Should I remove Software Version Updater?
What are others doing?
80% remove it20% keep it
Removal sentiment (last 30 days)
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How common is it?
Ranked #318
Versions of Software Version Updater
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.1.3.7 |
17.74% |
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| 1.1.3.6 |
79.44% |
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| 1.1.3.5 |
2.04% |
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| 1.1.3.4 |
0.44% |
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| 1.1.2.7 |
0.19% |
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| 1.1.2.6 |
0.05% |
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| 1.1.1.7 |
0.10% |
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Software Version Updater
from Amonetize ltd.
What is Software Version Updater?
The program is distributed by Amonetize ltd., a program bundling/installation monitization platform. "We provide our own installer software component. Our installer easily integrates with any Windows software product. The installer component offers users which are installing one of our software partners’ products, the opportunity to install some of our advertisers’ software in addition to that installation. The exact additional software offering our installer offers is determined by our sophisticated ad server back-office technology, taking into consideration the users’ profile, the advertisers’ targeting parameters and the software publishers’ restrictions."
Software Version Updater is the updater program which runs with Windows in the background as a scheduled task. It checks for updates and automatically downloads and installs them if found based on the bundled software the platform has included.
About Software Version Updater (from Amonetize ltd)
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Program details
URL: www.amonetize.com
Help link: www.amonetize.com/how-it-works
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\SwvUpdater
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\SwvUpdater\Updater.exe /uninstall
Files installed by Software Version Updater
| Program executable: | updater.exe |
| Name: | Launcher |
| Software version updater |
| Signed by: | Amonetize ltd. |
| Path: | C:\profiles\peter\appdata\local\swvupdater\updater.exe |
| MD5: | a1ab5a4f345136dbb9c51e0622416a7c |
| Software version updater (updater.exe) 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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Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled task installed in the Task Scheduler
- Updater.exe is scheduled as a task named C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\AmiUpdXp.job.
Startup scheduled task installed
- Updater.exe is launched at Window's startup via a scheduled task named C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\AmiUpdXp.job.
Startup registry entry added
- Updater.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named SwvUpdtr and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\SwvUpdater\Updater.exe /reg.
(Note, behavior information is not collected by the "Should I Remove It?" software.)
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| Updater.exe |
| Total CPU: | 0.6400000000% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.54178218% | |
| User CPU: | 0.09821782% | |
(Note, resource data is not collected by the "Should I Remove It?" software.)
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%
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ACTIVITY RANK
 #318
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Which Windows versions does it run on?
| OS version | OS install distribution |
| Windows 7 |
71.03% |
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| Windows XP |
11.76% |
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| Windows Vista |
10.40% |
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| Windows 8 |
6.71% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.10% |
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Which countries install it?
United States installs about 57.48% of Software Version Updater.
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| PC Manufacturer | OEM distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
29.41% |
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| Dell |
17.58% |
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| Acer |
16.60% |
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| Toshiba |
8.74% |
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| ASUS |
6.13% |
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| Lenovo |
3.96% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.36% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.09% |
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| Sony |
2.55% |
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| Samsung |
2.28% |
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| Gateway |
1.47% |
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| Medion |
1.19% |
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| Intel |
1.14% |
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| Plus 7 more PC manufacturers |
How do I remove Software Version Updater?
Quickly and completely remove Software Version Updater from your computer by downloading "Should I Remove It?", its 100% FREE and installs in seconds (click the button below).
Or, you can uninstall Software Version Updater from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Software Version Updater, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Software Version Updater.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.