What is wuauclt.exe?

wuauclt.exe is part of Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the wuauclt.exe version information.

wuauclt.exe's description is "Automatic Updates"

wuauclt.exe is digitally signed by Ningbo Gaoxinqu zhidian Electric Power Technology Co., Ltd..

wuauclt.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\startup\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

24 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wuauclt.exe file. That's a 44% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Strictor.69673
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.FakeMS.C1413705
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Strictor.69673
Arcabit	Trojan.Strictor.D11029
AVG	Generic_r.EQZ
AVware	VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator.da!k (v)
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Strictor.69673
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Strictor.69673 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Agent.WOR
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Strictor.69673
GData	Gen:Variant.Strictor.69673
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 004b08cf1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 004b08cf1 )
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Fsysna.borg
McAfee	Artemis!93CED1FF9BEB
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Trojan
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Jaku.A
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Strictor.69673
nProtect	Backdoor/W32.Jaku.119800
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.Adware.37e
VIPRE	VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator.da!k (v)
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Agent.119800[h]
Zillya	Trojan.Fsysna.Win32.7428

wuauclt.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\startup\wuauclt.exe

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

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

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