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What is updaterstartuputility.exe?

Part of Adobe Updater Startup Utility by Adobe Systems

What is it?

Adobe Updater Startup Utility is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
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How does updaterstartuputility.exe run?

Process - updaterstartuputility.exe is an instance of a running program.

How does updaterstartuputility.exe start?

Startup files (all users) run - updaterstartuputility.exe is registered with the run identifier 'AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0' and the execution command '"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\UWA\UpdaterStartupUtility.exe"' in the Windows registry HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Run keys are startup registry keys that are used to launch an application automatically when any Windows user logs into Windows.
Scheduled task - updaterstartuputility.exe is launched automatically by registering itself into the Windows Task Scheduler under the task name '\AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0-FADLI-PC-FADLI'. Task Scheduler provides the ability to schedule the launch of programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals or even with event-based triggers.

Community

What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.6% of all Boost users have the updaterstartuputility.exe process running.Of the 0.6% of updaterstartuputility.exe users, 84.0% have disabled it.
How stable is Adobe Updater Startup Utility?
Based on crash data discovered by Boost, stability is a measure of how sound this particular process and the average percent of times it crashes.
     updaterstartuputility.exe0.03%
Typical program1.26%
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\Program Files\common files\adobe\oobe\pdapp\uwa\updaterstartuputility.exe

Are there other versions of Adobe Updater Startup Utility?

updaterstartuputility.exe - version 7\,0\,0\,70
updaterstartuputility.exe - version 7\,0\,0\,68
updaterstartuputility.exe - version 7\,0\,0\,63
updaterstartuputility.exe - version 7\,0\,0\,42
updaterstartuputility.exe - version 7\,0\,0\,27
updaterstartuputility.exe - version 6\,2\,0\,4
updaterstartuputility.exe - version 6\,0\,0\,67
updaterstartuputility.exe - version 6\,0\,0\,20
updaterstartuputility.exe - version 2\,2\,0\,2 (this)
updaterstartuputility.exe - version 2\,0\,0\,22
updaterstartuputility.exe - version 1\,5\,0\,18
updaterstartuputility.exe - version 1\,0\,0\,67
updaterstartuputility.exe - version 1\,0\,0\,57

What else is related?

livetype.dll (2013/08/28-12:10:37 by Adobe Systems)
flashplayerplugin_11_9_900_117.exe (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems)
flashutil32_11_9_900_117_activex.dll (Flash Player Helper by Adobe Systems)
flashutil32_11_9_900_117_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
adobe air.dll (Adobe AIR 1.1 by Adobe Systems)
flashutil32_11_8_800_168_plugin.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
npswf32_11_2_202_197.dll (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems)
flashutil64_11_9_900_117_activex.dll (Flash Player Helper by Adobe Systems)
flash64_11_9_900_117.ocx (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems)
flashutil64_11_9_900_117_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
flash32_11_9_900_117.ocx (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems)
npswf32_11_9_900_117.dll (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems)
npswf64_11_9_900_117.dll (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems)
flashutil64_11_3_300_271_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
axsle.dll (AXSLE 2012/08/23-13:03:03 by Adobe Systems)
cooltype.dll (CoolType 2013/07/18-08:03:51 by Adobe Systems)
flash64_11_8_800_175.ocx (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems)
flashutil64_11_8_800_175_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
flashutil32_11_8_800_175_activex.dll (Flash Player Helper by Adobe Systems)
flashutil32_11_8_800_175_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
flash32_11_9_900_85.ocx (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems)
flashutil10t_activex.dll (Flash Player Helper by Adobe Systems)

Adobe Updater Startup Utility Stability

updaterstartuputility.exe crashes or has encountered a critical error 0.8900% of the time.
1.  
Error: Stopped working (APPCRASH)
Occurred: over 6 months ago

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows 7 Home Basic (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Professional (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 8 Pro (6.2.9200.0)
Windows 8 Single Language (6.2.9200.0)

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File details

File name: updaterstartuputility.exe
Publisher: Adobe Systems Incorporated (verified)
Name: Adobe Updater Startup Utility
Description: Adobe Updater Startup Utility
Version: 2\,2\,0\,2
Product version: 2.2.0.2 (BuildVersion: 1.0; BuildDate: BUILDDATETIME)
Size: 487.9 KB
Original file name: UpdateInstaller.exe

Digital certificate

Issued to: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Certificate authority: VeriSign
Expiration date: 12/11/2010

Startup files (all users) run details

Name: AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0
Command: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\UWA\UpdaterStartupUtility.exe"

Scheduled task details

Name: AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0-barascockpit-PC-baras cockpit
Command: \AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0-barascockpit-PC-baras cockpit

Image hashes

MD5: f9c48b76da59cf5ff2ed937b62f5ed39
SHA-1: a25dd481a4480bb57998b10258cdefda7b96e29e
SHA-256: babc2638f6c92947c79c918dfd3e605b196672b23745226dfa64f68867b7c257

PE image details

File packed: No
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