msupdater.exe

[Eric]

My Norton AntiVirus program quarantined a file called
msupdater.exe telling me that it has a trojan horse that
cannot be fixed. It recommends that I delete the file and
replace it with a clean copy. I cannot find a copy. I
looked on the Windows CD that came with my system (Dell),
and even on the computers at my office just to see if I
could find it.

My computer has not searched for Windows updates in a long
time so I suspect I should have this file. Can anyone
shed some light on this and possibly tell me how I can get
a clean copy of this file?

Thanks,
Eric

 

[Guest]

I have Windows XP Professional. I just did a Full Search
for that file on my system, and it is not there. My system
is working reliably, and also gets periodic updates from
Micorsoft. To get the updates you can do the following -

1. Right CLick on MY COMPUTER, and select PROPERTIES
2. Select the AUTOMATIC UPDATES TAB, and then set it the
way you want.
3. If there is nothing else wrong, you will be prompted.
There is a SERVICE that also has to be running in order
for you to be prompted. Sorry, but I don't know the name
of it. I'll try to get the name for you if the things
above don't fix it for you.

Alternatively, you can open a web page to get updates
manually -

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

To learn more about it you can also go to your help file
and search for Automatic Updates.

 

[Ira D]

Did it show up as an e-mail was it the W32/Swen@MM virus
if it was the file was never any good just keep on
going.