adu.exe
Advanced Driver Updater by Systweak Software (Signed)
Overview
adu.exe has 2 known versions, the most recent one is 2.1.1086.15131. adu.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process utilizes the Windows Task Scheduler to automatically launch the file as a process when a user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 8.63 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Systweak Software by the certification authority VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Advanced Driver Updater from Systweak Inc. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0004% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 26.26 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 52.37 MB.
 Details
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| File name: | adu.exe |
| Publisher: | Systweak Inc |
| Product name: | Advanced Driver Updater |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\advanced driver updater\adu.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Systweak Software |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, October 12, 2015 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Advanced Driver Updater.)
Distributed under the alias The Phone Support Pvt. Ltd., this is a driver update software which checks for new available drivers on the user's PC. If ADU is an evaluation or trial version, it may cont...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of adu.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'AdvancedDriverUpdaterRunAtStartup' runs on logon in the path '\AdvancedDriverUpdaterRunAtStartup'
- The task 'AdvancedDriverUpdater_UPDATES' runs weekly in the path '\AdvancedDriverUpdater_UPDATES'
- Entry path '\AdvancedDriverUpdaterRunAtStartup'
- Entry path '\AdvancedDriverUpdater_UPDATES'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\AdvancedDriverUpdaterRunAtStartup'
All file variations of adu.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 |
35.29% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
23.53% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
17.65% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
17.65% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
5.88% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 23.53% of Advanced Driver Updater.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
40.00% |
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| Toshiba |
30.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
20.00% |
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| Acer |
10.00% |
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