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Should I remove DriverTuner?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
48% remove it52% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Poor
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #4,633
United States Rank #4,447
Reach 0.1130%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 25.00 days
737.48 days >
Average installed length: 387.49 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
3.1.0.1 100.00%

DriverTuner 3.1.0.1

What is DriverTuner?  (from LionSea SoftWare)

Are you annoyed with missing, outdated, or corrupted drivers? DriverTuner™ can help you fix driver issues to keep your PC in a healthy state in just a few minutes! The quicker you get DriverTuner™, the sooner your driver troubles will be gone! Can't play the latest games? DriverTuner™ can help you update the old driver...  Read more

Overview

DriverTuner 3.1.0.1 is a program developed by LionSea SoftWare. 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 software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The software installer includes 22 files and is usually about 15.25 MB (15,991,334 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 49% of users of DriverTuner come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and Italy.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.DriverTuner.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\DriverTuner\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\DriverTuner\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 15.25 MB

Program filesFiles installed by DriverTuner 3.1.0.1

  • Setup.exe (by Intel) - Intel(R) Management Engine Components (Intel(R) Management Engine Components installer)
  • libcurlds.dll (by The cURL library, http://curl.haxx.se/) - The cURL library (libcurl Shared Library)
  • DriverTuner.exe - DriverTuner
  • zlibwapi.dll - ZLib.DLL (zlib data compression and ZIP file I/O library)
  • DPInst32.exe
  • DPInst64.exe
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • DriverTuner.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E401EEBB-2799-44A5-8D8D-BB4D93BC321F}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • DriverTuner.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named DriverTuner Startup.
Startup File (User Run)
  • DriverTuner.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'DriverTuner' and executes as C:\Program Files\DriverTuner\DriverTuner.exe.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • DriverTuner.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'DriverTuner' which loads as "C:\Program Files\DriverTuner\DriverTuner.exe" --boot.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • DriverTuner.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\DriverTuner\DriverTuner.exe'.

How do I remove DriverTuner?

You can uninstall DriverTuner 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 DriverTuner 3.1.0.1, 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 DriverTuner.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 50%
Win Server 2003 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 48%
Keep it 52%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 53.44%
Windows 10 34.67%
Windows XP 6.87%
Windows Vista 4.98%
Windows Server 2003 0.04%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 29.55%
Windows 8.1 14.19%
Windows 7 Ultimate 11.79%
Windows 7 Professional 10.66%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.55%
Windows 8 5.24%

Distribution by countryGeography

49.26% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 49.26%
  Germany 9.60%
  Italy 4.74%
  Netherlands 3.93%
  Canada 3.27%
  France 3.19%
  Australia 3.07%
  United Kingdom 2.33%
  Sweden 2.02%
  Belgium 1.75%
  Israel 1.75%
  Norway 1.28%
  Spain 1.28%
  DK 1.21%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 25.48%
Acer 18.54%
Dell 17.11%
ASUS 12.46%
Toshiba 9.88%
GIGABYTE 5.01%
Lenovo 3.87%
Samsung 3.58%
Sahara 1.22%
American Megatrends 1.00%
Intel 1.00%
Medion 0.86%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 5.63%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.38%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.33%
ASUS All Series 2.29%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 2.29%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.08%

comments2 comments

user comment
user comment
computer userover a year ago
DriverTuner is very bad for your computer -- remove quickly
user comment
Robert of Denmarkover a year ago
I have not been able to remove the program using Windows Control Panel, Driver Tuner 3.1.0.1 or by using Should I Remove It. That makes the program SPAM according to me.