DriverTool.exe
Driver Tool by PC Drivers HeadQuarters (Signed)
Overview
There are 2 versions of drivertool.exe in the wild, the latest version being 8.1.0.3. drivertool.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. 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 3.37 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to PC Drivers HeadQuarters by VeriSign. 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 64.22 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 75.77 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 894.09 KB per minute for reads and 87.83 KB per minute for writes.
What is drivertool.exe?
Driver Tool 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.
About drivertool.exe (from PC Drivers HeadQuarters)
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 Details
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| File name: | drivertool.exe |
| Publisher: | PC Drivers Headquarters |
| Product name: | Driver Tool |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\driver tool\driver tool\drivertool.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | PC Drivers HeadQuarters |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, April 3, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, April 21, 2014 |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of drivertool.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Driver Tool' → C:\Program Files\Driver Tool\Driver Tool\DriverTool.exe /applicationModC:systemTray /showWelcomC:false
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'Driver Tool-RTMUpdater' runs weekly in the path '\Driver Tool-RTMUpdater'
- The task 'Driver Tool-RTMScan' in the path '\Driver Tool-RTMScan'
- The job 'Driver Tool-RTMRules' runs weekly in the path '\Driver Tool-RTMRules'
All file variations of drivertool.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
100.00% |
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