BenchUpdater
Threat Scorecard
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| Ranking: | 8,614 |
| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 202,499 |
| First Seen: | January 9, 2014 |
| Last Seen: | March 3, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
BenchUpdater is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may be associated with behavior typical of adware. The purpose of BenchUpdater is to provide users with a one-click solution that can keep track of all their drivers and update them if it detects that a newer version is available. While this may sound like a great utility to have at your disposal, you should keep in mind that BenchUpdater is neither popular nor reputable and everything this software promises should be taken with a grain of salt. The BenchUpdater software may be found in software bundles that utilize misleading installation instructions to trick users into agreeing to install BenchUpdater. The good news is that installing this program will not harm your computer, but it may have a negative effect on its behavior and performance.
The installation of BenchUpdater creates an automatic start-up entry that launches BenchUpdater along with Windows. Furthermore, the BenchUpdater software doesn't allow automatic driver updates if the user hasn't purchased the full version of the software. This means that trial version may be bombarded with pop-ups, alerts, and notifications whose purpose is to remind the computer users that their drivers need to be updated, and they can do that by paying for the full version of BenchUpdater. If you didn't install BenchUpdater on purpose yet you are being bothered by its pop-ups, then you should eliminate this PUP with the help of a reputable anti-malware program that can fully remove all of BenchUpdater's components immediately.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove BenchUpdater
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | wd.exe.vir | 0abeea039c171d5db4ef78bce6bab73d | 5,158 |
| 2. | cl.exe.vir | edc5671513db6e250fffd91e408ed896 | 4,046 |
| 3. | cl.exe | 191a7f7967a2689fd613b1fdb34056b3 | 2,982 |
| 4. | bservice.exe.vir | 07ee628bdcdb9a09988febdd15e2196c | 2,819 |
| 5. | updater.exe | 27862bc4eb31d1e68b866a9f32c87fd4 | 2,037 |
| 6. | bservice.exe | e52deb34958a6b9c9defd04072ba320c | 1,756 |
| 7. | cservice.exe | fffee0f36c519fa973cf697a65b22371 | 1,190 |
| 8. | bservice64.exe | ef28836ea2793d421c7801a2aaae7c9e | 1,165 |
| 9. | ORTHOS.exe | bb73d59f1849044af02d368adc853def | 808 |
| 10. | cservice64.exe | 958c38e61f9dd79056299ec7e5e9cdca | 730 |
| 11. | fservice.exe | 8d5c6e316e1c04772e50ecc268a1d8da | 410 |
| 12. | bservice64.exe.vir | d48f780962d554e73082356d7e5c46ba | 406 |
| 13. | A0142462.exe | ecf5efbd34c465bdf5283fd186a35623 | 276 |
| 14. | wd.exe | b361e5282cbdd81b2222a3fe60f20b40 | 266 |
| 15. | fservice64.exe | b0ef582b0a10aa69ad497f27257996d9 | 264 |
| 16. | proc.exe | a694180da7c9a463b28db094ef503aa7 | 225 |
| 17. | nmhost.exe | 89bb8b1dc6e5849bfc2c8f7396da4f5b | 162 |
| 18. | pwdg.exe | 52fd1fb73210a28ef5beef8a16fd5b58 | 127 |
| 19. | Spectrum.exe | 0bdf6375aaa0dc7cc4b7f9d0fb238ab7 | 4 |
Registry Details
Directories
BenchUpdater may create the following directory or directories:
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\BenchUpdater |
| %ProgramFiles%\Bench |
| %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\BenchUpdater |
