Is slimware utilities legitimate?

Anonymous
2013-06-08T15:20:44+00:00

I was taken to slimware to update drivers.  Is this legitimate?  Or is there a better, safer way to upadate.

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Anonymous
2013-06-08T22:40:11+00:00

Hi,

You should obtain your Driver Software from your Computer or Hardware Manufacturer, not through 3rd party Programs or Windows Update.

Go to your Computer or Hardware Manufacture's website > Driver and Software Support Section > look up your Computer or Hardware Model number > then your Operating System > locate the correct Drivers > download and install them.

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Anonymous
2016-02-08T22:50:39+00:00

If suggestions above have not help you to get rid of this 'bogus' program, please try Revo Uninstaller and MBAM (as suggested in many related threads) which should take care of this PUP.

MBAM should detect it as 'PUP.Optional.DriverUpdate.A'.

This > 'Remove PUP.Optional.DriverUpdate.A virus Removal Guide' may be of assistance.

AdwCleaner (a trustworthy anti-adware scanner) may also be a good idea to search (and remove) for any other Adware or Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that might have been installed there with or without your knowledge or consent.

You need to remove - not only 'DriverUpdate' - but everything "SlimWare Utilities" that might have been installed (SlimCleaner, for instance?) there with or without your knowledge.

Hope this helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-09-10T21:33:08+00:00

    Thanks Jobec, I appreciate the heads up. It could be one of those little darlings they refer to as a "False Positive" A lovely term which means it could be bad, then again perhaps it's not. Sorry, if people can't write software correctly, then it's all bad as far as I'm concerned. I'm fed up with taking gambles.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-11-01T00:27:11+00:00

    I have had this slimware utilities on my programs and features for over a year.  Cannot get rid of it by deleting it.  It will not delete.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-26T21:42:42+00:00

    You don't get Drivers through Windows Update, unless they are Microsoft Products.

    You should obtain your Driver Software from your Computer or Hardware Manufacturer, **not through Windows Update (except for Mictosoft Hardware Updates),**as Microsoft normally does nor have those latest Drivers available as Microsoft relies on the 3rd Party Hardware Manufacturer to supply them.

    Go to your Computer or Hardware Manufacture's website > Driver and Software Support Section > look up your Computer or Hardware Model number > then your Operating System > locate the correct Drivers > download and install them.

    Examples.

    Dell Drivers:

    http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/ProductSelector

    HP Drivers:

    http://www8.hp.com/us/en/drivers.html

    Acer Drivers:

    http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers

    Cheers.

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