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Should I remove Driver Magician?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
27% remove it73% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #10,989
United States Rank #11,357
Reach 0.0313%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 15.46 days
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Average installed length: 239.66 days

Driver Magician 3.71

What is Driver Magician?  (from GoldSolution Software)

Driver Magician offers a solution for device drivers backup, restoration, update and removal in Windows operating system. It identifies all the hardware in the system, extracts their associated drivers from the hard disk and backs them up to a location of your choice. Then when you format and reinstall/upgrade your o...  Read more

Overview

Driver Magician 3.71 is a software program developed by GoldSolution Software. 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 primary executable is named Driver Magician.exe. The setup package generally installs about 7 files and is usually about 4.13 MB (4,334,933 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows XP. While about 41% of users of Driver Magician come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.drivermagician.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Driver Magician\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Driver Magician\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 4.13 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Driver Magician 3.71

Program executable:Driver Magician.exe
Name:Driver Magician
Device drivers backup ,restoration, update and removal tool
Path:C:\Program Files\Driver Magician\Driver Magician.exe
MD5:5bcc6bc1922a73855cb3e7f3605feae5
Additional files:
  • Driver Magician.exe - Driver Magician (Device drivers backup ,restoration, update and removal tool)
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • Activate.exe (by giveawayoftheday.com) - Giveaway of the Day
  • Setup.exe - Driver Magician Setup

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Driver Magician.exe is scheduled as a task named 'elevated_Driver_Magician_1~REVIRD2~ARGORPC'.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • unins000.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Driver Magician\unins000.exe'.

How do I remove Driver Magician?

You can uninstall Driver Magician 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 Magician 3.71, 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 Magician.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 61%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 27%
Keep it 73%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#10,989

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 64.99%
Windows XP 14.91%
Windows 10 14.10%
Windows Vista 5.83%
Windows Server 2003 0.16%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 34.53%
Windows 7 Ultimate 16.37%
Microsoft Windows XP 14.89%
Windows 7 Professional 10.64%
Windows 8 Pro 5.56%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 4.91%

Distribution by countryGeography

40.67% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 40.67%
  Germany 17.53%
  United Kingdom 3.51%
  Poland 3.51%
  Canada 2.52%
  Italy 2.52%
  Belgium 1.82%
  Spain 1.82%
  Taiwan 1.82%
  Australia 1.26%
  France 1.26%
  Hungary 1.26%
  Israel 1.12%
  Romania 1.12%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 21.15%
Dell 19.55%
Acer 18.27%
GIGABYTE 13.14%
ASUS 8.33%
Intel 4.81%
Toshiba 3.21%
Samsung 3.21%
American Megatrends 2.88%
Sahara 2.24%
Lenovo 1.60%
Medion 1.60%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.33%
MEDIONPC MS-7728 3.33%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 2.67%
Dell Inspiron 620 2.00%
Dell Computer Dimension 4... 2.00%
Dell Latitude D610 2.00%

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