What is googleupdaterservice.exe?

googleupdaterservice.exe is part of Google Updater and developed by Google according to the googleupdaterservice.exe version information.

googleupdaterservice.exe's description is "gusvc"

googleupdaterservice.exe is digitally signed by Google Inc.

googleupdaterservice.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files\google\common\google updater\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on googleupdaterservice.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameGoogle Updater
Company nameGoogle
File descriptiongusvc
Internal namegusvc
Original filenameGoogleUpdaterService.exe
CommentsGoogle Updater
Legal copyright©2005-2006 Google. All Rights Reserved.
Product version2.4.1851.5542.beta
File version2.4.1851.5542.beta

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

Product nameGoogle Updater
Company nameGoogle
File descriptiongusvc
Internal namegusvc
Original filenameGoogleUpdaterService.exe
CommentsGoogle Updater
Legal copyright©2005-2006 Google. All Rights Reser..
Product version2.4.1851.5542.beta
File version2.4.1851.5542.beta

Digital signatures [?]

googleupdaterservice.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameGoogle Inc
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number3144c06a6cfb5076c15d399572c69421

VirusTotal report

1 of the 41 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the googleupdaterservice.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Jiangmin Trojan/Vilsel.kut
1 of the 41 anti-virus programs detected the googleupdaterservice.exe file.

Other files also named googleupdaterservice.exe

googleupdaterservice.exe (4 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5abddbccdf5b03b03ffde3ce3cb1a4184
SHA256d592803ca04cac065578503f997f841141c993be8aa7eb0b05846baa4f644f53

Error Messages

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

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

googleupdaterservice.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.

gusvc has stopped working.

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

googleupdaterservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with the file?

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What did other users do?

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

Votes
Keep100 %
1
Remove0 %
0

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Comments

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