What is the "daemonu.exe" ? Variant 17295635

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. 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:: 1.5.21.0
MD5:: 3b2497901538911e1f214077377e2125
SHA1:: 22b0bf97f4407b29abc213703c70592a7300e183
SHA256:: a9e9c7374335b7f4f596b6a12b30b6b4eff0cf6a9771190308a594c3c87b3daf
Size:: 2253120
Directory:: %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus
Operating System:: Windows 8
Occurence:: Medium
Digital Signature:: NVIDIA Corporation

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.386.1	2016-09-01 10:19:16
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-08-30 23:30:11
Avira Antivirus	2016-06-17 15:14:26
V3 Lite	2016-06-07 08:55:10
Dr.Web Security Space	2016-05-16 19:29:16
avast! Antivirus	2016-05-04 00:47:48
ESET Smart Security 9.0.349.14	2016-02-19 11:56:48
ESET Smart Security 7.0	2015-12-19 15:30:20
Kaspersky Internet Security	2015-10-27 18:05:46
Kaspersky Anti-Virus	2015-06-22 14:01:37

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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
SAFErating from user Kanjutsu for file %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe (Variant: 1021137)
Part of the Nvidia Drivers packacge.