ASUS Live Update

ASUS Live Update

by ASUS

What is ASUS Live Update?

ASUS Live Update is software application developed by ASUS. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 65.00% of installations running this operating system. ASUS Live Update's installer is typically 5.00 MB in size and installs around 14 files. The most common release is 2.5.9 with 17.97% of all installations currently using this version.

ASUS Live Update is most popular in the United States with 41.53% of installations residing in this country.

ASUS Live Update adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, ASUS Live Update is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About ASUS Live Update?

The Live Update application offers users the capability to automatically update system components. Additionally, users have the option to schedule updates on a daily, every third day, weekly, every second week, monthly, or every third month basis, rather than relying on automatic updates.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • LiveUpdate.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Live Update\LiveUpdate.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • LiveUpdate.exe is scheduled as a task named 'ASUS Live Update2' (runs daily at 14:35).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • LiveUpdate.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ASUS Live Update3.
Registry entries:
  • LiveUpdate.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'LiveUpdate.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Live Update\LiveUpdate.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.asus.com
Support:
https://support.asus.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Live Update
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{FA540E67-095C-4A1B-97BA-4D547DEC9AF4}
Size:
5.00 MB
Language:
English

ASUS Live Update Executable Details

Primary executable:
LiveUpdate.exe
Name:
ASUS Live Update
Path:
C:\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Live Update\LiveUpdate.exe
MD5:
761986319f4f6edb33b3f046d254c781
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by ASUS Live Update
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
4ed62184d5f1bb60295ee1864646d3d6
EXE
9707716fcdeb7c5c9edf6786dfe04a4e
EXE
836873d93b9b4eb940b83ba3d91b11cf
EXE
260a15f21f734c05da3d2e0c5c34ea98