Hi, every few days, I get a message on both my Windows 7 and XP PCs, asking if I wish to allow updater.exe to access my hard drive. Not knowing what it is, I always say no.
Can someone please tell me the origin and safety of this address.
Mort wrote:
> Hi, every few days, I get a message on both my Windows 7 and XP PCs,
> asking if I wish to allow updater.exe to access my hard drive. Not
> knowing what it is, I always say no.
> Can someone please tell me the origin and safety of this address.
Mort wrote:
> Hi, every few days, I get a message on both my Windows 7 and XP PCs,
> asking if I wish to allow updater.exe to access my hard drive. Not
> knowing what it is, I always say no.
> Can someone please tell me the origin and safety of this address.
> Thank you.
> Mort Linder
Mort, first thing, how do you know it is SeaMonkey running the Updater.exe program?
I suspect you have an Anti-Virus/FireWall installed and it is blocking access to your files and folders. ZoneAlarm is one such program, and it will tell you who is trying to run the updater application.
SeaMonkey has an automated update program that can be configured to automatically check for SM updates, download them, and install them. You can set the preferences to allow, or deny any, or all such activities.
If you want to allow automatic update checking, at a minimum, you have to instruct your AV/FW application to allow access to the SM program directory. You have to set your SM preferences to perform such tasks for you; such as; check for updates, automatically (Manually) download updates, an/or install updates (automatically/manually).
If you want to deny all attempts (automatically) then you have to set your SM preferences accordingly. Leave your AV/FW alone. If you deny all access you will be totally responsible for checking for security updates and installing them.
Michael Gordon wrote:
> Mort wrote:
>> Hi, every few days, I get a message on both my Windows 7 and XP PCs,
>> asking if I wish to allow updater.exe to access my hard drive. Not
>> knowing what it is, I always say no.
>> Can someone please tell me the origin and safety of this address.
>> Thank you.
>> Mort Linder
> Mort, first thing, how do you know it is SeaMonkey running the
> Updater.exe program?
> I suspect you have an Anti-Virus/FireWall installed and it is blocking
> access to your files and folders. ZoneAlarm is one such program, and it
> will tell you who is trying to run the updater application.
> SeaMonkey has an automated update program that can be configured to
> automatically check for SM updates, download them, and install them. You
> can set the preferences to allow, or deny any, or all such activities.
> If you want to allow automatic update checking, at a minimum, you have
> to instruct your AV/FW application to allow access to the SM program
> directory. You have to set your SM preferences to perform such tasks
> for you; such as; check for updates, automatically (Manually) download
> updates, an/or install updates (automatically/manually).
> If you want to deny all attempts (automatically) then you have to set
> your SM preferences accordingly. Leave your AV/FW alone. If you deny
> all access you will be totally responsible for checking for security
> updates and installing them.
> Michael G
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the nice advice. Is the "updater.exe" a known and safe site to allow to enter my hard drive, or is it spam or worse?
That's all that I want to know.
I have all my updates set to ask me first for permission, before being downloaded.
Mort wrote:
> Michael Gordon wrote:
>> Mort wrote:
>>> Hi, every few days, I get a message on both my Windows 7 and XP PCs,
>>> asking if I wish to allow updater.exe to access my hard drive. Not
>>> knowing what it is, I always say no.
>>> Can someone please tell me the origin and safety of this address.
>>> Thank you.
>>> Mort Linder
>> Mort, first thing, how do you know it is SeaMonkey running the
>> Updater.exe program?
>> I suspect you have an Anti-Virus/FireWall installed and it is blocking
>> access to your files and folders. ZoneAlarm is one such program, and it
>> will tell you who is trying to run the updater application.
>> SeaMonkey has an automated update program that can be configured to
>> automatically check for SM updates, download them, and install them. You
>> can set the preferences to allow, or deny any, or all such activities.
>> If you want to allow automatic update checking, at a minimum, you have
>> to instruct your AV/FW application to allow access to the SM program
>> directory. You have to set your SM preferences to perform such tasks
>> for you; such as; check for updates, automatically (Manually) download
>> updates, an/or install updates (automatically/manually).
>> If you want to deny all attempts (automatically) then you have to set
>> your SM preferences accordingly. Leave your AV/FW alone. If you deny
>> all access you will be totally responsible for checking for security
>> updates and installing them.
>> Michael G
> Hi Michael,
> Thanks for the nice advice. Is the "updater.exe" a known and safe site
> to allow to enter my hard drive, or is it spam or worse?
> That's all that I want to know.
> I have all my updates set to ask me first for permission, before being
> downloaded.
> Mort
Because you have not been explicit in your knowledge about updater.exe, and because SM uses an automatic updating application, I performed a simple search on my Windows PC and discovered 2 different occurrence of the updater,exe program.
1. Is in the SeaMonkey Program folder.
2. Is in the Google Earth program folder.
Both files have one character difference in their names.
1. "updater.exe" is found in the SM program folder.
2. "Updater.exe" is found in the Google Earth download folder.
There are many more iterations of this application file. You will have to locate the specific file in question on your hard drive. Once located you need to right click the file and select properties. From there you can determine who created it and decide if you want to trust the file to perform on your system.
> Because you have not been explicit in your knowledge about updater.exe,
> and because SM uses an automatic updating application, I performed a
> simple search on my Windows PC and discovered 2 different occurrence of
> the updater,exe program.
> 1. Is in the SeaMonkey Program folder.
> 2. Is in the Google Earth program folder.
> Both files have one character difference in their names.
> 1. "updater.exe" is found in the SM program folder.
> 2. "Updater.exe" is found in the Google Earth download folder.
> There are many more iterations of this application file. You will have
> to locate the specific file in question on your hard drive. Once
> located you need to right click the file and select properties. From
> there you can determine who created it and decide if you want to trust
> the file to perform on your system.
> Michael G
Hi Michael,
Thanks so much for your reply. I will follow up on your advice the next time that the notification appears on my screen.
>> Because you have not been explicit in your knowledge about updater.exe,
>> and because SM uses an automatic updating application, I performed a
>> simple search on my Windows PC and discovered 2 different occurrence of
>> the updater,exe program.
>> 1. Is in the SeaMonkey Program folder.
>> 2. Is in the Google Earth program folder.
>> Both files have one character difference in their names.
>> 1. "updater.exe" is found in the SM program folder.
>> 2. "Updater.exe" is found in the Google Earth download folder.
>> There are many more iterations of this application file. You will have
>> to locate the specific file in question on your hard drive. Once
>> located you need to right click the file and select properties. From
>> there you can determine who created it and decide if you want to trust
>> the file to perform on your system.
>> Michael G
> Hi Michael,
> Thanks so much for your reply. I will follow up on your advice the > next time that the notification appears on my screen.
> Mort
You may have a look NOW about all your updater.exe programs present in your disk.
and tell us where you find them.
Ray_Net wrote:
> Mort wrote, On 10/10/2012 15:53:
>> Michael Gordon wrote:
>>> Because you have not been explicit in your knowledge about updater.exe,
>>> and because SM uses an automatic updating application, I performed a
>>> simple search on my Windows PC and discovered 2 different occurrence of
>>> the updater,exe program.
>>> 1. Is in the SeaMonkey Program folder.
>>> 2. Is in the Google Earth program folder.
>>> Both files have one character difference in their names.
>>> 1. "updater.exe" is found in the SM program folder.
>>> 2. "Updater.exe" is found in the Google Earth download folder.
>>> There are many more iterations of this application file. You will have
>>> to locate the specific file in question on your hard drive. Once
>>> located you need to right click the file and select properties. From
>>> there you can determine who created it and decide if you want to trust
>>> the file to perform on your system.
>>> Michael G
>> Hi Michael,
>> Thanks so much for your reply. I will follow up on your advice the
>> next time that the notification appears on my screen.
>> Mort
> You may have a look NOW about all your updater.exe programs present in
> your disk.
> and tell us where you find them.
Hi,
A search reveals no updater.exe, but the following "updater" :
documents and settings, file folder
" " " " "
programs & files, cms products (a back-up software company)
" " " , SeaMonkey application
" " " , " configuration settings
" " " , Adobe reader API file
Mort wrote:
> Ray_Net wrote:
>> Mort wrote, On 10/10/2012 15:53:
>>> Michael Gordon wrote:
>>>> Because you have not been explicit in your knowledge about updater.exe,
>>>> and because SM uses an automatic updating application, I performed a
>>>> simple search on my Windows PC and discovered 2 different occurrence of
>>>> the updater,exe program.
>>>> 1. Is in the SeaMonkey Program folder.
>>>> 2. Is in the Google Earth program folder.
>>>> Both files have one character difference in their names.
>>>> 1. "updater.exe" is found in the SM program folder.
>>>> 2. "Updater.exe" is found in the Google Earth download folder.
>>>> There are many more iterations of this application file. You will have
>>>> to locate the specific file in question on your hard drive. Once
>>>> located you need to right click the file and select properties. From
>>>> there you can determine who created it and decide if you want to trust
>>>> the file to perform on your system.
>>>> Michael G
>>> Hi Michael,
>>> Thanks so much for your reply. I will follow up on your advice the
>>> next time that the notification appears on my screen.
>>> Mort
>> You may have a look NOW about all your updater.exe programs present in
>> your disk.
>> and tell us where you find them.
> Hi,
> A search reveals no updater.exe, but the following "updater" :
> documents and settings, file folder
> " " " " "
> programs & files, cms products (a back-up software company)
> " " " , SeaMonkey application
> " " " , " configuration settings
> " " " , Adobe reader API file
> Thanks,
> Mort
Mort,
If those are the only updater files you have you are safe using them. each associated updater file listed is an automatic update checker that connects to its server looking for recent updates for the respective program.
If you want to go further with this research use Windows Explorer to navigate to the respective folder containing the update file. When you find it right click once on the file, then scroll down to properties and left click once. From here you can read specifics on who made the file, its association with Microsoft, date when created and a lot of other interesting info to help you decide to use it, or not.
> If those are the only updater files you have you are safe using them.
> each associated updater file listed is an automatic update checker that
> connects to its server looking for recent updates for the respective
> program.
> If you want to go further with this research use Windows Explorer to
> navigate to the respective folder containing the update file. When you
> find it right click once on the file, then scroll down to properties and
> left click once. From here you can read specifics on who made the file,
> its association with Microsoft, date when created and a lot of other
> interesting info to help you decide to use it, or not.
> Michael G
Hi Michael,
Thanks a lot for helping me to solve this puzzle. Although I know a lot about the theory of computers,and even met the Mathematician who devised much of it, I tend to get lost among the various pieces of software and their specific modus operandi. You reply really helps.
>> If those are the only updater files you have you are safe using them.
>> each associated updater file listed is an automatic update checker that
>> connects to its server looking for recent updates for the respective
>> program.
>> If you want to go further with this research use Windows Explorer to
>> navigate to the respective folder containing the update file. When you
>> find it right click once on the file, then scroll down to properties and
>> left click once. From here you can read specifics on who made the file,
>> its association with Microsoft, date when created and a lot of other
>> interesting info to help you decide to use it, or not.
>> Michael G
> Hi Michael,
> Thanks a lot for helping me to solve this puzzle. Although I know a lot
> about the theory of computers,and even met the Mathematician who devised
> much of it, I tend to get lost among the various pieces of software and
> their specific modus operandi. You reply really helps.
> Regards,
> Mort
Mort,
You are very welcome.
It may be that we share a history going back to the old ARPANET days.
May I suggest to you, to include as much information as possible when asking for help. I had to read between the lines on your posts and sometimes we miss a space or, "\".
