What is daemonupd.exe?

daemonupd.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\nvidia corporation\update\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected daemonupd.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

33 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the daemonupd.exe file. That's a 61% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Symmi.58673
Agnitum	Trojan.DL.Carberp!uWlmiTMn/9A
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Downloader
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Symmi.58673
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Downloader]/Win32.Carberp
Arcabit	Trojan.Symmi.DE531
Avast	Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
AVG	Downloader.Generic14.AKDO
Baidu-International	Trojan.Win32.Carberp.cl
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Symmi.58673
DrWeb	Trojan.Encoder.3331
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Symmi.58673 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Glupteba.AF
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Symmi.58673
Fortinet	W32/Carberp.AF!tr.dldr
GData	Gen:Variant.Symmi.58673
Ikarus	Trojan.Small
Jiangmin	TrojanDownloader.Carberp.m
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 004941a91 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 004941a91 )
Kaspersky	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Carberp.cl
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Glupteba
McAfee	Artemis!4436FEDBDF5C
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Dynamer!ac
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Symmi.58673
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Carberp.dzgnmb
Panda	Generic Suspicious
Qihoo-360	Malware.Radar01.Gen
Rising	PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F]
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Tencent	Win32.Trojan-downloader.Carberp.Palq
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Carberp.56832.D[h]

daemonupd.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove daemonupd.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the daemonupd.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that daemonupd.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate daemonupd.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the daemonupd.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate daemonupd.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\nvidia corporation\update\daemonupd.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the daemonupd.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If daemonupd.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If daemonupd.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If daemonupd.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that daemonupd.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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