is driver robot safe

well I wanted to know this because I'm having problems with my sound card and wanted to know if I could update the drivers, so I went to the website Realtek and it said that they recommended downloading driver robot to download the drivers for their devices. Here's the link for Realtek
http://driver-pro.com/related/english/hardware-drivers/?a=12055&gclid=CKL27vjfq50CFSANDQodRBlXig&hit=1

Here is the link for driver robot: http://driverrobot.com/

I have to say I am not convinced.

I had a quick look at the Realtek.com web site, and I couldn't find any reference to Driver Robot, but I must admit I didn't do a comprehensive search of the site.

That link you gave, ( http://driver-pro.com/related/english/hardware-drivers/?a=12055&gclid=CKL27vjfq50CFSANDQodRBlXig&hit=1 ), seems strange to me. There's no mention of realtek in the url web address, and I couldn't find any mention on the driver robot site (apart from headers) of commendations by Realtek. If I had a web site and/or software recommended by some large company, I would make sure I had their commendation displayed on my site.

The header is odd as well, "We highly recommend this download". Who does? The only mention of Realtek is in the sub-header, but since this software apparently can be used for all types of software and hardware drivers, why is Realtek alone singled out?

My WOT, (Web of Trust), Firefox plugin suggests that the Driver Robot web site is not entirely trustworthy, ( http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/driverrobot.com ). Admittedly, WOT only relies on user comments and no discernible and independent testing, but what has been said there is slightly disturbing.

All in all I personally would be cautious.

Can you tell more about this sound problem you have, and also details of your system. Do you know which Realtek sound card you have?

Mark

cool thanks for your help. Well the sound problem that I have is that sometimes the sound is choppy or you just can't hear any sound at all. If you could help me were do I look for the model. I just know is Realtek HD Audio, the first site that I link you two is not the rite site for realtek a barely notice that.lol. Well I went to their real site,but I didn't know which drivers to download because it ask me how many channels my sound card has 6 or 8 and I don't know. Thanks for your help.

I found my model number ALC888S and the driver that I have is 6.0.1.5910
I went to their site I found my model, but no drivers not even the old ones and I need them for when I install windows 7.

but for now, that choppy sound may just be due to codecs. If the sound was choppy all the time then that could be caused by many things. I'm no tech, but the things I would look at are failing sound card, bad leads to the speakers, loose connections, or may be a bad driver.

Here's another one, when was the last time you spring-cleaned your computer? I don't know if it is a laptop or PC, but have you cracked open the case recently and looked inside? Dust will kill electrical components, and sadly computers are great dust collectors. Here's a video on how to clean a grungy PC;
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11319_7-6240575-1.html

But if the sound is only choppy some of the time that may point to something else, eg codecs for particular sound track files, ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_codec ).

Or, may be there are too many applications or processes running on the system.

Not knowing anything about your computer there is not much more I can say, but I did see this on the Realtek web site;

"High Definition Audio Codecs

Audio drivers available for download from the Realtek website are general drivers for our audio ICs, and may not offer the customizations made by your system/motherboard manufacturer. To be sure you obtain the full features/customizations provided in your original audio product, please download the latest drivers from your system/motherboard manufacturer's website."

I don't know what an IC is, (something card?), but it seems likely you may need to check with the motherboard maker's web site, or if this a computer from a major retailer, Dell, HP, etc, check with their site.

You're right about the lack of driver details for this ALC888S, which Realtek calls an audio codec.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=28&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=141

I had thought that drivers and codecs were different, so I think I have to pass on this now, and suggest you seek help from experts, either at the PC Hardware forum or the Home audio & video forum.

As to Windows 7, there is more information and help on this at the Windows 7 forum.

Good luck.

Mark

Thanks dude I already fix it, it was something wrong with the driver. I went to my manufactures site HP and they had the solution for my problem their. Thanks, you been a lot help.

I'm glad you got it sorted, and by yourself.

That's the sort of results we like to see.

Mark

I have tried this before but stopped short when they wanted me to register, just didn?t seem right.
Found this interesting blog on it tho, It is worth reading, and I wouldn?t recommend using this software. Stick to the manufacture sites
Part 1:
http://www.loosewireblog.com/2009/10/driver-phishing.html
Part2:
http://www.loosewireblog.com/2009/10/driving-phishing-ii-or-who-is-trentin-lagrange.html

Thanks for those, and it looks like my initial concerns were right.

Mark