Driver Genius

[REDEYE50]

Has anyone got any info about this computer scan. Showed up on my computer(don't know how) and every so often pops up and wants to do a scan. Never used it always closed it out. any ideas?

[CrappiePappy]

It appears to be OK. It's not a scam/trojan/virus ... but is a legit program. Likely a trial issue.

It's just a program to check & make sure you have the latest driver updates.
You can read about it here : http://download.cnet.com/Driver-Geni...-10238646.html .... but, if you look on the left column under "Quick Specs", you'll see that the trial is only good for a scan to tell you IF you need drivers updated. To actually GET the updates, you have to buy the program for $30.

IMHO ... you don't need it. So, you can continue to ignore it (close it out) or delete the whole program.

... cp

[REDEYE50]

Thanks

it appears to be ok. It's not a scam/trojan/virus ... But is a legit program. Likely a trial issue.

It's just a program to check & make sure you have the latest driver updates.
You can read about it here : http://download.cnet.com/driver-geni...-10238646.html .... But, if you look on the left column under "quick specs", you'll see that the trial is only good for a scan to tell you if you need drivers updated. To actually get the updates, you have to buy the program for $30.

Imho ... You don't need it. So, you can continue to ignore it (close it out) or delete the whole program.

... Cp

[Chasing Ghosts]

To get rid of it.....

Open control panel
Click programs
Scroll down to it
right click on it
select uninstall

[REDEYE50]

Got it gone! Thanks

to get rid of it.....

Open control panel
click programs
scroll down to it
right click on it
select uninstall

[Chasing Ghosts]

No Prob... Welcome

[BoarBuster]

I don't know about the program you are talking about but I once had a problem where something came up on the screen and I thought that it was something that it was suppose to do. I didn't have to tell it that it was ok are anything like that. So I let it procede. What it did was lockup everything. I had to have the pc reloaded. Now I kill everything That I did not start.

[CrappiePappy]

I don't know about the program you are talking about but I once had a problem where something came up on the screen and I thought that it was something that it was suppose to do. I didn't have to tell it that it was ok are anything like that. So I let it procede. What it did was lockup everything. I had to have the pc reloaded. Now I kill everything That I did not start.

Sounds like the trojan virus program that looked like a virus scan program ... but was, in fact, falsely producing infection results and then wanted you to purchase the removal program. It was being passed around quite a bit, a few years ago, and was a real booger to get rid of. It hit me several times, but I never let it proceed beyond opening the pop-up, so getting rid of it was a little easier (but did take downloading a removal program to do it).

Nowadays I run Avast as my anti-virus program ... MalwareBytes to remove trojan programs ... SuperAntiSpyware to remove data collection cookies ... and CCleaner to clean the computer of junk files/programs and uninstall programs I don't want/need or didn't download on purpose. ALL four of these are freeware programs (free to use). Avast automatically updates, and the other three have to be manually updated (which I usually do at least once a week).

... cp

[Downsea]

Like CrappiePappy said, sometimes with that kind of program you have to scan the registry to get rid of it for good. He named a couple good ones. I'm partial to using CCleaner for some things.

[BoarBuster]

I am getting one now that is red and in big letters says warning. I close it as soon as I see it.