drvinst.exe
Driver Installation Module by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Warning 3 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of drvinst.exe.
Overview
There are 12 versions of drvinst.exe in the wild, the latest version being 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). A job within the Windows Task Scheduler is added to execute this process of a specific schedule during installation of the program. The average file size is about 93.46 KB.
Details |
File name: | drvinst.exe |
Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
Product name: | Driver Installation Module |
Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\drvinst.exe |
Original name: | DrvInst.EXE.MUI |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of drvinst.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'Sysprep Generalize Drivers' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Plug and Play\Sysprep Generalize Drivers'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\Plug and Play\Sysprep Generalize Drivers'
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 3 of them detected the following malware.
All file variations of drvinst.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 8 Pro |
31.25% |
|
Windows 8 |
28.50% |
|
Windows 8.1 |
11.75% |
|
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
7.00% |
|
Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.75% |
|
Windows 8 Single Language |
3.50% |
|
Windows 8 Enterprise |
3.00% |
|
Windows 8.1 Single Language |
2.00% |
|
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.50% |
|
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
1.00% |
|
Windows 8 Release Preview |
1.00% |
|
Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.75% |
|
Windows 8 Pro N |
0.75% |
|
Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.50% |
|
Windows 8.1 N |
0.25% |
|
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.25% |
|
Windows 8.1 Single Language Preview |
0.25% |
|
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview with Media Center |
0.25% |
|
Windows Server 2012 Standard Evaluation |
0.25% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 42.17% of Driver Installation Module.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Hewlett-Packard |
18.63% |
|
ASUS |
14.22% |
|
Toshiba |
14.22% |
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Dell |
13.73% |
|
Acer |
12.75% |
|
Lenovo |
9.80% |
|
Sony |
7.35% |
|
GIGABYTE |
2.94% |
|
Intel |
2.45% |
|
Samsung |
1.47% |
|
American Megatrends |
0.74% |
|
Medion |
0.49% |
|
Alienware |
0.49% |
|
MSI |
0.49% |
|
Packard Bell |
0.25% |
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