Google Drive

Google Drive

by Google Inc

What is Google Drive?

Google Drive is software application developed by Google Inc. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 53.05% of installations running this operating system. Google Drive's installer is typically 29.00 MB in size and installs around 50 files. The most common release is 1.14.6059.644 with 8.27% of all installations currently using this version.

Google Drive is most popular in the United States with 49.03% of installations residing in this country.

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

About Google Drive?

Google Drive is a cloud-based file storage and synchronization service developed by Google. It now serves as the platform for Google Docs, a collection of productivity tools that enable collaborative editing on various document types, including spreadsheets and presentations. The Google Drive client software is required to synchronize files between the user's computer and the cloud storage, ensuring seamless access and updates across both locations.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • googledrivesync.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • googledrivesync.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{7280C103-22D5-4BD8-909B-B903441EDFB3}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • googledrivesync.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 1.
Registry entries:
  • googledrivesync.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'GoogleDriveSync' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe" /autostart.

Software Details

URL:
https://drive.google.com
Support:
https://www.google.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\google\drive
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{14ECAABB-C8B9-4A09-92F7-CDF1A45B6DDE}
Size:
29.00 MB
Language:
English

Google Drive Executable Details

Primary executable:
googledrivesync.exe
Name:
Google Drive
Path:
C:\Program Files\google\drive\googledrivesync.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Google Drive
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
934f4d79d0612126e262d9fa477c4b6f
DLL
70d29b3db1b383c250777d50d8136363
DLL
6bf8fc2c09873ced9189a169b9c955ae
DLL
b1e1641f471b194ae2b6f6a548863650
DLL
869558ba41a29a0e7577d073ff471701
DLL
f354fe1881a28cc6dd0be38a72b123fc
EXE
130cb60c6c0c694118725070f83a1519
EXE
2d83f4a7e5f7faf02072a1f82cfc4387
EXE
d0e5e126fc1b249c91f326ca629580ee
EXE
766468cbffa94d6d2d4679a1978eec0c