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Driver Updater Plus

Posted: December 7, 2016

Threat Metric

Ranking: 11,035
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 14,495
First Seen: December 7, 2016
Last Seen: September 16, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Driver Update Plus is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that offers users the opportunity to keep all their drivers up-to-date automatically, with the help of one single piece of software. The publisher of the Driver Update Plus is Jawego Partners LLC, a company whose name is linked to other potentially unwanted applications such as PC Clean Plus. The Driver Update Plus software can indeed work as a tool to help you keep your software up-to-date, but you should keep in mind that the only free thing about it is the trial version, which only can display reminders and notifications that the user's drivers are outdated. If the users wish to apply all pending updates automatically, then they'll be asked to purchase the full version of the Driver Update Plus, which is not cheap considering its simple features - $29.95.

Users who opt to install the Driver Updater Plus free version may think that nothing bad will come out of this, but they may not be aware that PUPs like this one often may use fairly aggressive methods to remind their users that purchasing the full version will provide them with access to more features and automation options. The Driver Updater Plus isn't any different, and its users may be bombarded with taskbar notifications, alerts, and reminders that their computers' drivers need to be updated if they want to take the maximum out of their current hardware. While these reminders are not threatening, they can certainly be quite annoying, especially when you take into consideration that their primary goal is to trick users into paying the special discount price of $29.95 for the Driver Updater Plus' full version.

If you have the Driver Update Plus software installed and you do not wish to be bothered by its constant reminders, then we suggest that you take the necessary measures to remove it from your computer immediately. Getting rid of the Driver Updater Plus can be done manually by simply uninstalling it from the Windows Control Panel, but the more efficient way to take care of the issue is to run an anti-malware application, which is guaranteed to identify and remove all files, Registry entries, and other components that may be part of Driver Updater Plus' operations.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\2.81.1086.17687_driverupdaterplus_site.exe File name: 2.81.1086.17687_driverupdaterplus_site.exe
Size: 4.23 MB (4230968 bytes)
MD5: a74f6e8eb1a9afe8029020bd8ba797db
Detection count: 77
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\2.81.1086.17687_driverupdaterplus_site.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 12, 2022
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\2.81.1086.18011_driverupdaterplus_site.exe File name: 2.81.1086.18011_driverupdaterplus_site.exe
Size: 4.22 MB (4229800 bytes)
MD5: 156c8ca92e812dfec9725883ee790dfe
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\2.81.1086.18011_driverupdaterplus_site.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 12, 2022
dup.exe File name: dup.exe
Size: 18.7 MB (18709456 bytes)
MD5: d3d4e3c0cde3806efa61a24e4f700a67
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 15, 2020
dup.exe File name: dup.exe
Size: 18.66 MB (18662336 bytes)
MD5: 721e5be4481b8a4c319990cd2c08d5fc
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 14, 2020
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