What is ouc.exe?

ouc.exe is digitally signed by HUAWEI Technologies Co., Ltd..

ouc.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\Mobile Partner\OnlineUpdate\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

ouc.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

ouc.exe has a valid digital signature.

Property	Value
Signer name	HUAWEI Technologies Co., Ltd.
Certificate issuer name	VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Certificate serial number	78ea456dd0a9c3b3a0dd7bd860de0b55

VirusTotal report

None of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ouc.exe file.

Folder name variants

ouc.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\ProgramData\Mobile Partner\OnlineUpdate\. The most common variants are listed below:

C:\ProgramData\Mobile Broadband\OnlineUpdate\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Dialog Mobile Broadband\OnlineUpdate\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Mobile Partner\OnlineUpdate\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dane aplikacji\PLAY ONLINE\OnlineUpdate\
c:\program files (x86)\internet mobile\updatedog\
c:\program files (x86)\mobile partner\updatedog\
c:\program files (x86)\play online\updatedog\
c:\program files (x86)\sun broadband wireless\updatedog\
C:\ProgramData\Chiavetta Internet Tre.it\OnlineUpdate\
C:\ProgramData\PLAY ONLINE\OnlineUpdate\
c:\programmi\mobile partner\updatedog\
F:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dane aplikacji\PLAY ONLINE\OnlineUpdate\

Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	1ce0621b591913c12becaa5b50e88bb2
SHA256	115068c57570140c9389bd923a4e68236acebb4f733da09d05aeedad7317ab46

Error Messages

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

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

ouc.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.

ouc.exe has stopped working.

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

ouc.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

ouc.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 ouc.exe. 79% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 78 users.

User vote results: There were 62 votes to remove and 16 votes to keep

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Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Roger Karlsson writes

2 thumbs

ouc.exe was added to the system when installing Telia Mobile Broadband.

# 14 Jul 2011, 14:15

Mohannad Haikal writes

1 thumb

I have Zain Broadband software for internet usb and this file is located as follow on my pc (same for windows vista and 7):

C:\Program Files\Zain Broadband\UpdateDog\ouc.exe

This file is for the software live update checking. It works by showing and hiding periodically as a batch cmd black screen and is very annoying. It appears that its cycle settings are here:

C:\Program Files\Zain Broadband\UpdateDog\LiveUpdate.ini

I tried several times to remove it from startup processes but in vain! It also gives an error in the screen: argc is error!!!!

I think this is a very bad design of a live update process built by HUAWEI Technologies Co. (www.huawei.com)

It confused me for long time until I discovered that its not a virus or trojan or hack!

# 24 Jul 2012, 2:21