If Smart Driver Updater is installed, it is likely that your computer is infected with additional PUPs and malware, including adware and browser hijackers such as istart123 and video MediaPlay-Air. This program will also deny permission to end it’s process in order to shut down the program. If a user attempts to close the window, the program will likely freeze and fail to respond.

Once installed, this program will begin to perform a scan that claims to check your PC and other devices for driver updates. In fact, checking a Microsoft Windows computer for updates and installing updates is free and does not require third-party software to perform such tasks.

Smart Driver Updater and similar products are not necessary for a computer to function properly. These programs will not actually fix errors or update system drivers unless a user purchases the item. Most of the time potential Smart Driver Updater malware and similar programs will scan a computer, claim a number of errors are found or that drivers are outdated and need to be updated in order to create customers. Smart Driver Updater is essentially a non-beneficial Microsoft Windows driver update program like so many others that offers no value to a computer system. This program has many users complaints suggesting that Smart Driver Updater installs without user consent, installs alongside third-party malware and PUPs, this program utilizes very aggressive marketing techniques, and this program does not operate as promoted. Smart Driver Updater by Avanquest Software is a suspicious and Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) found in the scareware category of possible computer threats.

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