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Hardware Helper
Published by Driver-Soft Inc.
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Hardware Helper Publisher's Description
Hardware Helper™ takes the hassle out of adding or updating Windows devices. Driver updates from most manufacturers are provided at no cost, but they're often difficult to locate and match to your... Read more
Details
| Latest version: | 12.0 |
| Location: | C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\HardwareHelper\ |
| Install size: | 23.79 MB (24,943,634 bytes) |
| About URL: | http://www.pchelpsoft.com/hardware-helper |
| Help link: | http://www.pchelpsoft.com/hardware-helper/support |
| Uninstall: | "C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\HardwareHelper\unins000.exe" |
Trust
The trust score is the reputation of Hardware Helper 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
| hardwarehelper.exe has been detected by the following 2 antivirus programs: |
AVG |
as DriverCleaner.A |
Trend Micro HouseCall |
as TROJ_GEN.F47V0824 |
Hardware Helper installs 7 unique (by hash) versions of the file hardwarehelper.exe that contain multiple malware detections.
Trends
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Technical Details
| hardwarehelper.exe (Main Executable) |
| Common path: | C:\Program Files\driver-soft\hardwarehelper\hardwarehelper.exe |
| Behavior: | Scheduled Task |
| MD5: | 2 be43e14ce0651e71af3b26899cc584b5 |
| clinetsuitex6.ocx |
| Behavior: | Safe for Scripting Control |
| Publisher: | Clever Components |
| Name: | Clever Internet Suite |
| MD5: | 524404d06efde38fd5008502dde6a9ef |
| CodejockControls.ocx |
| Behavior: | Safe for Scripting Control |
| Publisher: | Codejock Software |
| Name: | Xtreme Suite ActiveX Control Module |
| MD5: | aeac650bd32086b61d6e8850af844f29 |
| zlib1.dll |
| Behavior: | ActiveX Install |
| Name: | zlib |
| Description: | zlib data compression library |
| MD5: | 80e41408f6d641dc1c0f5353a0cc8125 |
| TaskTray.exe |
| Behavior: | Startup File (All Users Run) |
| MD5: | c2ae935222d7880a7743b5523bbd6712 |
| sqlite3.dll |
| Behavior: | ActiveX Install |
| MD5: | 0f66e8e2340569fb17e774dac2010e31 |
| LiveUpdate.exe |
| Name: | LiveUpdate |
| MD5: | eea7e69b54115ed26db64472b9d4f7f5 |
| unins000.exe |
| Description: | Setup/Uninstall |
| MD5: | 045384dd3f4382826938e6a05eb7534c |
| HWiNFO32.dll |
| Publisher: | Martin Malík - REALiX |
| Name: | HWiNFO32 Client Library |
| MD5: | 7b4bab1413a86339dd735e2c09f2f8e7 |
| aspr_ide.dll |
| Description: | ASProtect IDE Helper |
| MD5: | 3006dd17cfc546fd84276b15bbe17eee |
| AlphaImageControl.ocx |
| Name: | AlphaImageControl |
| MD5: | 061e90608fdaafa7ec77c09dae6c2d5c |
Geography of Installations
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