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
DLL
7645da8a9ba888a7566374896639a77b
EXE
1c0c02bf6bc237e70c78d57753499e8e
DLL
51233d4d7da19e8ad4e9413aceb41e95
DLL
e6f5898e9d4b0da99c6f1d47e66112bb
DLL
c62c86bdf5eaedf5dd858f95ab0ca1a9
EXE
9247870487dbaf722e80b07084477794
EXE
a63605d4374798b7bb6237d020977e71
EXE
2ad7bbb545068f9b182533c31424fb8e
DLL
6ae50ebbf5b12e4b62c96487eb112f29
EXE
e0620073ff2fb4a560c8da5d3e38c8b1