What is winupd2472.exe?

winupd2472.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Users\LOPEZ\AppData\Local\Temp\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected winupd2472.exe.

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VirusTotal report

38 of the 45 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the winupd2472.exe file. That's a 84% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Agnitum	Trojan.DR.Pihar!MOar5Jcx5jM
AhnLab-V3	Win-Trojan/Malpacked6.Gen
AntiVir	TR/Crypt.ZPACK.Gen2
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Pihar.gen
Avast	Win32:MalOb-IK [Cryp]
AVG	BackDoor.Generic14.CLRP
BitDefender	Gen:Heur.IPZ.7
CAT-QuickHeal	(Suspicious) - DNAScan
Commtouch	W32/Rorpian.C.gen!Eldorado
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.Trojan.Agent.Gen
DrWeb	Trojan.MulDrop3.28409
Emsisoft	Gen:Heur.IPZ.7 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.YOT
F-Prot	W32/Rorpian.C.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure	Gen:Heur.IPZ.7
Fortinet	W32/Rorpian.C!tr
GData	Gen:Heur.IPZ.7
Ikarus	Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Pihar
Jiangmin	TrojanDropper.Pihar.ff
K7AntiVirus	Trojan
K7GW	Trojan
Kaspersky	Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Pihar.ol
McAfee	Generic BackDoor.rz
McAfee-GW-Edition	Generic BackDoor.rz
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Alureon.FK
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Heur.IPZ.7
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Alureon.isitd
Norman	Kryptik.AZS
Panda	Generic Malware
PCTools	Trojan.Gen
SUPERAntiSpyware	Trojan.Agent/Gen-Kryptik
Symantec	Trojan.Gen
TheHacker	Trojan/Kryptik.yot
TotalDefense	Win32/ZAccess.Z!generic
TrendMicro	TROJ_SPNR.0AA012
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_SPNR.0AA012
VBA32	TrojanDropper.Pihar
VIPRE	Lookslike.Win32.Sirefef.d (v)

winupd2472.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove winupd2472.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the winupd2472.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that winupd2472.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate winupd2472.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the winupd2472.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 winupd2472.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\Users\LOPEZ\AppData\Local\Temp\winupd2472.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the winupd2472.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If winupd2472.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If winupd2472.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If winupd2472.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 winupd2472.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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