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From: halfcrazy2u on 26 Sep 2009 11:00 1) wuaudit is a legitimat Windows process 2) "notify only" still tells it to run (look for updates) 3) most machines take at least 3 and up to 10 minutes to fully boot and finish all the start-up processes (watch the hard drive light) 4) wuaudit "magically" disappears from the Task Manager processes list after the machine has "settled in" 'PA Bear [MS MVP Wrote: > ;973897']Repost: Is wuaudt.exe always running when you open Task Manager > to the > Processes tab? > > IN RE KIS 2009, what would matter would be if (1) you have not > purchased it > and you had no anti-virus application previously installed or (2) your > subscription isn't current (which would mean the machine is not > protected > and may be infected with malware that's cauing Automatic Updates not > to > function properly). > > If you don't trust my assistance, so be it & please do not reply to > this > post. > -- > ~Robear Dyer (AKA PA Bear) > MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client > https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile/robear.dyer > <=link to > my MVP Profile > > > Daddy wrote: > > Sorry. There have been PA Bear imposters who have used various > > addresses, so I'm not sure who is whom, and anyone can open a gmail > > account. > > > > There are no critical (or even high priority) updates being offered > to me > > at Microsoft Update. > > > > I don't understand why it matters when I installed KIS 2009 or when > my > > subscription to KIS 2009 expires. Before KIS 2009 I had KIS 7 and > before > > that KIS 6 and that was 3 years ago. > > > > I really don't have a good feeling for where this thread is going or > whom > > I'm really talking to, so, no disrespect, but I'm going to bail out. > If > > you're the real deal then I sincerely thank you for your service to > this > > newsgroup, which sometimes seems to me like the wild, wild, west. > > > > Daddy > > > > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:%23b9GQpLsJHA.2532(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >> I am not the imposter, Daddy, and there were no "fake" links in my > post > >> or > >> sig. Compare the headers of both my posts to those of the > imposter's and > >> you'll know for sure. > >> -- > >> ~Robear Dyer > >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client > >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile/robear.dyer > >> > >> Daddy wrote: > >>> No replies from fake MVPs, please. > >>> > >>> I'm beginning to wonder if posting to this group was a mistake. > >>> > >>> Daddy > >>> > >>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > >>> news:OXD0TFKsJHA.4968(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >>>> wuaudt.exe is always running? > >>>> > >>>> Can you reach http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com? ...select > CUSTOM & > >>>> scan > >>>> for updates? ...install any critical security updates offered? > >>>> > >>>> When did you install KIS 2009? If you've purchased it, when does > your > >>>> subscription expire? What AV app was installed before you > installed > >>>> KIS > >>>> 2009? > >>>> -- > >>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > >>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 > >>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net > >>>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Daddy wrote: > >>>>> I have Windows XP SP 3. > >>>>> > >>>>> The Windows Auto Updater (wuaudt.exe) uses 35 MB of memory > (35,512 KB) > >>>>> consistently. This is, by far, the most memory used by any > process I > >>>>> have > >>>>> running in the background. More than my security software > (Kaspersky > >>>>> Internet Security 2009.) > >>>>> > >>>>> My auto-update settings are 'notify, don't download.' > >>>>> > >>>>> If this is the correct amount of memory for wuaudt.exe, then > I'll > >>>>> accept > >>>>> it > >>>>> and move on. However, it does seem like quite a lot of memory, > does it > >>>>> not? > >>>>> > >>>>> Daddy After investigating wuaudit.exe in many other forums a couple of things are just common sense. 1) it's a legitimate Windows process 2) "notify, don't download" - whether you are going to download them or not, it still tells your machine to look for updates (causing wuaudit to run) 3) unless you have a super-fast machine with nothing on it, it usually takes 3 to 10 minutes to fully boot (watch the hard drive light) once it settles down the wuaudit "disappears" from the Task Manager processes list.
From: halfcrazy2u on 26 Sep 2009 10:53 'PA Bear [MS MVP Wrote: > ;973897']Repost: Is wuaudt.exe always running when you open Task Manager > to the > Processes tab? > > IN RE KIS 2009, what would matter would be if (1) you have not > purchased it > and you had no anti-virus application previously installed or (2) your > subscription isn't current (which would mean the machine is not > protected > and may be infected with malware that's cauing Automatic Updates not > to > function properly). > > If you don't trust my assistance, so be it & please do not reply to > this > post. > -- > ~Robear Dyer (AKA PA Bear) > MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client > https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile/robear.dyer > <=link to > my MVP Profile > > > Daddy wrote: > > Sorry. There have been PA Bear imposters who have used various > > addresses, so I'm not sure who is whom, and anyone can open a gmail > > account. > > > > There are no critical (or even high priority) updates being offered > to me > > at Microsoft Update. > > > > I don't understand why it matters when I installed KIS 2009 or when > my > > subscription to KIS 2009 expires. Before KIS 2009 I had KIS 7 and > before > > that KIS 6 and that was 3 years ago. > > > > I really don't have a good feeling for where this thread is going or > whom > > I'm really talking to, so, no disrespect, but I'm going to bail out. > If > > you're the real deal then I sincerely thank you for your service to > this > > newsgroup, which sometimes seems to me like the wild, wild, west. > > > > Daddy > > > > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:%23b9GQpLsJHA.2532(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >> I am not the imposter, Daddy, and there were no "fake" links in my > post > >> or > >> sig. Compare the headers of both my posts to those of the > imposter's and > >> you'll know for sure. > >> -- > >> ~Robear Dyer > >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client > >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile/robear.dyer > >> > >> Daddy wrote: > >>> No replies from fake MVPs, please. > >>> > >>> I'm beginning to wonder if posting to this group was a mistake. > >>> > >>> Daddy > >>> > >>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > >>> news:OXD0TFKsJHA.4968(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >>>> wuaudt.exe is always running? > >>>> > >>>> Can you reach http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com? ...select > CUSTOM & > >>>> scan > >>>> for updates? ...install any critical security updates offered? > >>>> > >>>> When did you install KIS 2009? If you've purchased it, when does > your > >>>> subscription expire? What AV app was installed before you > installed > >>>> KIS > >>>> 2009? > >>>> -- > >>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > >>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 > >>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net > >>>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Daddy wrote: > >>>>> I have Windows XP SP 3. > >>>>> > >>>>> The Windows Auto Updater (wuaudt.exe) uses 35 MB of memory > (35,512 KB) > >>>>> consistently. This is, by far, the most memory used by any > process I > >>>>> have > >>>>> running in the background. More than my security software > (Kaspersky > >>>>> Internet Security 2009.) > >>>>> > >>>>> My auto-update settings are 'notify, don't download.' > >>>>> > >>>>> If this is the correct amount of memory for wuaudt.exe, then > I'll > >>>>> accept > >>>>> it > >>>>> and move on. However, it does seem like quite a lot of memory, > does it > >>>>> not? > >>>>> > >>>>> Daddy After investigating wuaudit.exe in many other forums a couple of things are just common sense. 1) it's a legitimate Windows process 2) "notify, don't download" - whether you are going to download them or not, it still tells your machine to look for updates (causing wuaudit to run) 3) unless you have a super-fast machine with nothing on it, it usually takes 3 to 10 minutes to fully boot (watch the hard drive light) once it settles down the wuaudit "disappears" from the Task Manager processes list.
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 26 Sep 2009 13:06 First of all, the file is WUAUCLT.EXE, not WUAUDT.EXE. Second, why are you replying to a "dead" thread from March 2009? Third, why are you replying to my post? halfcrazy2u wrote: > 1) wuaudit is a legitimat Windows process 2) "notify only" still tells > it to run (look for updates) 3) most machines take at least 3 and up to > 10 minutes to fully boot and finish all the start-up processes (watch > the hard drive light) 4) wuaudit "magically" disappears from the Task > Manager processes list after the machine has "settled in" > > 'PA Bear [MS MVP Wrote: >> Repost: Is wuaudt.exe always running when you open Task Manager >> to the Processes tab? >> >> IN RE KIS 2009, what would matter would be if (1) you have not >> purchased it >> and you had no anti-virus application previously installed or (2) your >> subscription isn't current (which would mean the machine is not >> protected >> and may be infected with malware that's cauing Automatic Updates not >> to >> function properly). >> >> If you don't trust my assistance, so be it & please do not reply to >> this >> post. >> -- >> ~Robear Dyer (AKA PA Bear) >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile/robear.dyer >> <=link to >> my MVP Profile >> >> >> Daddy wrote: >>> Sorry. There have been PA Bear imposters who have used various >>> addresses, so I'm not sure who is whom, and anyone can open a gmail >>> account. >>> >>> There are no critical (or even high priority) updates being offered to >>> me >>> at Microsoft Update. >>> >>> I don't understand why it matters when I installed KIS 2009 or when my >>> subscription to KIS 2009 expires. Before KIS 2009 I had KIS 7 and before >>> that KIS 6 and that was 3 years ago. >>> >>> I really don't have a good feeling for where this thread is going or >>> whom >>> I'm really talking to, so, no disrespect, but I'm going to bail out. If >>> you're the real deal then I sincerely thank you for your service to this >>> newsgroup, which sometimes seems to me like the wild, wild, west. >>> >>> Daddy >>> >>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:%23b9GQpLsJHA.2532(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> I am not the imposter, Daddy, and there were no "fake" links in my post >>>> or >>>> sig. Compare the headers of both my posts to those of the imposter's >>>> and >>>> you'll know for sure. >>>> -- >>>> ~Robear Dyer >>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client >>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile/robear.dyer >>>> >>>> Daddy wrote: >>>>> No replies from fake MVPs, please. >>>>> >>>>> I'm beginning to wonder if posting to this group was a mistake. >>>>> >>>>> Daddy >>>>> >>>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:OXD0TFKsJHA.4968(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>>> wuaudt.exe is always running? >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you reach http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com? ...select CUSTOM & >>>>>> scan >>>>>> for updates? ...install any critical security updates offered? >>>>>> >>>>>> When did you install KIS 2009? If you've purchased it, when does >>>>>> your >>>>>> subscription expire? What AV app was installed before you installed >>>>>> KIS >>>>>> 2009? >>>>>> -- >>>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) >>>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 >>>>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net >>>>>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Daddy wrote: >>>>>>> I have Windows XP SP 3. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The Windows Auto Updater (wuaudt.exe) uses 35 MB of memory (35,512 >>>>>>> KB) >>>>>>> consistently. This is, by far, the most memory used by any process I >>>>>>> have >>>>>>> running in the background. More than my security software (Kaspersky >>>>>>> Internet Security 2009.) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My auto-update settings are 'notify, don't download.' >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If this is the correct amount of memory for wuaudt.exe, then >> I'll >>>>>>> accept >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> and move on. However, it does seem like quite a lot of memory, does >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> not? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Daddy > > After investigating wuaudit.exe in many other forums a couple of things > are just common sense. 1) it's a legitimate Windows process 2) "notify, > don't download" - whether you are going to download them or not, it > still tells your machine to look for updates (causing wuaudit to run) 3) > unless you have a super-fast machine with nothing on it, it usually > takes 3 to 10 minutes to fully boot (watch the hard drive light) once it > settles down the wuaudit "disappears" from the Task Manager processes > list.
From: MowGreen on 26 Sep 2009 13:17 halfcrazy2u wrote: > > > After investigating wuaudit.exe in many other forums a couple of things > are just common sense. 1) it's a legitimate Windows process 2) "notify, > don't download" - whether you are going to download them or not, it > still tells your machine to look for updates (causing wuaudit to run) 3) > unless you have a super-fast machine with nothing on it, it usually > takes 3 to 10 minutes to fully boot (watch the hard drive light) once it > settles down the wuaudit "disappears" from the Task Manager processes > list. > > There's confusion over wuauclt and wuaudt because sometimes wuauclt *appears* to look like wuaudt: What is "wuauclt.exe" and "wuaudt.exe"? http://xona.com/2004/08/26.html What is wuaudt.exe? http://forums.devshed.com/antivirus-protection-117/what-is-wuaudt-exe-178129.html The only hit for "wuaudt.exe" when one searches the MS Knowledge Base, TechNet, or MSDN mentions the confusion over it's name: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Search/en-US?query=Wuaudt.exe&ac=8 There is NO "wuaudt.exe" on my Win ME system, XP, nor Windows 7 systems, nor on VPC instances of Win98/ Windows 2000 SP4/Windows 2K3 SP2/Vista. Strongly suggest that if the file is actually spelled "wuaudt.exe" you have it scanned at VirusTotal or Jotti: http://www.virustotal.com http://virusscan.jotti.org MowGreen =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== banthecheck.com "Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked"
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 26 Sep 2009 16:25 MowGreen wrote: <snip> > Strongly suggest that if the file is actually spelled "wuaudt.exe" > you have it scanned at VirusTotal or Jotti... And stop sniffing glue.
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