What is the "daemonu.exe" ? Variant 13503943

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:: 1.4.27.0
MD5:: cd22872f0ed0ddc5bbaf07fba0872c6e
SHA1:: 74370b69457f5b707973a568658dc11485ea90d8
SHA256:: d189ff60f1c41da082577b42be9685daf0508e00a18834585b7a532eb7b102cd
Size:: 2255464
Directory:: %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus
Operating System:: Windows Vista
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	2014-11-21 16:24:17
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	2014-11-21 16:24:17
Immunet 3	2014-08-31 09:49:17
Avira Desktop	2013-06-28 18:01:44

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SAFErating from user Dirck “Otto” Wempe (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

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Reviews for different files with filename "%PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Updatus\daemonu.exe"

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.