemake Shared\ProductUpdater\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected ProductUpdater.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ProductUpdater.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameProductUpdater
File descriptionProductUpdater
Internal nameProductUpdater.exe
Original filenameProductUpdater.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2015
Product version1.0.7.0
File version1.0.7.0

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

Product nameProductUpdater
File descriptionProductUpdater
Internal nameProductUpdater.exe
Original filenameProductUpdater.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2015
Product version1.0.7.0
File version1.0.7.0

Digital signatures [?]

ProductUpdater.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameINTERNET PROJECT LLC
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign Extended Validation CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3
Certificate serial number031b779183d194fd19ca3be9

VirusTotal report

3 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ProductUpdater.exe file. That's a 5% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
DrWeb Program.Freemake.175
Microsoft PUA:Win32/CandyOpen
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0522
3 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the ProductUpdater.exe file.

ProductUpdater.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove ProductUpdater.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the ProductUpdater.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that ProductUpdater.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate ProductUpdater.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the ProductUpdater.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate ProductUpdater.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Common ..reemake Shared\ProductUpdater\ProductUpdater.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the ProductUpdater.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If ProductUpdater.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If ProductUpdater.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If ProductUpdater.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that ProductUpdater.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD598b4a161e312a918e0dcc2e344afdf43
SHA256f29f58d9a338ee92fb1500a1e74c61999647770b0f0562f8492cfc7dcd58f5c3

Error Messages

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

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

productupdater.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.

ProductUpdater has stopped working.

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

productupdater.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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