Driver Genius

Driver Genius

Known Generic

by Driver-Soft Inc.

What is Driver Genius?

Driver Genius is software application developed by Driver-Soft Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 59.25% of installations running this operating system. Driver Genius's installer is typically 25.00 MB in size and installs around 88 files. The most common release is 12.0 with 58.96% of all installations currently using this version.

Driver Genius is most popular in the United States with 22.99% of installations residing in this country.

Driver Genius adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Driver Genius is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Driver Genius?

Driver Genius is a professional software application that is specifically designed to compare the drivers currently installed on a PC with a comprehensive database of available drivers for various software and device hardware applications. If updates for drivers are available, the software will seamlessly download them from the respective manufacturers' websites and install them automatically.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Driver Genius.

uninstall.exe (MD5: 53817a366d16165e18b0babc60239ff5) has been flagged by 6 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent_Packed.1342464.B
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.1342464
Antiy-AVL Worm/Win32.WhiteIce
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
AVG DriverCleaner.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0831
unins000.exe (MD5: 93f95108a259907fefd14bba8c54c15b) has been flagged by 4 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Antiy-AVL Worm/Win32.WhiteIce
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
AVG DriverCleaner.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0831
LiveUpdate.exe (MD5: 2ad7bbb545068f9b182533c31424fb8e) has been flagged by 8 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.Generic.gen
AVG DriverCleaner.A
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
Rising Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic.12C2063C
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent_Packed.1342464.B
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.1342464
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0831
LiveUpdate1.exe (MD5: 07b132bd713c4f6c7df2d02b6d089e78) has been flagged by 7 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Downloader.AQW
Rising Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic.12C2063C
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent_Packed.1342464.B
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.1342464
Antiy-AVL Worm/Win32.WhiteIce
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0831
StarterW3i.exe (MD5: c834edb9141816e61e98969f45e2d179) has been flagged by 2 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG DriverCleaner.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0831

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • DriverGenius.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\DriverGenius\DriverGenius.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • DriverGenius.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Driver Genius Skip UAC'.
  • unins000.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{598B6615-4F29-4FB1-8521-D3DEAA680C70}' (runs on registration).
  • StarterW3i.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{9F9F47EE-62A6-4071-B666-A4A00B18012E}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • DriverGenius.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Driver Genius Scheduler.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.driver-soft.com
Support:
https://www.driver-soft.com/support.html
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\DriverGenius\
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\DriverGenius\unins000.exe"
Size:
25.00 MB
Language:
Russian

Driver Genius Executable Details

Primary executable:
DriverGenius.exe
Name:
Driver Genius
Path:
C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\DriverGenius\DriverGenius.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Driver Genius
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
53817a366d16165e18b0babc60239ff5
EXE
93f95108a259907fefd14bba8c54c15b
DLL
008f4c70cb62ab49fd90e47ec89339ba
EXE
44f3246c08d26ea6ba77e91066bfa6de
EXE
29e219b256a5a4be8596f39093884a86
DLL
720c9275cfa8e46a5d33b94fca104af6
EXE
dacfb9024b69cac51dc7a97a1a022b12
DLL
d90dad5eea33a178bac56fff2847d4c2
EXE
2978d69551c063662ab68b823fda7611
EXE
f15cf6ea66704d4cd5349cbf32aae8ab