DriverUpdate.exe
DriverUpdate by Slimware Utilities (Signed)
Overview
driverupdate.exe has 9 known versions, the most recent one is 2.2.38275.40784. driverupdate.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process utilizes the Windows Task Scheduler to automatically launch the file as a process when a user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 31.07 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Slimware Utilities by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs DriverUpdate, ESU for Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Microsoft XML Parser and SDK have been observed as installing specific variations of driverupdate.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0026% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 23.18 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 43.21 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 2.58 KB per minute for reads and 1.99 KB per minute for writes.
Details |
File name: | driverupdate.exe |
Publisher: | SlimWare Utilities, Inc. |
Product name: | DriverUpdate |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\driverupdate\driverupdate.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Slimware Utilities |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Monday, April 1, 2013 |
Expiration date: | Wednesday, April 1, 2015 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of DriverUpdate.)
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Adobe Systems Incorporated |
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“Dell DataSafe Online helps protect your music, photos and other important files by placing backup copies on a secure storage site using your internet connection. For your security all data is encrypte...”
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of driverupdate.exe, select a unique version for details.)
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'
All file variations of driverupdate.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
55.56% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
13.89% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
8.33% |
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Windows Vista Home Premium |
5.56% |
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Windows 8.1 Pro |
2.78% |
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Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
2.78% |
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Windows Vista Ultimate |
2.78% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
2.78% |
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Windows Vista Business |
2.78% |
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Windows 8 |
2.78% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 77.78% of DriverUpdate.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
36.36% |
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Toshiba |
21.82% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
20.00% |
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Lenovo |
10.91% |
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Acer |
3.64% |
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ASUS |
3.64% |
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Samsung |
1.82% |
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Alienware |
1.82% |
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