Should I block it?
45% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
DriverUpdate.exe
DriverUpdate by Slimware Utilities (Signed)
| Version: | 2.2.30452.304 |
| MD5: | e6c45774db500eb3ee32a788e68ec00c |
| SHA1: | c74d3f640346107f872db8864a312fcd4be2dc37 |
| SHA256: | a7d619c5695bb6c96714210571f081d39481e5eb77f1ead3446bc9a74afe604f |
Overview
driverupdate.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is an auto-starting process that used the Windows Task Scheduler service to load when the user logs into Windows (sometimes this is required to bypass the UAC protection). It is installed with a couple of know programs including DriverUpdate published by SlimWare Utilities, Inc., AGEIA GAME System Software from AGEIA Technologies, Inc. and AGEIA GAME System Software by AGEIA Technologies, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Slimware Utilities which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | driverupdate.exe |
| Publisher: | SlimWare Utilities, Inc. |
| Product name: | DriverUpdate |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\driverupdate\driverupdate.exe |
| File version: | 2.2.30452.304 |
| Product version: | 2.2.0.0 |
| Size: | 32.64 MB (34,220,352 bytes) |
| Build date: | 6/22/2013 3:02 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Slimware Utilities |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, April 1, 2013 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, April 1, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
AGEIA GAME System Software manages PhysX, a PPU expansion card designed by Ageia to accelerate PhysX-enabled video games. Video games supporting hardware acceleration by PhysX can be accelerated by either a PhysX PPU or a CUDA-enabled GeForce GPU thus offloading physics calculations from the CPU, allowing it to perform other tasks instead. A physics processing unit (PPU) is a processor specially designed to alleviate the calculation b...
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QuickShare, also know as Smartbar, is an auto-starting program that is typically bundled with various shareware software. It displays advertising and is designed to run when Windows boots up. In addition it integrates with the various social networks including Facebook and Twitter in order to provide sharing features (and has access to core Facebook permissions). The product has low-level adware flags by more than one top-tier anti-viru...
“Updating System Drivers makes your computer run better. It prevents device errors and can even lend quicker repairs to future problems. SlimDrivers and DriverUpdate allow you to remove and update obsolete driver versions to prevent conflicts and maximize computer stability. Having a slimmed down update process makes it easier to get the latest drivers, including those that improve computer performance, PC function and user accessibility...”
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'DriverUpdate Startup' runs on logon in the path '\DriverUpdate Startup'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\DriverUpdate Startup'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00060443% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00044166% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00016277% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 7,909 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,920,289/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 9.05 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 40.54 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 28.95 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 9.05 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 130.64 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 140.01 MB | |
| Working set: | 29.05 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 40.6 MB | |
| Page faults: | 14,315/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 33 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 95 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 22 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 252 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 569 | |
| GUI USER count: | 239 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| DriverUpdate.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.01222285% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00725495% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00496790% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,837,659/sec | |
| Memory: | 32.68 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004547% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004547% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 784/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.16 MB | |
| GDIPLUS.DLL |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001515% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001515% | |
| CPU cycles: | 148/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.67 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
55.56% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
13.89% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
8.33% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
5.56% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
2.78% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
2.78% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
2.78% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
2.78% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
2.78% |
|
| Windows 8 |
2.78% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 77.78% of DriverUpdate.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
36.36% |
|
| Toshiba |
21.82% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.00% |
|
| Lenovo |
10.91% |
|
| Acer |
3.64% |
|
| ASUS |
3.64% |
|
| Samsung |
1.82% |
|
| Alienware |
1.82% |
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