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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-12-07T10:42:29+00:00

    It seems legit.  PC Mag and CNET both review it positively.  I'm not sure how they make money since it's a free download.  Maybe they get a kickback every time they refer you to a website for an update.  I didn't see anything that screamed fraudulent, viral, or malicious when I Googled them.  To err on the side of caution I wouldn't use them though.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-03-10T00:01:52+00:00

    Has any problem been posted after they looked at your computer ie security issued. Had similar encounter.before thinking something was wrong.Now I feel like my computer,is'nt safe. ******@verizon.net

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-02T21:33:31+00:00

    Has any problem been posted after they looked at your computer ie security issued. Had similar encounter.before thinking something was wrong.Now I feel like my computer,is'nt safe. *** Email address is removed for privacy ***

    Dear Slimware Utilities Customer,

    As part of a corporate transaction, Slimware Utilities Inc. has transferred

    substantially all of its assets to Slimware Utilities Holdings, Inc. ("SU

    Holdings"), an unrelated third party. The transferred assets include the website

    at www.slimwareutilities.com, driverupdate.net, fixcleaner.com, recimg.com,

    slimcleaner.com, slimcomputer.com and slimimage.com and related websites (the

    "Websites"); products offered through the Websites, including SlimCleaner,

    SlimCleaner Plus, SlimDrivers, SlimComputer, SlimImage, DriverUpdate, RecImg

    Manager and FixCleaner (the "Products"); and all information collected through

    use of the Websites and Products. All information will continue to be handled by

    SU Holdings in accordance with the applicable Slimware Utilities Privacy Policy.

    You can find the current Privacy Policy here.

    This sale of assets includes the transfer by us of any personally identifying

    information that you provided to Slimware Utilities in connection with your use

    of the Websites and Products. Please note: we do not store

    credit card/payment information, so no such information will be included in this

    transfer. If you do not want us to transfer your personally identifying

    information, please notify us at ******@slimwareutilities.com no later

    than April 16, 2014, and we will remove your personally identifying information

    from our records prior to the asset transfer.

    We and SU Holdings look forward to continuing to serve you. If you have any

    questions or comments, contact us at ******@slimwareutilities.com.

    Sincerely,

    Slimware Utilities

    I opted out! sidhhds481

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