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daemonu.exe

NVIDIA Update Components by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)

Remove daemonu.exe
Warning 3 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of daemonu.exe.

Overview

daemonu.exe has 53 known versions, the most recent one is 1.15.2.0. It is started as a Windows Service called 'NVIDIA Update Service Daemon' with the name 'nvUpdatusService' and described as “NVIDIA Settings Update Manager service, used to check new updates from NVIDIA server.”. . The average file size is about 1.52 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to NVIDIA Corporation by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs NVIDIA Update 1.7.12, NVIDIA Update 1.10.8 and NVIDIA Update 10.4.0 have been observed as installing specific variations of daemonu.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0005% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 4.81 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 9.27 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 3.58 KB per minute for reads and 38 Bytes per minute for writes.

What is daemonu.exe?

NVIDIA Settings Update Manager is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.

DetailsDetails

File name:daemonu.exe
Publisher:NVIDIA Corporation
Product name:NVIDIA Update Components
Description:NVIDIA Settings Update Manager
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\nvidia corporation\nvidia updatus\daemonu.exe
Certificate
Issued to:NVIDIA Corporation
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Thursday, September 1, 2011
Windows Service
Service name:nvUpdatusService
Display name:NVIDIA Update Service Daemon
Description:“NVIDIA Settings Update Manager service, used to check new updates from NVIDIA server.”
Type:Win32OwnProcess

ResourcesPrograms installed in

(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of NVIDIA Update Components.)
NVIDIA Corporation
3% remove
NVIDIA Update provides notifications for GeForce and ION GPUs for both desktop and notebook PCs.
NVIDIA Corporation
5% remove
The NVIDIA Graphics Driver is the software driver for NVIDIA Graphics GPU installed on the PC. It is a program used to communicate from the Windows PC OS to the device. This software is required in mo...
NVIDIA Corporation
3% remove
NVIDIA Update keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest NVIDIA drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com. Starting with R275 drivers, NVI...
NVIDIA Corporation
4% remove
NVIDIA Corporation
9% remove
NVIDIA Update keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest NVIDIA drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com. Starting with R275 drivers, NVI...
NVIDIA Corporation
9% remove
NVIDIA Update provides notifications for GeForce and ION GPUs for both desktop and notebook PCs.
NVIDIA Corporation
1% remove
NVIDIA Update keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest NVIDIA drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com. Starting with R275 drivers, NVI...
NVIDIA Corporation
8% remove
NVIDIA Update keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest NVIDIA drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com. Starting with R275 drivers, NVI...
NVIDIA Corporation
1% remove
The NVIDIA Graphics Driver is the software driver for NVIDIA Graphics GPU installed on the PC. It is a program used to communicate from the Windows PC OS to the device. This software is required in mo...
NVIDIA Corporation
1% remove
NVIDIA Update keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest NVIDIA drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com. Starting with R275 drivers, NVI...
NVIDIA Corporation
5% remove
The NVIDIA Graphics Driver is the software driver for the NVIDIA Graphics GPU installed on the PC. It is a program used to communicate from the Windows PC OS to the device. This software is required i...
NVIDIA Corporation
7% remove
NVIDIA Update keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest NVIDIA drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com. Starting with R275 drivers, NVI...
NVIDIA Corporation
12% remove
3D Vision (previously GeForce 3D Vision) is a stereoscopic gaming kit from Nvidia which consists of LC shutter glasses and driver software which enables stereoscopic vision for any Direct3D game, with...
NVIDIA Corporation
9% remove

BehaviorsBehaviors

(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of daemonu.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'nvUpdatusService' (NVIDIA Update Service Daemon)
  • nvUpdatusService
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Update Core\daemonu.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe'

MalwareMalware detections

Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 3 of them detected the following malware.
Antivirus engineEngine versionDetectionFile version
Antiy Labs AVL 2.0.3.7 Trojan/Win32.KillAV 1.12.12.0
Antiy Labs AVL 2.0.3.7 Trojan/Win32.KillAV 1.12.12.0
Clam AntiVirus 0.97.3.0 PUA.Win32.Packer.Hideprotect 1.7.11.0

VersionsAll file variations of daemonu.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
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6cc0867cff6a8bd08ac9a4e2f23bed09 2743d99e6fba5fee1d387d6c7584017927f0b1c9 1.3 MB
3f2800ad31a64853ae0a0389aa8cfb6e 2fb24330f1ec0cf7c2d94cef39ab0fc39c855af3 1.3 MB
c63e582366ead77978bffd959a66dbb8 15295899fa9de2148accbbd9e6e8b94605eacf96 1.3 MB
9399facc351354f5d2f19c3f024c00aa ea29031acc901bf4f3475d5ef4264a373dd11b37 1.3 MB
ee8ac9af535d992d5d19fff836f97e2b b80d585cd230eaa382199040d699c7cfe48b355b 1.21 MB
c380d056ead9da1efdaa9342338fa62f fd1a9a9ee1f9136b4c1ca42dd959eb3ebf574c56 1.21 MB
aba5a88740635d37a2b6ceb27dbc738a 5226c33f34540f3a0ff769d4b4c3201a5c912622 1.21 MB
2574f7395b3e3b6f37f731291ba76076 58a2b897fdfb4180ac62fb57faf823797c2ea6c9 1.21 MB
a6204eb813259f81217f65a02edc5f09 27663097c364d36dfebd39f4a1c087cdffa31dd7 1.21 MB
0b2b188b73ea97b2506d0a4be819d48c 06721c7b4846aeb1f1e276b9549d3b1a3856ce5c 1.21 MB
b7c53da1c73ff39f4a6248643efd979a b1f369bbc678abcfe7e1723ce9f452820e818a0f 1.21 MB
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e3c7676582502c5e4bb9288c3617ab59 32cfdd3dadbe38a1cf93ad2f30175c7066c9dda8 1.21 MB
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bd1dd8503c78966489656272db085994 29c21eb94b1c323730357577ca086a2bf96b0659 2.18 MB
e7818cd4fb51284c948d68a7a85a69b8 8ec507c5638b90eeb3b6ac2c01629ffd6116f24e 2.11 MB
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f28169a7adf7b41809cf92d369e744f0 a47a5781dca8f99a13912cd55dca1a31cf6ea010 1.92 MB
a072423c3812472d326bc774610055cf b7e6ff5981d6633bf0bfff1d97e8cc6b73730d56 1.92 MB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 31.78%
Windows 7 Ultimate 20.93%
Microsoft Windows XP 8.53%
Windows 8 Pro 7.75%
Windows 8 6.20%
Windows Vista Home Premium 5.43%
Windows 7 Professional 4.65%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 3.88%
Windows 8.1 1.55%
Windows Vista Home Basic 1.55%
Windows 8 Single Language 1.55%
Windows Seven Black Edition 1.55%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.55%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 0.78%
Windows Vista Ultimate 0.78%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview with Media Center 0.78%
Windows 8 Pro N 0.78%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 31.01% of NVIDIA Update Components.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Acer 23.53%
ASUS 17.65%
Dell 14.71%
Hewlett-Packard 13.97%
Lenovo 8.82%
Sony 5.88%
GIGABYTE 5.15%
MSI 4.41%
Samsung 2.21%
American Megatrends 1.47%
Medion 1.47%
Alienware 0.74%
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