Should I remove Driver Genius Professional?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
55% remove it45% keep it
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How common is it?
Reach 0.0001%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 11.0 |
100.00% |
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Driver Genius Professional
Overview
Driver Genius Professional is a software program developed by Driver-Soft. During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up. 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 primary executable is named drivergenius.exe. The setup package generally installs about 11 files and is usually about 29.21 MB (30,625,951 bytes). The installed file LiveUpdate.exe is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. Most users that have installed this software come from the United States.
Program details
URL: www.driver-soft.com
Help link: www.driver-soft.com/support.html
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\DriverGenius\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\DriverGenius\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 29.21 MB
Files installed by Driver Genius Professional
| Program executable: | drivergenius.exe |
| Name: | Driver Genius |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\driver-soft\drivergenius\drivergenius.exe |
| MD5: | 207150f0039aa7ebbac5597d0dd9f987 |
Additional files:
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LiveUpdate.exe - LiveUpdate
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HWiNFO32.dll (by Martin Malík - REALiX) - HWiNFO32 Client Library (HWiNFO32 Dynamic Link Library)
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AlphaImageControl.ocx - AlphaImageControl
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aspr_ide.dll - ASProtect IDE Helper
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clmultidx7.ocx (by Clever Components) - Clever Internet Suite (Clever Internet ActiveX Suite)
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CodejockControls.ocx (by Codejock Software) - Xtreme Suite ActiveX Control Module
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LiveDBUpdater.exe (by ADMIN@CRACK Shareware KILLER :)) - Driver Genius LiveBDUpdater
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unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
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XceedZip.dll (by Xceed Software Inc (450) 442-2626 [email protected] www.xceedsoft.com) - Xceed Zip Compression Library
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zlib1.dll - zlib (zlib data compression library)
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- DriverGenius.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E87AFA25-4D70-45A6-A733-CB845F7D27A4}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- DriverGenius.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Driver Genius.
How do I remove Driver Genius Professional?
You can uninstall Driver Genius Professional from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- 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.
- When you find the program Driver Genius Professional, 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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Driver Genius Professional.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 50%
Win 10 50%
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HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 55%
Keep it 45%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
50.00% |
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| Windows 10 |
50.00% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
50.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Medi... |
50.00% |
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Geography
100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
About (from Driver-Soft Inc.)
Our company owns many years of software developing experiences, advanced production designing and researching experiences.
Publisher URL: www.driver-soft.com