I noticed that I did not have any IObit products installed on my system anymore, which led to the conclusion that LiveUpdate.exe was a leftover that - for whatever reason - was not removed during the uninstallation of the last IObit product that made use of it. ![]() Now that I knew that, I started to investigate the matter further. I knew now that it was created by the software company IObit, likely to power the updating of company products on my system similar to how Firefox or Google Chrome are handling the updating. The process in this case was a service, and the Services Manager revealed additional information about it. ![]() If it is a service, you can get similar information by loading services.msc on your system using the run box or command prompt. Note: The process LiveUpdate.exe only shows up if you select to "Show processes from all users" in the Task Manager. ![]() The location of the service on the system is displayed here, so that I know its folder location and as part of this usually also the program that installed it on my system. The first thing that I usually do is open the Windows Task Manager with Ctrl-Shift-Esc, right-click the process in question, and select properties from the context menu. It is thankfully relatively easy to find out more about a process running on your system. I immediately thought of Windows Live, but since I never heard of the executable before, it was almost certain that it had nothing to do with Microsoft's service. ![]() I noticed the LiveUpdate.exe process recently on a Windows PC and was not really sure what to make of it at first. Most of the time, they are not needed at all and waste only system resources. While that works well, I usually spot processes started by third party programs after installation.
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