What is DAEMON Tools Lite?

DAEMON Tools Lite is software application developed by DT Soft Ltd. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows XP with nearly 49.28% of installations running this operating system. DAEMON Tools Lite's installer is typically 7.00 MB in size and installs around 125 files. The most common release is 4.30.4 with 28.57% of all installations currently using this version.

DAEMON Tools Lite is most popular in the United States with 32.69% of installations residing in this country.

DAEMON Tools Lite adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, DAEMON Tools Lite is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About DAEMON Tools Lite?

DAEMON Tools, short for Disk And Execution MONitor tools, is a virtual drive and optical disc authoring program designed for use on Microsoft Windows operating systems. The free version of the program includes the option to install additional products, described as 'Special Offers', during the installation process. It is important to note that these additional products are optional, although they are pre-checked by default. Currently, the free version of DAEMON Tools includes various Conduit toolbar products, such as the 'Value Apps' Price Gong and CouponBuddy, both of which are ad-supported programs. It is also worth noting that as part of the installation process, users have the option to install the Somoto Toolbar, which includes the Value Apps for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome, as well as enable Conduit Search Protect. The installation process includes pre-checked options to "Install the toolbar with Value Apps and receive notifications (recommended)" and "Set my default search and homepage to the toolbar's customized web search page," as well as "Install and enable Search Protect to notify me of changes." It is recommended that users carefully review and uncheck any unwanted additional products during the installation process to avoid unintentionally installing potentially unwanted software.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

DTLite.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\DTLite.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

DTLite.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E86A5D36-7F29-4C18-A16B-488DCF0E3069}' (runs on registration).
YASU.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{6DCE2266-15A1-4273-B569-C2C2ECF13186}' (runs on registration).
daemon.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{56BF1E45-390F-4198-973E-2A55FAB9D006}' (runs on registration).
uninst.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{28748793-5B22-446A-8184-04DC3B1BCFE5}'.

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

DTLite.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named DAEMON Tools Lite.

Registry entries:

DTLite.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'DAEMON Tools Lite' and executes as "C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\DTLite.exe" -autorun.
daemon.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'DAEMON Tools Lite' and executes as "C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\DTLite.exe" -autorun.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.daemon-tools.cc

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\daemon tools lite

Uninstaller:

rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection dtools.inf,Uninstall

Size:

7.00 MB

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