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Max Driver Updater

Posted: July 16, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 10,444
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 27,374
First Seen: July 16, 2015
Last Seen: March 6, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows


The Max Driver Updater is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) developed and distributed by CSDI Media, a relatively unknown software developer. The Max Driver Updater software isn't threatening, so you don't need to be worried if you see it on your computer. However, the Max Driver Updater may sometimes be an unpleasant surprise to users who see this program on their computers, yet they don't recall agreeing to install it. Unfortunately, such cases that involve the Max Driver Updater are quite common, since this software may use deceptive marketing techniques to advertise itself to potential buyers.

Users may install the Max Driver Updater accidentally when they forget to pay attention to the installation instructions for an entirely different piece of software. Some software applications may offer to install bundled software like the Max Driver Updater, and to do this they may ask for the user's authorization. However, software bundles are known to utilize misleading or deceptive installation instructions and messages whose purpose is to trick users into consenting to install Potentially Unwanted Programs like Max Driver Updater unknowingly.

The Max Driver Updater software, despite its deceptive marketing tricks, isn't harmful. The Max Driver Updater does indeed feature a driver scanner that can tell users if some of their drivers are out of date. The application works just fine, but there's a little trick that its authors may use to convince users to buy the full version – when the Max Driver Updater finds an outdated driver it offers the user to update it as soon as they pay for the full version of the application automatically. Users who opt not to pay may then be bombarded with constant pop-ups and notifications whose purpose is to annoy them and remind them that they have an outdated driver. The only way to remove these unwanted notifications is to either uninstall the Max Driver Updater or pay for the full version of the CSDI Media's software product. It goes without saying that you should remove the Max Driver Updater if the application's annoying behavior bothers you.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Program Files (x86)\MaxDrivrUpdater\Maxdriverupdater.exe.vir File name: Maxdriverupdater.exe.vir
Size: 3.69 MB (3690680 bytes)
MD5: 17dc311900f2dc987bd11de89c2eeae1
Detection count: 309
Mime Type: unknown/vir
Path: C:\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Program Files (x86)\MaxDrivrUpdater\Maxdriverupdater.exe.vir
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 6, 2023
%TEMP%\maxdriverupdater-installer.exe File name: maxdriverupdater-installer.exe
Size: 1.16 MB (1164800 bytes)
MD5: 1d1abefbc1553548989b5985ac0bb38d
Detection count: 92
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 8, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\Max Driver Updater\idscservice.exe File name: idscservice.exe
Size: 280.57 KB (280576 bytes)
MD5: 706cdba5b11e0d5b16d99973c3b4b8f1
Detection count: 73
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Max Driver Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\Max Driver Updater\maxdu.exe File name: maxdu.exe
Size: 9.75 MB (9752280 bytes)
MD5: 37085c5f97d8de8512e9b15117aca4fd
Detection count: 61
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Max Driver Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\Max Driver Updater\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 83.45 KB (83456 bytes)
MD5: 4e6b9865136f251f8e148b8dbf6b1e70
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Max Driver Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathhttp_maxdriverupdater.com_0.localstoragehttp_maxdriverupdater.com_0.localstorage-journalMax Driver Updater.lnkmaxdriverupdater-installer[1].exemaxdriverupdater[1].xmlRegexp file mask%WINDIR%\system32\Tasks\MAXDriverUpdater_UPDATES%WINDIR%\system32\Tasks\MAXDriverUpdaterRunAtStartup%WINDIR%\Tasks\MAXDriverUpdater_UPDATES.jobHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\maxdriverupdater.comSOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\maxdriverupdater.comSoftware\csdimediaSoftware\csdimedia\maxduSOFTWARE\MaxDrivrUpdaterSoftware\Microsoft\idscSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\maxdriverupdater.comSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\idscservice_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\idscservice_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\maxdriverupdater-installer_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\maxdriverupdater-installer_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\MaxDrivrUpdater_Service_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\MaxDrivrUpdater_Service_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\MAXDriverUpdater_UPDATES.jobSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\MAXDriverUpdater_UPDATES.job.fpSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\MAXDriverUpdater_UPDATESSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\MAXDriverUpdaterRunAtStartupSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\MaxDrivrUpdater_v63.942SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\csdimediaSoftware\Wow6432Node\csdimedia\maxduSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MaxDrivrUpdaterSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\MaxDrivrUpdater_Service_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\MaxDrivrUpdater_Service_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\MaxDrivrUpdater_v63.942HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Max Driver Updater_is1

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Max Driver Updater%APPDATA%\csdimedia%PROGRAMFILES%\Max Driver Updater%PROGRAMFILES%\MaxDrivrUpdater%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Max Driver Updater%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MaxDrivrUpdater%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MaxDrivrUpdater_v63.942%temp%\MAXDriverUpdater
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