Vulkan Runtime Libraries 1.0.39.1 -

. It didn’t have a flashy icon, and nobody remembered downloading it. To the cautious user, it looked like the hallmark of a virus—stealthy, strangely named, and suddenly everywhere

: It acts as a bridge between your games and your graphics card, offering "low-overhead" access that allows developers to get more power out of your hardware. Vulkan Runtime Libraries 1.0.39.1

Developed by the Khronos Group and typically distributed by NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel. or Intel. So

So, how did it get there? It was a hitchhiker. When players updated their drivers to play the latest hits (like Vulkan Runtime Libraries 1.0.39.1