Solved! Is Drivermax Safe?

[al92]

Not sure if this is the right section; figured it relates to security!

I've been using DriverMax for home and work PCs for around a year. I've found it really useful as long as I keep an eye on what it's trying to do. However, I am a little suspicious of it as it seems to run permanently in the background even if you disable its' ability to run on startup, and click the X. The only way to stop it seems to be to force it to close through Task Manager.

Just wondered whether it's actually a safe piece of software to have on, or whether there's a more reputable one I should try?

 

[jaslion]

Not sure if this is the right section; figured it relates to security!

I've been using DriverMax for home and work PCs for around a year. I've found it really useful as long as I keep an eye on what it's trying to do. However, I am a little suspicious of it as it seems to run permanently in the background even if you disable its' ability to run on startup, and click the X. The only way to stop it seems to be to force it to close through Task Manager.

Just wondered whether it's actually a safe piece of software to have on, or whether there's a more reputable one I should try?

I'm not sure why you are using this in the first place. Dirvermax tends to install the wrong drivers for chipsets and whatnot most of the time. It has been criticized in the past for send data that it collects and has been flagged as adware multiple times. I personally would not use it or recommend anyone use it.

 

[t53186]

You really don't need to use that. just download the drivers directly from the manufacturers website to ensure you have the correct and up to date drivers.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Update the drivers yourself. Software tends to create issues.

 

[USAFRet]

Just wondered whether it's actually a safe piece of software to have on, or whether there's a more reputable one I should try?

The most reputable one of those is called NONE.
There is no reason to continuously monitor and mess around with hardware drivers.
And even less reason to let some software do it for you, and potentially screw it up.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

Why would anybody want to constantly update drivers? That sounds like a crazy concept. Uninstall that software immediately.

 

[al92]

Thanks all. Will get rid of it. We've been using it to pick up the right drivers where we've had to install blank copies of Windows 10 without model-specific drivers onto a machine, but I'd rather not take the risk.