Versions

8.2.0.26	12.50%
8.0.0.69	75.00%
8.0.0.67	12.50%

There are 3 versions of driversupport.exe in the wild, the latest version being 8.2.0.26. driversupport.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process displays a GUI (graphical user interface) which allows the user to interact with it as well as displays a notification icon in the taskbar. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 3.75 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to PC Drivers HeadQuarters by VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Driver Support from PC Drivers HeadQuarters, Inc. The executable is a .NET framework assembly utilizing the CLR. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 73.63 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 201.58 KB per minute for reads and 74.34 KB per minute for writes.

Driver Support is used to locate new versions of drivers that are already installed on the computer system. Drivers that currently have upgrades available are shown to the user, who can proceed with the upgrade with a simple click.