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I have lupdater.exe running everytime my computer starts.

TonyE replied
tiamaya

When i turn on my laptop, i see this running in my task manager lupdater.exe. It says in the description that it is a Firefox program. It is in C:/Program Files/Common Files/ComObject

Modified: April 01,2010 Created: July 13, 2010

When i turn on my laptop, i see this running in my task manager lupdater.exe. It says in the description that it is a Firefox program. It is in C:/Program Files/Common Files/ComObject Modified: April 01,2010 Created: July 13, 2010

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That program is not part of Firefox, and Mozilla do not install anything to the folder mentioned.

A Google search shows this may be a virus, for example see http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/Windows_7/Q_26265999.html