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Should I remove Driver Checker?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
50% remove it50% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Fair
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #9,078
United States Rank #14,600
Reach 0.0419%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 13.10 days
386.42 days >
Average installed length: 203.04 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.7.5 100.00%

Driver Checker v2.7.5

What is Driver Checker?  (from driverchecker.com)

Drivers may relate to small software programs and share the same files. If any of the files is damaged which results in corrupted and outdated drivers, errors will occur on your computer endlessly. Your system will also generate a driver error message when the computer enters standby or hibernate mode. After you have u...  Read more

Overview

Driver Checker v2.7.5 is a program developed by driverchecker.com. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The main program executable is DriverChecker.exe. The software installer includes 19 files and is usually about 59.84 MB (62,746,960 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 22% of users of Driver Checker come from the United States, it is also popular in Iran and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.driverchecker.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Driver Checker\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Driver Checker\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 59.84 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Driver Checker v2.7.5

Program executable:DriverChecker.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\Driver Checker\DriverChecker.exe
MD5:0b91b4c2823f9a215f9f25ba6a707030
Additional files:
  • DriverChecker.exe
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • DriverChecker.exe is scheduled as a task named '03-21-2015_180341' (runs weekly on Mondays at 6:06 AM).
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • DriverChecker.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'DriverChecker.exe' which loads as C:\Program Files\Driver Checker\DriverChecker.exe.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

DriverChecker.exe
Memory:17.82 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0402683732%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.02371299%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.01655538%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:819,751
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:837 Bytes
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:22 Bytes
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Driver Checker?

You can uninstall Driver Checker from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Driver Checker v2.7.5, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Driver Checker.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 59%
Win XP 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 50%
Keep it 50%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 68.40%
Windows 10 22.15%
Windows XP 7.87%
Windows Vista 1.33%
Windows Server 2003 0.24%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 38.20%
Windows 7 Home Premium 14.60%
Windows 7 Professional 11.31%
Microsoft Windows XP 8.03%
Windows 8.1 Pro 4.50%
Windows 10 Pro 3.04%

Distribution by countryGeography

21.76% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 21.76%
  Iran 5.76%
  United Kingdom 4.82%
  MA 3.18%
  France 3.18%
  DZ 3.06%
  Saudi Arabia 3.06%
  Germany 2.94%
  Netherlands 2.82%
  Brazil 2.71%
  Thailand 2.35%
  IQ 2.12%
  Italy 2.12%
  Turkey 2.00%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 24.35%
Dell 18.51%
Acer 17.71%
GIGABYTE 11.47%
ASUS 10.06%
Toshiba 7.44%
Lenovo 4.02%
Samsung 2.82%
Intel 1.61%
American Megatrends 1.21%
MSI 0.80%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 5.79%
Dell Inspiron N5110 4.96%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.55%
ASUS All Series 3.31%
Dell Inspiron 3521 2.07%
Gigabyte G41MT-S2P 2.07%

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