Live Updater

Live Updater

by Acer Incorporated

What is Live Updater?

Live Updater is software application developed by Acer Incorporated. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 99.96% of installations running this operating system. Live Updater's installer is typically 3.00 MB in size and installs around 4 files. The most common release is 2.00.8100 with 36.13% of all installations currently using this version.

Live Updater is most popular in the United States with 34.09% of installations residing in this country.

Live Updater adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Live Updater?

Our Live Updater software is designed to efficiently check for and install updates for software on a user's PC. It can be customized to maintain a schedule for checking the remote server for periodic updates, and can also provide product patches as needed. In addition to delivering new versions of the software at regular intervals, the program can offer additional information to the user. Users have the option to adjust the update schedule or manually check for updates if they do not have a continuous internet connection. When an update is found, the program will automatically download and install it.

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • liveupdater_agent.exe is scheduled as a task named 'ALUAgent' (runs monthly on Tuesdays at 08:02).
  • updater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'ALU' (runs daily at 07:17).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • updater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ALU.
  • liveupdater_agent.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ALUAgent.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.acer.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\acer\live updater\help
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{EE26E302-876A-48D9-9058-3129E5B99999}
Size:
3.00 MB
Language:
English

Live Updater Executable Details

Primary executable:
Updater.exe
Name:
Live Updater
Path:
C:\Program Files\acer\live updater\help\Updater.exe
MD5:
0c9d9446e7430e2d40f1a88eacd76f6e
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Live Updater
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
0c9d9446e7430e2d40f1a88eacd76f6e
DLL
43b082b7607d339596e635da583feb09
DLL
1d77165403516f1e1abd4e657952197e
EXE
b690de3b3d28ad45112be310780dbe8d