Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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DriverBoost.exe
DriverBoost by PC Drivers HeadQuarters (Signed)
| Version: | 8.1.0.8 |
| MD5: | 28052e2fa1535ac5edd1ff0b18e97ac1 |
| SHA1: | 6d6251b45bae6d5b70de544af980f0e520baa997 |
| SHA256: | 5b910abc738339f3febbc0423575c8c4dd9e89a6e04292a74b1a35a935c92bd4 |
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.”
Overview
driverboost.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. 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). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by PC Drivers HeadQuarters which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | driverboost.exe |
| Publisher: | PC Drivers Headquarters |
| Product name: | DriverBoost |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\driverboost\driverboost\driverboost.exe |
| File version: | 8.1.0.8 |
| Size: | 3.43 MB (3,595,120 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | PC Drivers HeadQuarters |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, April 3, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, April 21, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
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'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00481291% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00144648% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00336643% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,388 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 48.78 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 40.72 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 36.27 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 48.78 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 258.83 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 264.61 MB | |
| Working set: | 36.29 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 66.98 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 16 | |
| Handles: | 534 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 66 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 69 | |
| GUI USER count: | 82 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 84 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| DriverBoost.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00494184% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00168604% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00325580% | |
| CPU cycles: | 135,609/sec | |
| Memory: | 3.45 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00087227% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00063967% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00023261% | |
| CPU cycles: | 43,883/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
| mscorwks.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00019430% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00013605% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00005825% | |
| CPU cycles: | 12,566/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.66 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
78.95% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
10.53% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
5.26% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
5.26% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 57.89% of DriverBoost.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
66.67% |
|
| Samsung |
33.33% |
|
