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What is the "daemonu.exe" ?

daemonu.exe is in most cases windows service from NVIDIA providing automatic check and update of NVIDIA drivers. User can change check period or disable this feature in the NVIDIA update options, accessible via the System Tray icon. More information about this file can be found in ghacks.net article.

Our database contains 2754 different files for filename daemonu.exe . This files most often belongs to product NVIDIA Update Components. and were most often developed by company NVIDIA Corporation. This files most often have description NVIDIA Settings Update Manager. Agregate rating is 5 stars - based on 15 reviews. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process daemonu.exe.
daemonu.exe Process

File details of most used file with name "daemonu.exe"

Product:
NVIDIA Update Components
Company:
NVIDIA Corporation
Description:
NVIDIA Settings Update Manager
Version:
1.5.20.0
MD5:
7e22de30e222bfdfcec7e77032baf3cd
SHA1:
25c169749b82c0e1d27fcc6b6705565679f01da7
SHA256:
eab7990397690c653172c51648acf00f20d700227063c45f8fa01f541287fca8
Size:
2253120
Directory:
%PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus
Operating System:
Windows Vista
Discovered:
October 25, 2011
Occurence:
High oc2
Digital Signature:
NVIDIA Corporation

Is the Process "daemonu.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
Latest new variant of the file with name "daemonu.exe" was discovered 6 days ago. Our database contains 238 variants of the file "daemonu.exe" with final rating Safe and zero variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

User Reviews of the "daemonu.exe"

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  • SAFErating from user for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe

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    Component of Nvidia Drivers

    (id: 1148903)

  • SAFErating from user for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe

    MikeOne photo

    NVIDIA Settings Update Manager, see more on www.nvidia.com. It creates a daemon in the memory : "NVIDIA Update Service Daemon" which runs the NVIDIA Settings Update Manager service, used to check new updates from NVIDIA server.

    (id: 1148903)

  • SAFErating from user for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe

    longknife photo

    Updater for NVIDIA GFX Card

    (id: 2450034)

  • SAFErating from user for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe

    Admin photo

    daemonu.exe from NVIDIA is system service providing automatic check and update of NVIDIA drivers. User can change check period or disable this feature in the NVIDIA update options, accessible via the System Tray icon. More information about this file can be found in http://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/31/nvidia-update-3d-vision-controller-new-nvidia-graphics-driver-components/

    (id: 2450034)

  • SAFErating from user for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Update Core\daemonu.exe

    Ruxomar photo

    NVIDIA update manager for deivers

    (id: 7203671)

  • SAFErating from user for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe

    pat357 photo

    Part of the Nvidia Drivers packacge.

    (id: 1321467)

  • SAFErating from user for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Update Core\daemonu.exe

    (id: 7214868)

  • SAFErating from user for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe

    Kanjutsu photo

    Part of the Nvidia Drivers packacge.

    (id: 1021137)

  • SAFErating from user for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Update Core\daemonu.exe

    MikeOne photo

    This file is the NVIDIA Settings Update Manager, see more on www.nvidia.com. It creates a daemon in the memory : "NVIDIA Update Service Daemon" which runs the NVIDIA Settings Update Manager service, used to check new updates from NVIDIA server. daemonu.exe from NVIDIA is system service providing automatic check and update of NVIDIA drivers. User can change check period or disable this feature in the NVIDIA update options, accessible via the System Tray icon. More information about this file can be found in http://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/31/nvidia-update-3d-vision-controller-new-nvidia-graphics-driver-components/

    (id: 18805619)