What is DriverUpdate-setup-silent.exe?

DriverUpdate-setup-silent.exe is part of SlimWare Installer and developed by SlimWare Utilities, Inc. according to the DriverUpdate-setup-silent.exe version information.

DriverUpdate-setup-silent.exe's description is "SlimWare Installer"

DriverUpdate-setup-silent.exe is digitally signed by Slimware Utilities Holdings, Inc..

DriverUpdate-setup-silent.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected DriverUpdate-setup-silent.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on DriverUpdate-setup-silent.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSlimWare Installer
Company nameSlimWare Utilities, Inc.
File descriptionSlimWare Installer
Internal nameSlimWare Installer
Original filenameSlimWareInstaller.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2014 SlimWare Utilities, Inc.
Product version2.3.1
File version2.3.1

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameSlimWare Installer
Company nameSlimWare Utilities, Inc.
File descriptionSlimWare Installer
Internal nameSlimWare Installer
Original filenameSlimWareInstaller.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2014 SlimWare Utilities, I..
Product version2.3.1
File version2.3.1

Digital signatures [?]

DriverUpdate-setup-silent.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSlimware Utilities Holdings, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number246bbe812b36c137225497ba8df178fa

VirusTotal report

1 of the 58 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the DriverUpdate-setup-silent.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
DrWeb Program.Unwanted.341
1 of the 58 anti-virus programs detected the DriverUpdate-setup-silent.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD55034e472d06931b39cb45ab3638f9766
SHA256b55f12336e230fb595e0127acb6bf76250eb62bd5d054b7bc4acf14720e0d272

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to driverupdate-setup-silent.exe:

driverupdate-setup-silent.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

driverupdate-setup-silent.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

SlimWare Installer has stopped working.

End Program - driverupdate-setup-silent.exe. This program is not responding.

driverupdate-setup-silent.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

driverupdate-setup-silent.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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