How to Remove the Driverdetective.exe virus from PC

What is Driverdetective.exe?

Driverdetective.exe is a legitimate file. It is a software program that belongs to PC Drivers Headquarters Inc. It is used to detect problems in driver. It is generally stored in files C:\Program Files\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\. The malware programmers or cyber criminials write programs and name it as driverdetective.exe to spread infection via internet to damage the software and hardware.

Affected OS/Platform: Windows

How to find if the system is affected by Driverdetective.exe malware

When the system performance is low or if it redirects to some unwanted websites, check the task manager by pressing the combination of keys Ctrl+Alt+DEL and go to the process tab and check for the driverdetective.exe file then right click on that and see if its location is C:\Program Files\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\ then the system is safe and secure, if the file is located somewhere else then the file is affected by Driverdetective.exe malware.

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Malware Entries

First Seen: 24 June 2008 at 1:58 pm

No.	Company	File Type	SHA1	MD5	Malware Name	Digitally Signed	File Version	Product Version	Submitted From	Malware Behavior
1	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	19b0a971d79d0b65 d45f147c0a374461 3aa0e1eb	6ad7269115bc77e2 b20b38f811cca447	N/A	Yes	9.1.4.58	9.1.4.58	172.58.19.23/32	N/A
2	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	b0173f0a451e42df a5bc96f7fff678f1 972d37f7	fed7332849934ce9 658895530a3949c7	Application. Win32.Agent. wfuzx	Yes	10.1.2.34	10.1.2.34	Australia	N/A
3	N/A	Executable	632ede4424123cf0 219d634e4f9cdc81 f58ffe1b	b333df15545f2caa 48cedd814241a002	Virus.Win32. Sality.gen	No	N/A	N/A	Poland	N/A
4	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	b06bdd415bc84799 2016846ab42fd115 d68f4a12	55c4c2a7f7f6fc5e a70dc1486e482aa5	EmailWorm.Wi n32.Runonce. ~v001	No	8.0.1	8.0.1	Turkey	N/A
5	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	16ef79972c19bf40 33a7c3dcfe54e800 fe6e774d	90fe058ce26bf780 6058a3d68d3349b1	ApplicUnwnt	Yes	10.1.2.44	10.1.2.44	United States	N/A
6	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	5c9eac7c6e1047bb 28abc07208a231cc 693ab4b9	23616fc9d91b85f1 9cb363a1203d3bf5	N/A	Yes	10.1.2.34	10.1.2.34	103.233.116.198/32	N/A
7	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	92f8382aa1f27a57 a0de38fe3891a94a 9801760a	64cbda5d48753674 b866eb7e9e85409b	Virus.Win32. Sality.gen	No	8.0.1	8.0.1	India	N/A
8	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	5c9eac7c6e1047bb 28abc07208a231cc 693ab4b9	23616fc9d91b85f1 9cb363a1203d3bf5	N/A	Yes	10.1.2.34	10.1.2.34	Italy	N/A
9	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	dae85ac7d4a32e59 2c523cda19c1887d de750676	acd6090f5dc1fe58 4997a60e42f6750c	Virus.Win32. Sality.gen	No	7	7	Serbia	N/A
10	W3i, LLC	Executable	84096509e316a911 38788f6c4f2c5bdc 59273ef5	b67f7b4a4d21fc71 8537c664dc2f94ce	Application. Win32.Instal lIQ.NTZK	Yes	2.104.2.0	2.104.2.0	Kazakhstan	N/A
11	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	e3b46075010d4012 d1d3269e53639e56 568b4c02	e659302920a30181 aaf71097cd21093d	EmailWorm.Wi n32.Runonce. ~v001	Yes	7	7	Australia	N/A
12	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	991bc162292b5f2d 78f2a90021f72d2a d16187ca	a25d09cce1e67c93 2cb3b1b2a2b2525e	ApplicUnwnt	Yes	10.1.3.43	10.1.3.43	172.9.172.8/32	N/A
13	N/A	Executable	413dfa14975cba1c 6baec9fd8fef7b10 cf11721d	01cc6f098ca94182 9656f466cbf1c7c8	TrojWare.Win 32.TrojanSpy .Banbra.~d4	No	N/A	N/A	India	N/A
14	N/A	Executable	1de99534ad78f001 278b0f17be5f2d64 7f927943	a2bb602cb120585b 8c633913b5beb1aa	ApplicUnwnt	No	N/A	N/A	Internal Submission	N/A
15	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	710234f34b67afbf bfcbe9f9a823e474 d8a09eff	d20685e7cb843dcc b16cbbc049669972	Virus.Win32. Sality.gen	No	10.1.3.10	10.1.3.10	Turkey	N/A
16	N/A	Executable	54f1c0d1ac990fb9 364acfe571ac4be1 ebead31b	8d7f827f4804c4c3 ca18cd1e1e4d5fac	ApplicUnwnt	Yes	N/A	N/A	United States	N/A
17	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	991bc162292b5f2d 78f2a90021f72d2a d16187ca	a25d09cce1e67c93 2cb3b1b2a2b2525e	ApplicUnwnt	Yes	10.1.3.43	10.1.3.43	United States	N/A
18	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	987359aba5fbe70d 33abdb8348a7191d 4058b3bc	d8ccdbf4c7cbd0d7 42baf6c12981e940	ApplicUnwnt	Yes	10.0.0.33	10.0.0.33	United States	N/A
19	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	1c350f323f669c7f fc876e1919e028e7 f0d1012d	86e4f6e9ec0296d3 b1e4982c141fb5df	Worm.Win32.G ael.A	No	8.1	8.1	Israel	N/A
20	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	89d5b0685c247bc9 47ede0462e8f488e 75ec1835	5bede2e41f5eec7f cf357c10b6e4be6b	TrojWare.Win 32.TrojanDow nloader.Tiny .bps	No	6.2.200	6.2.200	India	N/A
21	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	09ddb34bd7943e20 21bb2750d613ec68 fd9880bf	d6ffbb95f3fed7a7 db470967e29feccc	EmailWorm.Wi n32.Runonce. ~v001	Yes	8.1	8.1	197.248.222.190/32	N/A
22	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	3dce6fc3c62c6b3f 30674dcf12ba7ff4 416bb941	d4c0e9fc13a379f8 cd36bcaf5c2eb3c4	EmailWorm.Wi n32.Runonce. ~v001	Yes	8.1	8.1	197.248.222.190/32	N/A
23	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	987359aba5fbe70d 33abdb8348a7191d 4058b3bc	d8ccdbf4c7cbd0d7 42baf6c12981e940	ApplicUnwnt	Yes	10.0.0.33	10.0.0.33	Latvia	N/A

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Safe Entries

First Seen: 09 June 2008 at 8:24 am

No.	Company	File Type	SHA1	MD5	Digitally Signed	File Version	Product Version	Submitted From
1	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	7cecaf6488308f4d 1830c66ee19bdbe1 58dbf9d9	9303ac8c9430e3df 3e706e21130c020b	No	6.0.0.0	6.0.0.0	India
2	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	6a021ef71fe5b65b f8c3443154fe3801 fd613443	26606ba407216948 1f81eb57b711a832	No	6.0.0.0	6.0.0.0	Australia
3	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	9a7bc61875bc06cb 5d8585dc7c17ae8f 4328d355	9fa85407489c0650 b12d97ebc1750d8e	Yes	10.1.2.34	10.1.2.34	United Kingdom
4	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	dac12a4f6e14dc8c cc50055448135876 c050f547	2f87d3ec3ef520e3 6ff4bb0399bf90d4	Yes	8.1	8.1	Germany
5	N/A	Executable	f21cfff05a76be1a 01e98179f1816a2b 15393e46	7cc0e644fe574804 8ec050d5bc41317b	Yes	N/A	N/A	10.224.1.117/32
6	N/A	Executable	5a856f4006739ab6 43d9f1695aa43908 f78c5d7c	f6fe01caa563bc88 29d00f3b70e87839	No	N/A	N/A	South Africa
7	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	7126221d4410dd11 4dec704a93c036cb ea4dcd13	ce0cc448f0e7794a 5bed72ba31df8452	Yes	10.1.3.10	10.1.3.10	104.13.242.78/32
8	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	dac12a4f6e14dc8c cc50055448135876 c050f547	2f87d3ec3ef520e3 6ff4bb0399bf90d4	Yes	8.1	8.1	10.224.1.115/32
9	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	dac12a4f6e14dc8c cc50055448135876 c050f547	2f87d3ec3ef520e3 6ff4bb0399bf90d4	Yes	8.1	8.1	10.224.1.29/32
10	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	dac12a4f6e14dc8c cc50055448135876 c050f547	2f87d3ec3ef520e3 6ff4bb0399bf90d4	Yes	8.1	8.1	United States
11	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	f4cfb8b0aa9991a5 62033bd9923aef5e a411c6e6	bf311e2c8d7acc41 2926dd02f53f752d	Yes	10.0.3.13	10.0.3.13	Australia
12	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	77f442d41fc658e8 ed0e9bea92121f99 13fa3882	6f33922429b5cba2 294c361e2f5b9e6d	Yes	8.1	8.1	128.73.74.161/32
13	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	dac12a4f6e14dc8c cc50055448135876 c050f547	2f87d3ec3ef520e3 6ff4bb0399bf90d4	Yes	8.1	8.1	Internal Submission
14	N/A	Executable	6ee9feb0a76a4a78 0cac1c01cb774635 f3f7f263	37f8dbe21e54bf34 5330c5633c774d00	No	N/A	N/A	United Kingdom
15	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	cab3a3e252708259 c7a368b63b90362b ff939400	ab7bacb9da99e08e d8988eaaf5784324	No	6.0.0.0	6.0.0.0	United States
16	PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP	Executable	7126221d4410dd11 4dec704a93c036cb ea4dcd13	ce0cc448f0e7794a 5bed72ba31df8452	Yes	10.1.3.10	10.1.3.10	United States
17	N/A	Executable	d2b5a00036ac0285 c18a0f524e22e3e8 cc9a98a7	90f90c063a86a978 a08328225af212c1	No	N/A	N/A	Iran, Islamic Republic of
18	PC Drivers HeadQuarters	Executable	f68dd6383eedddc4 cef4e546d4f850da d90900f5	7951ab7f8bd46b52 a481325e1a94ef5d	No	6.0.0.0	6.0.0.0	United States

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How to Remove “DriverDetective.exe”

What is Driverdetective.exe?

How to find if the system is affected by Driverdetective.exe malware