What is the "daemonu.exe" ? Variant 1021137

Our database contains 6234 different files for filename daemonu.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the daemonu.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name daemonu.exe. This file belongs to product NVIDIA Update Components and was developed by company NVIDIA Corporation. This file has description NVIDIA Settings Update Manager. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process daemonu.exe.

Product:: NVIDIA Update Components
Company:: NVIDIA Corporation
Description:: NVIDIA Settings Update Manager
Version:: 1.1.34.0
MD5:: 71e63293328bca65b9dbbc6fdce04b3c
SHA1:: 6be26bc9374fb6ea9ff154cde92d9af87f26428f
SHA256:: ce0401e2851ca6aefcb5333030b58b65e732b27b8e64199fa43a80f41b9e9276
Size:: 2218600
Directory:: %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus
Operating System:: Windows 7
Occurence:: Medium
Digital Signature:: NVIDIA Corporation

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This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-07-19 12:26:09
Avira Antivirus	2016-06-14 09:52:38
avast! Antivirus	2016-05-01 20:20:33
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 8.0	2016-02-10 20:27:37
AVG Internet Security	2015-12-10 20:55:08
ESET Smart Security 4.2	2015-06-04 17:14:08
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2015	2015-05-26 09:41:44
AVG Internet Security 2015	2014-11-23 17:04:08
ESET Smart Security 7.0	2014-09-26 04:16:16

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SAFErating from user Kanjutsu (Variant: 1021137)
Part of the Nvidia Drivers packacge.

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Reviews for different files with filename "%PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\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 Updatus\daemonu.exe (Variant: 18709218)
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 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