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
OCX
f64990ae23932d010fe0aac4a2ae702b
EXE
4f69e2acbe3aaa366dd8cc46ced7ca5e
EXE
b897c2b355e3bb5cb3e5aeefbe5a98d4
EXE
db6b646dc49739f8add46f65891b499f
EXE
393c33a1d27e6e6f286066853c0337e9
EXE
ef5eb689e408a53ab97a4501b76b5e29
EXE
4914fefa5fb5598073060cbadf563187
EXE
b3251ff751b22c2deb8cd2ef3a01a026
EXE
727ebd3f4b349d1d0cad85b0dce407d4
EXE
4816778264a4baf661a63de4ac37bee2