DriverBoost.exe
DriverBoost by PC Drivers HeadQuarters (Signed)
Overview
There are 4 versions of driverboost.exe in the wild, the latest version being 8.1.0.8. driverboost.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 3.38 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 63.42 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 470.21 KB per minute for reads and 54.1 KB per minute for writes.
What is driverboost.exe?
DriverBoost is a PC driver update utility that compares drivers installed on a PC to the most up to date drivers and makes various recommendations for updating them.
About driverboost.exe (from PC Drivers HeadQuarters)
“DriverBoost is a driver update service that will scan your computer for all installed & connected hardware, locate
all OEM drivers and provide them in an easy, convenient format.”
 Details
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| File name: | driverboost.exe |
| Publisher: | PC Drivers Headquarters |
| Product name: | DriverBoost |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\driverboost\driverboost\driverboost.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 driverboost.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'DriverBoost' → C:\Program Files\DriverBoost\DriverBoost\DriverBoost.exe /applicationModC:systemTray /showWelcomC:false
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'DriverBoost-RTMUpdater' runs weekly in the path '\DriverBoost-RTMUpdater'
- The job 'DriverBoost-RTMScan' in the path '\DriverBoost-RTMScan'
- The task 'DriverBoost-RTMRules' runs weekly in the path '\DriverBoost-RTMRules'
- Entry path '\DriverBoost-RTMUpdater'
- Entry path '\DriverBoost-RTMScan'
- Entry path '\DriverBoost-RTMRules'
All file variations of driverboost.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
78.95% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
10.53% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
5.26% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
5.26% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 57.89% of DriverBoost.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
66.67% |
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| Samsung |
33.33% |
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