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No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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daemonu.exe
NVIDIA Update Components by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 1.12.12.0 |
| MD5: | ee8ac9af535d992d5d19fff836f97e2b |
| SHA1: | b80d585cd230eaa382199040d699c7cfe48b355b |
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) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. 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 updatus\daemonu.exe |
| File version: | 1.12.12.0 |
| Size: | 1.21 MB (1,266,464 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, September 1, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
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 Update Core\daemonu.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\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: | 0.00008168% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003617% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004551% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 63 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 5.48 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 8.89 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.64 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 5.48 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 46.84 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 51.03 MB | |
| Working set: | 8.83 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 9.04 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,266/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 576 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 2.88 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 173/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 8 | |
| Handles: | 222 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\nvidia corporation\nvidia update core\daemonu.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| 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) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
31.78% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.93% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
8.53% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
7.75% |
|
| Windows 8 |
6.20% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
5.43% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
4.65% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.88% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
1.55% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.55% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.55% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
1.55% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.55% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
0.78% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.78% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview with Media Center |
0.78% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro N |
0.78% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 31.01% of NVIDIA Update Components.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
23.53% |
|
| ASUS |
17.65% |
|
| Dell |
14.71% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
13.97% |
|
| Lenovo |
8.82% |
|
| Sony |
5.88% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
5.15% |
|
| MSI |
4.41% |
|
| Samsung |
2.21% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.47% |
|
| Medion |
1.47% |
|
| Alienware |
0.74% |
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