What is the "daemonu.exe" ?

Our database contains 6234 different files for filename daemonu.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name 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(5) stars - based on 17 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process 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.

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:
1.10.8.0
MD5:
f935e817409f78fa50c5921db39124b3
SHA1:
313bd6a9e325e7da2c143650bc1826105f600fdb
SHA256:
e1ab4b69e9c0ad89a5b9e99c7a0d77a1a50b4823c89e8687686b716957fba2b3
Size:
1259296
Directory:
%PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Update Core
Operating System:
Windows 7
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 4319 days ago. Our database contains 324 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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Reviews for all files with name "daemonu.exe"

  • SAFErating from user Dirck “Otto” Wempe for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe (Variant: 13503943)

    I'll quote myself :)(https://www.virustotal.com/nl/file/d189ff60f1c41da082577b42be9685daf0508e00a18834585b7a532eb7b102cd/analysis/)
     It's part of NVidia Corporation; with the latest update a separate user account is created: "updatususer":
    http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia-update.html
     About "updatususer": http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3067/~/what-is-nvidia-%E2%80%99updatususer%E2%80%99%3F

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Update Core\daemonu.exe (Variant: 18805619)

    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/

  • SAFErating from user Admin for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe (Variant: 2450034)

    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/

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

  • SAFErating from user Ruxomar for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Update Core\daemonu.exe (Variant: 7203671)

    NVIDIA update manager for deivers

  • SAFErating from user longknife for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe (Variant: 2450034)

    Updater for NVIDIA GFX Card

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe (Variant: 1148903)

    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.

  • SAFErating from user pat357 for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe (Variant: 1321467)

    Part of the Nvidia Drivers packacge.

  • SAFErating from user TonyR for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe (Variant: 1148903)

    Component of Nvidia Drivers

  • SAFErating from user Kanjutsu for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe (Variant: 1021137)

    Part of the Nvidia Drivers packacge.