daemonu.exe
NVIDIA Update Components by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 1.10.8.0 |
| MD5: | 0629259e3af6bb0534fceca208973404 |
| SHA1: | 2e3a0fa8a2d447455936b3790e5a4d1df38c81ec |
| SHA256: | e5dda62d5d21d5d11a711bbfc5b839b59e336997c0c9a32a0b04ac9fbb6472d4 |
What is daemonu.exe?
NVIDIA Settings Update Manager is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
Overview
daemonu.exe runs as a service under the name NVIDIA Update Service Daemon (nvUpdatusService) within the local user context. It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. It is installed with a couple of know programs including NVIDIA Graphics Driver 306.97 published by NVIDIA Corporation, NVIDIA Driver grafico 306.97 from NVIDIA Corporation and NVIDIA Driver grafico 306.97 by NVIDIA Corporation. The file is digitally signed by NVIDIA Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | daemonu.exe |
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Product name: | NVIDIA Update Components |
| Description: | NVIDIA Settings Update Manager |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\nvidia corporation\nvidia update core\daemonu.exe |
| File version: | 1.10.8.0 |
| Size: | 1.2 MB (1,258,856 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'nvUpdatusService' (NVIDIA Update Service Daemon)
- nvUpdatusService
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Update Core\daemonu.exe'
Network connections
Access through an approved Windows firewall exception
[UDP] listens on port 48000
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00069942% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00058297% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00011645% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 3,237,181 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 98,809/sec | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 4.24 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 8.3 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.5 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 4.24 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 64.94 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 70.04 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.52 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 8.5 MB | |
| Page faults: | 4,960/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 169 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 13 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1.45 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 86/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 8 | |
| Handles: | 246 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\nvidia corporation\nvidia update core\daemonu.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | nvUpdatusService |
| Display name: | NVIDIA Update Service Daemon |
| Description: | “NVIDIA Settings Update Manager service, used to check new updates from NVIDIA server.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00044097% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00044097% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 21,340/sec | |
| Memory: | 100 KB | |
| daemonu.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00039644% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00038377% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001267% | |
| CPU cycles: | 43,910/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.22 MB | |
| ADVAPI32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002815% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002111% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000704% | |
| CPU cycles: | 798/sec | |
| Memory: | 764 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
30.23% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
24.42% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
11.05% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
9.30% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
6.98% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
6.98% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
2.33% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.33% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.74% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.16% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
1.16% |
|
| Windows 8 |
1.16% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.58% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.58% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 30.81% of NVIDIA Update Components.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
28.17% |
|
| Acer |
16.90% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
16.90% |
|
| Intel |
14.08% |
|
| ASUS |
8.45% |
|
| Alienware |
4.23% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
4.23% |
|
| Samsung |
2.82% |
|
| Lenovo |
2.82% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.41% |
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