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Driver Genius
Published by Driver-Soft Inc.
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Driver Genius Publisher's Description
Driver Genius improves PC performance with the powerful driver manager for Windows that backs up, restores, and updates your device drivers automatically with just a few clicks of your mouse. Driver... Read more
Details
| Latest version: | 12.0.0.1314 |
| Location: | C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\DriverGenius\ |
| Install size: | 25.69 MB (26,940,739 bytes) |
| About URL: | http://www.driver-soft.com |
| Help link: | http://www.driver-soft.com/support.html |
| Language: | Russian (Russia) (1049) |
| Uninstall: | MsiExec.exe /X{AEC7EA20-1E33-45D1-8750-4FC329DD80DC} |
Trust
The trust score is the reputation of Driver Genius 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.
- Known to bundle potentially unwanted software offers during installation.
24
Malware detections
| drivergenius.exe has been detected by the following 24 antivirus programs: |
Agnitum |
as Packed/ZProtect |
AhnLab V3 Internet Security |
as Trojan/Win32.Gen |
AVG |
as Fat-Obfuscated |
CAT Quick Heal |
as Trojan.Agent.ni |
Commtouch |
as W32/Rbot.J.gen!Eldorado |
Comodo Internet Security |
as UnclassifiedMalware |
Fortinet |
as W32/BDoor.EXZ!tr.bdr |
F-Prot |
as W32/Rbot.J.gen!Eldorado |
F-Secure |
as Packed:W32/PeCan.A |
Ikarus |
as Backdoor.Win32.Zegost |
K7 AntiVirus |
as Trojan |
K7 Antivirus Gateway |
as Trojan |
Kingsoft |
as Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud) |
McAfee |
as BackDoor-EXZ |
McAfee Gateway Anti-Malware |
as BackDoor-EXZ |
Norman |
as Redosdru.LS |
Panda Antivirus |
as Trj/OCJ.A |
PC Tools |
as Trojan.Gen |
Sophos |
as Mal/Generic-L |
Symantec |
as Trojan.Gen |
Trend Micro |
as TROJ_SPNR.0BLL12 |
Trend Micro HouseCall |
as TROJ_SPNR.0BLL12 |
VIPRE Antivirus |
as Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Resdro.b (v) (not malicious) |
ViRobot |
as Trojan.Win32.A.Black.3669504 |
In addition, a total of 17 unique files installed by Driver Genius contain malware detections. Detections include livedbupdater.exe,starterw3i.exe,liveupdate1.exe.
Trends
Global Reach
Install and Uninstall Trends
Technical Details
| drivergenius.exe (Main Executable) |
| Common path: | C:\Program Files\driver-soft\drivergenius\drivergenius.exe |
| Behavior: | Scheduled Task (Boot/Login) |
| MD5: | 24 ef5eb689e408a53ab97a4501b76b5e29 |
| 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 |
| zlib1.dll |
| Behavior: | ActiveX Install |
| Name: | zlib |
| Description: | zlib data compression library |
| MD5: | 80e41408f6d641dc1c0f5353a0cc8125 |
| StarterW3i.exe |
| Behavior: | Startup File (All Users Run) |
| MD5: | c281710e1d7cec357765371cd8a29959 |
| Driver Genius.exe |
| MD5: | b8e095ca9cd7533a65516eb17065cd80 |
| drvgenpro.exe |
| MD5: | 29f68cf9eb0f9b83abc453250b261607 |
| Uninstall.exe |
| MD5: | 51bb1e09686da28e2a808836aad6fca1 |
| DG_Setup.exe |
| MD5: | b3251ff751b22c2deb8cd2ef3a01a026 |
| NvDriverTweak.exe |
| Name: | NvDriverTweak |
| Description: | NVIDIA Driver Tweak |
| MD5: | 2e39882237977ecbdd081fbb9cadf84b |
| LiveUpdate.exe |
| Name: | LiveUpdate |
| MD5: | 9d1ef0b5c70cf44590f2a342284c3471 |
Geography of Installations
Installs by Country
24.1% |
9.8% |
4.8% |
4.1% |
3.8% |
2.8% |
2.4% |
2.3% |
1.9% |
1.9% |
1.9% |
1.8% |
1.7% |
1.7% |
1.7% |
1.6% |
1.6% |
1.6% |
1.5% |
1.4% |
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NL |
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