What is Upgrade.exe?

Upgrade.exe is part of Norton Security and developed by Symantec Corporation according to the Upgrade.exe version information.

Upgrade.exe's description is "WSCStub"

Upgrade.exe is digitally signed by Symantec Corporation.

Upgrade.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Norton Security Suite\Engine\22.5.5.15\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Upgrade.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameNorton Security
Company nameSymantec Corporation
File descriptionWSCStub
Internal nameWSCStub
Original filenameWSCStub.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2016 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version22.5
File version22.5.6.5

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

Product nameNorton Security
Company nameSymantec Corporation
File descriptionWSCStub
Internal nameWSCStub
Original filenameWSCStub.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2016 Symantec Corporat..
Product version22.5
File version22.5.6.5

Digital signatures [?]

Upgrade.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSymantec Corporation
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number12db9e53539b8e248bc77dd2ba611167

VirusTotal report

1 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Upgrade.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Bancos-2115
1 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the Upgrade.exe file.

Filename variants

Upgrade.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

Upgrade.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\Norton Security Suite\Engine\22.5.5.15\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named Upgrade.exe

Upgrade.exe (24 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54d0d30384674b73211f2acd98d412719
SHA2566a3994507426f8527c5ba7a05b2f6c1c47fd3dd0795686fc8336f5a85e31340a

Error Messages

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

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

upgrade.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.

WSCStub has stopped working.

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

upgrade.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Upgrade.exe. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep100 %
1
Remove0 %
0

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