Estimated safety rating

adu.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers many of the "probable danger" criteria described bellow. It is not yet known if adu.exe is a virus or not that doesn't cause harm the PC. We recommend you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

Usually, the default name and directory where this program is stored is
C:\Program Files (x86)\Advanced Driver Updater\ADU.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this program is 3687d0f7bc2d9e458a3c063a9c0b2232.

Is running as a service

This application does NOT operate as a Windows service. This is normally a good sign.

Accesses the internet

This executable uses the Internet to communicate. Today this is expected from a program. For example, most of the apps on your computer check for new updates. For this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This exe runs in 32-bit mode. It can not exploit the entire power of modern computer CPUs. This ordinarily happens because the publishers did not upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description written in the exe is Advanced Driver Updater.

File version

File version extracted from the file 4.6.1086.1738.

Manufacturer

Company Systweak.

Copyright

Intellectual property rights notice © Systweak Software, 1999-2022 All rights reserved..

Has valid windows

adu.exe appears to have a visible user interface. This is good because it doesn't run in some kind of invisible mode. Its activity is clearly displayed to the user.

Digitally signed

adu.exe has a digital signature. Nowadays most clean programs are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is broken, which is a strong indicator that the program may be malware and that somebody most likely changed some of its code after the signature was generated. We advise extreme caution!

Certifier name

Digitally signed by: SYSTWEAK SOFTWARE

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: GlobalSign GCC R45 CodeSigning CA 2020

Can be uninstalled

It has an uninstall routine, which is a good sign. si are uninstall.