What is the "daemonu.exe" ? Variant 1837522

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:: 1.0.23.0
MD5:: d96ddea6c699a99832e0186057801971
SHA1:: 2c5a29be6d3f8edc532a6300153a7fb602e55315
SHA256:: 374bb617335cc243f903447194b7efc63222fd163bb9fa8c87616715c5120bf0
Size:: 1997416
Directory:: %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus
Operating System:: Windows 7
Occurence:: High
Digital Signature:: NVIDIA Corporation

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This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Avira Antivirus	2016-08-31 23:28:03
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-08-31 12:57:50
Dr.Web Anti-virus	2016-07-21 18:30:28
avast! Antivirus	2016-07-17 14:20:32
Windows Defender	2016-07-16 23:18:16
AVG Internet Security	2016-06-27 22:59:25
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-06-24 00:49:25
COMODO Antivirus	2016-05-21 22:41:00
Norton Security Online mit Backup	2016-05-07 07:55:35
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition	2016-04-28 12:32:13

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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.