Driver Genius
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.
Software Behaviors
- Firewall:
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- DriverGenius.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\DriverGenius\DriverGenius.exe'.
- Scheduled tasks:
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- 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:
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- 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:
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- SHA-1:
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- SHA-256:
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| File Type | Filename | MD5 |
|---|---|---|
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EXE
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StarterW3i.exe
Malware
|
c834edb9141816e61e98969f45e2d179 |
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OCX
|
26a64a23418ec6e4f1da71befd152822 | |
|
EXE
|
LiveDBUpdater.exe
Malware
|
32a6c75530521520676a6cc5f67c641f |
|
EXE
|
b8e095ca9cd7533a65516eb17065cd80 | |
|
EXE
|
719b38e67f9ae8a1ceb7b2c3d6dfba4c | |
|
EXE
|
ffb19b5e78e6c268b51c35a3fe5a0ca1 | |
|
EXE
|
bcf5f7a148bf1af6d583178f133cc168 | |
|
DLL
|
5008233b3ab47798e19775f638c35e9d | |
|
DLL
|
34a1a59adefad730a3e910dba83b6fbf | |
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OCX
|
9f6fe47859c5e7d5251c460adecc81ef |