Do I have to worry about this unknown driver?

Hi

Driver finder apps are a PITA at times, and I never recomend them as they can list drivers that you do not need, they often state that your driver is out of date when its not, however in your case this dump_iaStor.sys is the Intel Matrix SATA driver.

But right click and choose properties on that file and check the Details tab to see who the creator is? I have a few dump files in drivers folder, for ATA drivers and a legacy audio one and those are ok.

What are the driver file names? as far as I know SuperAntiSpyware will load services and not drivers.

Drivers load with Windows all the time, if they didnt Windows would not work.


Personally I would get rid of that app as its likely to tell you to update things that do not need updating as many hardware drivers, do not need updating. Just check your Device manager for any yellow ! marks and if you have any let us know what they are next too and also let us know what Make and Model your PC is if its from the likes of Dell, HP, Acer etc or what the Motherboard make and Model is if its a homebuild PC?

This will help if you dont know the info needed above

 

Hi

I think that the app is listing all items of driver related files, while many are not even active as in the dump ones, they are in the driver folder

(this holds drivers for items that you dont have installed, but at a later date could), if in the dump_iaStor.sys you open the file location and then

right click and choose properties of that file, you will see in the details tab the creator of the files info.

Just finally checked SAS and it loads two system drivers (SASDIFSV64.SYS and SASKUTIL64.SYS for me), but they seem to only be active if you have the

application open, may need to restart once you have fully closed SAS down, the DriverView app again and see if the files are loaded, but they are normal

for this application.

They dont seem to offload themsleves once the app is closed, but if you reboot and then check with DriverView they should be gone, but only if you dont

have SAS set to start at boot.

I would start a new thread in the software forum for this question and do a quick search also on backup as I as well as others have posted alot on

backups and what apps to use etc over the past year or so, but when you have a question do start a new thread as its best to have all your info in one

thread of your own, opposed to tagging your question onto an older post.

Yeah similar and is it better, well it depends on what info you want, personally I like Everest, but Speccy works fine as does SIW and Belarc, you takes

your choice in what app your happy with, but do give Speccy a try and see what you think