Versions
(Note, SmartTweak Software Ltd publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
updatemydrivers.exe
By SmartTweak Software Ltd (Signed)
Warning 4 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of updatemydrivers.exe.
Overview
updatemydrivers.exe has 2 known versions, the most recent one is . updatemydrivers.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. It also provides a graphical interface (GUI) for the user to interact with it and contains an icon in the Windows notifictaion system tray (near the clock). 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 2.06 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to SmartTweak Software Ltd by the certification authority Thawte. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program UpdateMyDrivers from SmartTweak Software. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0053% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 20.2 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 27.98 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 5 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
 Details
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| File name: | updatemydrivers.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\smarttweak software\updatemydrivers\updatemydrivers.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | SmartTweak Software Ltd |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte |
| Effective date: | Monday, May 9, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of updatemydrivers.exe.)
“Keep drivers up to date automatically with UpdateMyDrivers. Recognizing more than a million hardware devices, UpdateMyDrivers keeps your system always up to date, guaranteeing the best performance and...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of updatemydrivers.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'UpdateMyDrivers' → C:\Program Files\SmartTweak Software\UpdateMyDrivers\UpdateMyDrivers.exe /ot /as /ss
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 4 of them detected the following malware.
All file variations of updatemydrivers.exe
