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40% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
SlimDrivers.exe
SlimDrivers by Slimware Utilities (Signed)
| Version: | 2.2.29035.11202 |
| MD5: | a34cfc51b5ea900f9540507032a5969a |
| SHA1: | 744d33d01c51bd1d8fd4e17aee4a63161c753920 |
| SHA256: | 909feaf1737151fc8c5e977e219c1d6b7b01dc76295acb171168d6fc3cef7f72 |
Overview
slimdrivers.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It is installed with a couple of know programs including SlimDrivers published by SlimWare Utilities, Inc., SlimDrivers from SlimWare Utilities, Inc. and SlimDrivers by SlimWare Utilities, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Slimware Utilities which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | slimdrivers.exe |
| Publisher: | SlimWare Utilities, Inc. |
| Product name: | SlimDrivers |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\slimdrivers\slimdrivers.exe |
| File version: | 2.2.29035.11202 |
| Product version: | 2.2.0.0 |
| Size: | 28.01 MB (29,374,784 bytes) |
| Build date: | 4/24/2013 12:11 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Slimware Utilities |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, January 3, 2013 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, January 4, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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“SlimDrivers automatically updates PC drivers with real-time scanning and cloud technology. The first cloud-based utility for updating and maintaining drivers, SlimDrivers provides instant optimization of the interaction between a computer and its system components and periperhals, such as printers, graphic and sound cards, motherboards, USB ports, game controllers and other devices and hardware. SlimDrivers scans a PC, identifies the co...”
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'SlimDrivers Scan' runs weekly in the path '\SlimDrivers Scan'
- The job 'SlimDrivers Startup' runs on logon in the path '\SlimDrivers Startup'
- Entry path '\SlimDrivers Startup'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\SlimDrivers Startup'
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SlimDrivers' → "C:\Program Files\SlimDrivers\SlimDrivers.exe" -boot
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00070848% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00055098% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00015750% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 6,734 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 7,753,478/sec | |
| Context switches: | 109/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 12.02 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 19.93 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.59 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 12.02 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 139.21 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 157.31 MB | |
| Working set: | 14.24 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 36.23 MB | |
| Page faults: | 67,698/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 1.67 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 15/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 1017 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1006 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 53/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 8 | |
| Handles: | 302 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 518 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 526 | |
| GUI USER count: | 223 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 234 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| SlimDrivers.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.03207153% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01423493% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01783661% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,911,457/sec | |
| Context switches: | 34/sec | |
| Memory: | 28.05 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00005150% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000439% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004711% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,630/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
27.12% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
25.42% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
16.95% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
15.25% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
6.78% |
|
| Windows 8 |
5.08% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
1.69% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.69% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 61.40% of SlimDrivers.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
29.27% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
19.51% |
|
| ASUS |
17.07% |
|
| Acer |
10.98% |
|
| MSI |
7.32% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
6.10% |
|
| Intel |
4.88% |
|
| Alienware |
2.44% |
|
| Toshiba |
2.44% |
|
