Ranked
#807
Worldwide
Ranked
#1,553
US
Lifespan
335.5
Days
 

Driver Genius Professional Edition

Published by Driver-Soft Inc.

Driver Genius Professional Edition Publisher's Description

Driver Genius can detect and quickly backup drivers installed on the system. It can compress the backup drivers to a zip file, self extracting file or an independent executable auto installer program....  Read more

Details

Latest version:11.0.0.1112
Location:C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\DriverGenius\
Install size:18.55 MB (19,452,789 bytes)
About URL:http://www.driver-soft.com
Help link:http://www.driver-soft.com/support.html
Language:English (United States) (1033)
Uninstall:MsiExec.exe /I{9D05E31A-5FF0-4B80-9258-C75D299909A5}

The trust score is the reputation of Driver Genius Professional Edition based on a number of factors including malware scans, behvaior, uninstall trends and general user experiences.
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Reasons behind trust score

  • Some versions are flagged as malware by multiple antivirus programs.
  • Adds a recurring scheduled task to Windows.
  • Automatically starts up each time any user logs into Windows.
  • Very poorly rated by third-party sources and expert users.

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Malware detections

drivergenius.exe has been detected by the following 2 antivirus programs:
Bkav Security
as HW32.Laneul.ioui
Ikarus
as Win32.SuspectCrc
In addition, a total of 23 unique files installed by Driver Genius Professional Edition contain malware detections. Detections include starterw3i.exe,liveupdate.exe.
(Malware scans performed using the herdProtect meta-scan engines)

Global Reach

Install and Uninstall Trends


drivergenius.exe (Main Executable)
Common path:C:\Program Files\driver-soft\drivergenius\drivergenius.exe
Behavior:Scheduled Task
Name:Driver Genius
MD5:
2
a5f808a27b959a01924ae10fc22fe27f
CodejockControls.ocx
Behavior:Safe for Scripting Control
Publisher:Codejock Software
Name:Xtreme Suite ActiveX Control Module
MD5:9b4d8487c8afbf7f8affe933baed6bf8
TaskTray.exe
Behavior:Startup File (All Users Run)
MD5:15ec378494a1a4abf0b86fafc721f6d9
clinetsuitex6.ocx
Behavior:Safe for Scripting Control
Publisher:Clever Components
Name:Clever Internet Suite
MD5:524404d06efde38fd5008502dde6a9ef
zlib1.dll
Behavior:ActiveX Install
Name:zlib
Description:zlib data compression library
MD5:80e41408f6d641dc1c0f5353a0cc8125
StarterW3i.exe
Behavior:Startup File (All Users Run)
MD5:c281710e1d7cec357765371cd8a29959
MSVBVM60.DLL
Behavior:ActiveX Install
Publisher:Microsoft
Name:Visual Basic
MD5:f28eb5cbc3ca6d8c787f09f047d1f9c8
Driver Genius.exe
MD5:b8e095ca9cd7533a65516eb17065cd80
drvgenpro v11.0.0.1112.exe
MD5:6eda6c8eb246418d781d36d5b9674746
drvgenpro.exe
MD5:6eda6c8eb246418d781d36d5b9674746
setup.exe
MD5:c8fa9f1ef5b84e38d39d309d9d937c7e

Installs by Country

22.6%
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Installs in the United States

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Versions

11.0.0.1112 0.14%
11.0 55.70%
10.0.0.712 0.10%
10.0 31.62%

Facts

  • Driver Genius Professional Edition is developed by Driver-Soft Inc..
  • It contains malware with multiple detections from the top antivirus engines.
  • This software is potentially unwanted based on the trust factor and experience of other users.
  • The current user reach of this app is about 0.0126% of all PC users, however this reach has declined from a lifetime average of 1.0655%.
  • This program has a higher than normal uninstall rate of about 86.0%.
  • A scheduled task is added to Windows that will execute when a user logs in. The task is named '\Driver Genius'.
  • The current version is 11.0.0.1112 with 5 known versions. The most widely installed version is 11.0.

Operating Systems

Windows 7 72.10%
Windows XP 15.92%
Windows Vista 6.40%
Windows 8 5.55%
Server 2003 0.03%

PC Manufacturers

HP 20.35%
Acer 19.38%
Dell 14.18%
ASUS 10.35%
GIGABYTE 7.21%
Toshiba 4.92%
AMI 4.88%
Medion 3.75%
Sony 2.90%
Lenovo 2.78%
Samsung 2.54%
Intel 2.34%
Sahara 0.97%
MSI 0.85%
Alienware 0.81%
Packard Bell 0.64%
Gateway 0.64%
Compaq 0.44%
Apple 0.08%
 
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