Is Driver Talent safe?

[SnarkySinner]

One of the websites that was offering fixes for black screen where sound is coming while a video game is open but nothing responds not even the keyboard to allow access to Task Manager after a recent update of Windows 10.

Anyways so the site recommended the software so I download it and my anti-virus (Avast) says its a virus and needs to have my PC be scanned and for it remove this harmful file.

Now I’m concerned if it’s a false positive or should I do a complete reinstall of windows if the program really does contain something harmful to my computer

Please help

[Omega]

All these "Fixes"and "tools" are FAKE , MALWARE, TRASH, BLOATWARE. Don't download magical "fixes".

Always listen to your AV, if it says something is infected with malware quarantine the .exe or file and remove it. There is no need to nuke your OS, you will be fine.

If you have any issues with your PC you can ask for help here on the Steam forums or look up a fix on Toms Hardware or similar tech websites.

[SnarkySinner]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Omega:

All these "Fixes"and "tools" are FAKE , MALWARE, TRASH, BLOATWARE. Don't download magical "fixes".

Always listen to your AV, if it says something is infected with malware quaratine the .exe or file and remove it.

If you have any issues with your PC you can ask for help here on the Steam forums or look up a fix on Toms Hardware or similar tech websites.

Alright, won’t download anything like that again. But my AVAST! Antivirus quarantined it and then I deleted it from the virus chest but I’m still concerned if my PC is safe or not. I did a full scan with the antivirus and malware bytes and both didn’t detect anything.

Well since I’m here I may as well ask how do I resolve the issue where if I press alt+tab my game gets a black screen there’s still sound but keyboard becomes unresponsive to access task manager to kill the game and this started happening with the most recent windows 10 update.

[Talby]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Slayer Fang:

...this started happening with the most recent windows 10 update.

Which update was it? Go to settings > windows update and uninstall it, and see if that resolves the issue. Quick guide here[www.windowscentral.com]...

[Omega]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Slayer Fang:

Alright, won’t download anything like that again. But my AVAST! Antivirus quarantined it and then I deleted it from the virus chest but I’m still concerned if my PC is safe or not. I did a full scan with the antivirus and malware bytes and both didn’t detect anything.

Don't worry about it. You will be fine.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Slayer Fang:

Well since I’m here I may as well ask how do I resolve the issue where if I press alt+tab my game gets a black screen there’s still sound but keyboard becomes unresponsive to access task manager to kill the game and this started happening with the most recent windows 10 update.

Download DDU app and use it to delete your GPU drivers via safe mode. Then download and install the latest drivers for your GPU from the Intel/AMD website.

DDU app: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
AMD: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

Oprindeligt skrevet af Talby:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Slayer Fang:

...this started happening with the most recent windows 10 update.

Which update was it? Go to settings > windows update and uninstall it, and see if that resolves the issue. Quick guide here[www.windowscentral.com]...

Most likely the Fall Creators update.

[SnarkySinner]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Talby:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Slayer Fang:

...this started happening with the most recent windows 10 update.

Which update was it? Go to settings > windows update and uninstall it, and see if that resolves the issue. Quick guide here[www.windowscentral.com]...

The build new number starts with 1709 and unfortunately I deleted the previous build that was installed so I can’t roll back to the 1703 build.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Omega:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Slayer Fang:

Alright, won’t download anything like that again. But my AVAST! Antivirus quarantined it and then I deleted it from the virus chest but I’m still concerned if my PC is safe or not. I did a full scan with the antivirus and malware bytes and both didn’t detect anything.

Don't worry about it. You will be fine.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Slayer Fang:

Well since I’m here I may as well ask how do I resolve the issue where if I press alt+tab my game gets a black screen there’s still sound but keyboard becomes unresponsive to access task manager to kill the game and this started happening with the most recent windows 10 update.

Download DDU app and use it to delete your GPU drivers via safe mode. Then download and install the latest drivers for your GPU from the Intel/AMD website.

DDU app: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
AMD: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

Oprindeligt skrevet af Talby:

Which update was it? Go to settings > windows update and uninstall it, and see if that resolves the issue. Quick guide here[www.windowscentral.com]...

Most likely the Fall Creators update.

Thanks for the links but I don’t even know how to boot into safe mode with windows 10 unlike windows 7 which used F8 to go into the boot menu.

[Athenas]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Slayer Fang:

Thanks for the links but I don’t even know how to boot into safe mode with windows 10 unlike windows 7 which used F8 to go into the boot menu.

Don't worry. DDU will reboot and enter into safe mode automatically, do its thing and then reboot back into normal Windows again.

Just install it and follow the instructions.

[LiMpY]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Slayer Fang:

Thanks for the links but I don’t even know how to boot into safe mode with windows 10 unlike windows 7 which used F8 to go into the boot menu.

HOLD the SHIFT KEY when choosing restart from startmenu or while starting computer/resetting

[[☥] - CJ -]

if You are looking for a driver program then Driver Booster from www.iobit.com would be what you need.

If you need "Cleaner" software, then Advance System Care from the same site is what youd be looking for, or CCleaner at the very least.