Live Update or LiveUpdate, with executable file extension of liveupdate.exe, is associated with a number of software programs. The file basically serves as the auto updater for various software programs and applications. Its most common association is with a program known as Openwares. This file launches a process that is described as a Web-update tool that searches the Internet for applicable updates to corresponding software programs. This Web-update tool is utilized by a number of software programs so even if you find the liveupdate.exe file installed on your PC; it was most likely installed by software that you recently installed on the computer. If you have an Asus machine, the file was most likely installed by your machine’s OEM. It also serves as an auto update tool for various programs installed on your PC. The file has a standard path of C:\Program Files\LiveUpdate\liveupdate.exe or C:\Program Files\ASUS\Asus Live Update\liveupdate.exe. The process has an approximate size on disk of about 1.48 MB.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. liveupdate.exe. is used by LiveUpdate, If you shut down liveupdate.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop liveupdate.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is LiveUpdate, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed liveupdate.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as LiveUpdate, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if liveupdate.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that liveupdate.exe, belongs to, in this case LiveUpdate