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DriverSupport.exe
Driver Support by PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I (Signed)
Version: | 9.1.0.17 |
MD5: | fc3ea3cec4ae3835fb1b04a2eadb457c |
SHA1: | 5a519c0ea07ffc3a42f0ff959b887d3b01a37494 |
Overview
driversupport.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). This is typically installed with the program Driver Support published by PC Drivers HeadQuarters. 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 I which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 8.1 (6.2.9200.0).
Details
File name: | driversupport.exe |
Publisher: | PC Drivers Headquarters |
Product name: | Driver Support |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\driver support\driver support\driversupport.exe |
File version: | 9.1.0.17 |
Size: | 5.21 MB (5,467,488 bytes) |
Build date: | 5/22/2014 1:59 PM |
Certificate |
Issued to: | PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Monday, March 31, 2014 |
Expiration date: | Friday, March 31, 2017 |
Digital DNA |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
.NET CLR: | Yes |
.NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Driver Support is an application designed to check the computer's installed drivers against a database of available drivers for a number of software and device hardware applications. If driver updates are available the software will automatically download them from the manufacturers web site and install them.
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Driver Support' → C:\Program Files\Driver Support\Driver Support\DriverSupport.exe /applicationModC:systemTray /showWelcomC:false
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00020761% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00007264% | |
User CPU: | 0.00013497% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 10,438 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 576,199/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 95.68 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 112.65 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 21.15 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 95.68 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 763.51 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 811.92 MB | |
Working set: | 21.82 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 113.88 MB | |
Page faults: | 225,168/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 7.2 KB/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 2.86 KB/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 801 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 34/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 12 | |
Handles: | 680 | |
GUI GDI count: | 94 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 102 | |
GUI USER count: | 127 | |
GUI USER peak: | 144 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | High |
Platform: | 64-bit |
Command line: | "C:\Program Files\driver support\driver support\driversupport.exe" /actioC:manualscan /scheduledscanruninhourC:1 /scheduledscantriggertypC:weekly /resultfilteC:outofdate /showwelcomC:false /usefastscaC:true /scansysteC:false /scanunpluggeC:true /saC:true /regstatuC:true /applicationmodC:systemtray /tiC:us204 |
Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
DriverSupport.exe (main module) |
Total CPU: | 0.01289026% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00189043% | |
User CPU: | 0.01099983% | |
CPU cycles: | 296,426/sec | |
Context switches: | 4/sec | |
Memory: | 5.23 MB | |
mscorwks.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00034696% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00006164% | |
User CPU: | 0.00028531% | |
CPU cycles: | 8,183/sec | |
Memory: | 9.63 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 8.1 |
100.00% |
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Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Toshiba |
100.00% |
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