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
    2016-01-22T19:23:05+00:00

    In response to the Slimware question and I'm not one of you Gurus but if you check you will find the following to be true.  As Slimware advertised  the download is free but the fix costs you thirty bucks and I promise you you will need a fix.  

    Also, if you delete the utility don't forget the hooks into your registry and there are plenty of them. So it will pay to know your way around inside there.

    I uninstalled the software but do not know what "hooks" are nor what to do.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-08T20:42:36+00:00

    Spyware disables the uninstall program.  Legitimate software does not.  I want this stuff off my PC.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-03-08T18:51:47+00:00

    I have removed this junk from my system. I got the screen reminder to update driver stuff and did not recognize it. So, after attempting to read the mile long agreement, and seeing that it really seems to INVADE my privacy and distribute it! I read the small writing on the pop-up and looked up the company and when that did not satisfy me, I came here and I am so glad I did!

    Thank you so much for this info. Mr. Smithers, my hero!

    Francine Gypsy Lundberg

    Maryland USA

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