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What is updater.exe?

Part of Skype by Skype Technologies

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How does updater.exe run?

Service - updater.exe runs as a background Windows Service under the service name SkypeUpdate.

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What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.1% of all Boost users have the updater.exe service running.Of the 0.1% of updater.exe users, 73.0% have disabled it.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\Program Files\skype\updater\updater.exe

Are there other versions of Skype?

updater.exe - version 6.8.1.61523
updater.exe - version 6.8.1.61523
updater.exe - version 6.8.0.112 (this)
Why are multiple of the same versions listed?

What else is related?

skype4com.dll (Skype by Microsoft)
updater.dll (Skype by Microsoft)
skype.exe (Skype by Microsoft)
updater.dll (Skype by Skype Technologies SA)
updater.exe (Skype by Skype Technologies SA)
wallpaper.dll (by Microsoft)
bdsurrogatehost.exe (Bing Desktop by Microsoft)
filemanager.exe (OneDrive by Microsoft)
mstore.exe (Microsoft Clip Organizer by Microsoft)
integratedoffice.exe (Microsoft Office by Microsoft)
systemsettings.exe (Configurações do computador by Microsoft)
mrt.exe (Outil de suppression de logiciels malveillants Microsoft Windows by Microsoft)
sqlite3.dll (by Microsoft)
sqlitewrapper.dll (by Microsoft)
startup.exe (Halo 2 for Windows Vista by Microsoft)
ppresources.dll (by Microsoft)
powerpnt.exe (Microsoft Office 2013 by Microsoft)
apiclient.dll (by Microsoft)
officec2rclient.exe (Microsoft Office by Microsoft)
officeclicktorun.exe (Microsoft Office by Microsoft)
dotnetfx35setup.exe (Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 by Microsoft)
skydriveshell64.dll (Microsoft OneDrive by Microsoft)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601.65536)

About Skype Technologies

Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chats over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are More...
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File details

File name: updater.exe
Publisher: Skype Technologies (verified)
Name: Skype
Description: Skype Updater Service
Version: 6.8.0.112
Product version: 6.8
Size: 307.63 KB

Digital certificate

Issued to: Microsoft Corporation
Certificate authority: Microsoft Corporation
Effective date: 3/13/2013
Expiration date: 6/13/2014

Service details

Name: SkypeUpdate

Image hashes

MD5: 050a4112b00bca2e13314cde48c1deee
SHA-1: 6a769f672147cc30f502b648e2b379694a610b9a

PE image details

File packed: No
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