How do i stop wuauclt.exe

Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. I believe this is a virus, although the web states that at one point it was a Microsoft Automatic Updater that can sometimes disguises itself as a virus.

It is wreaking havoc and every time I try to stop its process on my Task Manager, it quickly seconds restarts. Please help! This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

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OK, let's go for it. Here is the guide:. You can be also interested in: checking if wuauclt. Typical Windows message: wuauclt. How to handle damaged file: wuauclt. If you got troubles with Windows, you should definitely give it a try. What is wuauclt. This process continuously checks for the latest updates.

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Average security risk: Very low. Average user rating of wuauclt.