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Commonly Installed Programs

As of Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Google Chrome is a free web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It is designed to be secure, fast, simple and stable. Chrome supports plug-ins with the Netscape Plugin Appl... More about Google Chrome
Google Toolbar is an Internet browser toolbar only available for Internet Explorer and Firefox. Google Toolbar is often distributed through product bundling with a primary download. Google Toolbar res... More about Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer
Microsoft Security Essentials is an antivirus software product that provides protection against different types of malware such as computer viruses, spyware, rootkits and Trojan horses. It runs on Win... More about Microsoft Security Essentials
Apple's iTunes is a proprietary media player computer program, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone and iPad.... More about iTunes
Bonjour Service provides a general method to discover services on a local area network. The software is widely used throughout Mac OS and Windows for iOS devices, and allows users to set up a network ... More about Bonjour
Apple Mobile Device Support is required and used for the synchronisation between an Apple mobile iOS devices (iPod, iPhone or iPad) and a PC through iTunes. If uninstalled, your iPhone, iPad, or iPod ... More about Apple Mobile Device Support
The Adobe Flash Player is freeware software for viewing multimedia, executing Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio, content created on the Adobe Flash platform. Flash Player can r... More about Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX
The main features of Office 2010 include the backstage file menu, new collaboration tools, a customizable ribbon, protected view and a navigation panel. Microsoft Office is an office suite of desktop ... More about Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. QuickTime for Microsoft Windows has always be... More about QuickTime
Apple Application Support is required to run iTunes, QuickTime and other Apple installed products (do not remove this if you use any of these programs). If you remove this program you will need to rei... More about Apple Application Support
This program provides the Intel Management Engine Components Driver for supported notebooks with supported operating systems. The Intel management Components monitor the installed Intel hardware, suc... More about Intel Management Engine Components
With a Windows PC, you can use Apple Software Update for Windows to keep your Apple software up-to-date via the Internet. Apple software includes Safari, iTunes for Windows, Bonjour for Windows, and Q... More about Apple Software Update
Microsoft Silverlight is an application framework for writing and running rich Internet applications, with features and purposes similar to those of Adobe Flash. The run-time environment for Silverlig... More about Microsoft Silverlight
Realtek's High Definition Audio Driver provide high quality DTS, Dolby, Surround Sound to your PC via the audio card. The software comes with a number of features and functionality such as a six chann... More about Realtek High Definition Audio Driver
Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by Dropbox, Inc. that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, and client software. Dropbox allows users to create a special folder on each of their compu... More about Dropbox
The Adobe Flash Player is freeware software for viewing multimedia, executing Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio, content created on the Adobe Flash platform. Adobe Flash Player... More about Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin
Firefox now installs an optional service called the Mozilla Maintenance Service. This service allows Firefox to install updates without requiring you to click yes in the Windows User Account Control (... More about Mozilla Maintenance Service
Picasa is an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, plus an integrated photo-sharing website. Picasa is 3 supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, and has... More about Picasa 3

The Program Ranks

The top 10,000 installed programs.
  1. Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX
  2. Microsoft Silverlight
  3. Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin
  4. Google Chrome
  5. Mozilla Maintenance Service
  6. Realtek High Definition Audio Driver
  7. Windows Live Essentials by Microsoft
  8. CCleaner by Piriform
  9. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition
  10. Apple Software Update
  11. Apple Application Support
  12. Bonjour by Apple
  13. QuickTime by Apple
  14. Apple Mobile Device Support
  15. iTunes by Apple
  16. Intel Management Engine Components
  17. Microsoft Office File Validation Add-In
  18. Google Earth
  19. HP Update by Hewlett-Packard
  20. Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer
  21. Intel Rapid Storage Technology
  22. Synaptics Pointing Device Driver
  23. Windows Live Mesh ActiveX Control for Remote Connections by Microsoft
  24. Picasa 3 by Google Inc
  25. Microsoft Security Essentials
  26. Skype Click to Call
  27. Windows Live Sync by Microsoft
  28. Dropbox
  29. Intel Processor Graphics
  30. Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
  31. Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
  32. Realtek Ethernet Controller Driver
  33. Intel Control Center
  34. VLC media player by VideoLAN Team
  35. Java 7 Update 17 by Oracle
  36. avast! Free Antivirus by AVAST Software
  37. Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin by Microsoft
  38. Bing Bar by Microsoft
  39. Java 7 Update 21 by Oracle
  40. Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system by Microsoft
  41. Realtek USB Card Reader
  42. Microsoft Works
  43. Microsoft Office 2010
  44. µTorrent by BitTorrent
  45. RealPlayer by RealNetworks
  46. Skype by Skype Technologies
  47. Adobe Shockwave Player
  48. Skype by Skype Technologies
  49. Ask Toolbar by Ask.com
  50. Microsoft SkyDrive
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Most Active Programs

As of Wednesday, June 19, 2013
 Ask.com
  81% remove
The Ask Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that can appear as an extra bar added to the browser's window and/or menu. It is often installed (sometimes without warning) during the installation of other so... More about Ask Toolbar
 Hewlett-Packard
  57% remove
The purpose of the Shop for HP Supplies program is to make it easy for users to shop online for HP supplies and to make sure that you are buying the correct supplies such as ink cartridges, toners, or... More about Shop for HP Supplies
 Babylon Ltd
  81% remove
The Delta Toolbar is a web browser plugin that supports Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. It is typically bundled with various third party software. When installed, it will modify the user's home... More about Delta toolbar
 Pando Networks Inc.
  51% remove
Pando Media Booster (PMB) is an application by Pando Networks that is used by game and software publishers to ensure safe, complete and speedy downloads of large files. PMB is primarily used to downlo... More about Pando Media Booster
 Conduit Ltd.
  82% remove
The Conduit Search protect software is designed to prevent other competing web browser plugins from changing the home page and search settings that are created by the Conduit OurToolbar from being cha... More about Search Protect by conduit
 Coupons.com Incorporated
  69% remove
Coupon Printer for Windows is software that allows users to build and print coupons that will be accepted at retail stores from Coupons.com. The printer application also bundles the CouponBar, a web b... More about Coupon Printer for Windows
 Bit89 Inc
  88% remove
PerformerSoft BrowserProtect is a third party web browser add-in classified mostly as adware that used to be bundled with PerformerSoft products including PC Performer. The maker of this program is a ... More about BrowserProtect
 Search Results, LLC
  88% remove
DefaultTab is developed by Search Results. which modifies your search provider and home page. It also modifies search results and send your web surfing behavior to its partners to send you targeted ad... More about DefaultTab
 Acer Incorporated
  54% remove
Acer Registration is a program that is pre-installed with Acer laptops. If the laptop has not yet been registered with Acer it will periodically popup and promt the user to register. It runs as a sche... More about Acer Registration
 Amonetize ltd.
  80% remove
The program is distributed by Amonetize ltd., a program bundling/installation monitization platform. "We provide our own installer software component. Our installer easily integrates with any Windows ... More about Software Version Updater
 Pandora.TV
  55% remove
Pandora TV is a video sharing website that hosts user-generated content. Pandora TV is a video sharing website designed to attach advertisement to user-submitted video clips and to provide unlimited ... More about Pandora Service
 Visual Tools
  83% remove
Delta Chrome Toolbar is part of the babylon toolbar system, a known adware program. It has alos been detected as malware by a few antivirus programs. TrendMicro-HouseCall detects it as TROJ_GEN.RCBH1C... More about Delta Chrome Toolbar
 iBario LTD
  83% remove
The InstallBrain Updater Service is designed to keep iBario and other related products up to date. The InstallBrain Updater Service runs in the background and periodically connects to the InstallBrain... More about Updater Service
 Wajam
  74% remove
Wajam is a social search engine that lets users get recommendations from friends by letting them search through public and private data shared on social networking platforms. Its first product is a pl... More about Wajam
 Ask.com
  75% remove
The Ask Toolbar Updater is designed to periodically (once a day) check for an install updates to the toolbar without the interaction of the user. The Ask Toolbar and other applications are increasingl... More about Ask Toolbar Updater
 Bandoo Media Inc
  87% remove
iLivid is a video download manager for YouTube and other thrid-party video hosted web sites. iLivit includes a bundled includes a bundled VLC Player.
 Hewlett-Packard
  72% remove
The Hewlett-Packard Customer Experience Enhancements is bundled with most HP PCs and can be easily removed. It provides PC users added 'enhancements' with the new computer and in many cases depedning ... More about HP Customer Experience Enhancements
 Yahoo! Inc.
  51% remove
Yahoo! Toolbar is a toolbar that installs on the Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers, within the context of internet access functions. It allows access to several functions, including Yahoo! Search... More about Yahoo! Toolbar
 Yontoo Technology, Inc.
  79% remove
Yontoo is a web browser toolbar and extension. Yontoo collects and stores information about your web browsing habits so they can suggest services or provide advertising. It is a potentially unwanted a... More about Yontoo
 APN LLC
  80% remove
The Search-Results Toolbar by APN (Ask Partner Network, part of IAC Search & Media, Inc) is an advertising supported toolbar for Intenet Explorer and Firefox (a web browser extension) that is typicall... More about Search-Results Toolbar
 Search Assistant SProtector
  79% remove
Search Assistant WebSearch is an adware program installed into Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. The programs collects and stores information about web browsing habits and sends this information ... More about Search Assistant WebSearch
 Perion Network Ltd.
  56% remove
The IB (IncrediBar) Updater Service is designed to keep the Perion IncrediBar web browser toolbar (and other related products) up to date. The IB Updater Service runs in the background and periodicall... More about IB Updater Service
 TOSHIBA Corporation
  57% remove
Utility bundled with Toshiba laptops in order to register the new laptop.
 Linkury Inc.
  79% remove
QuickShare, also know as Smartbar, is an auto-starting program that is typically bundled with various shareware software. It displays advertising and is designed to run when Windows boots up. In addit... More about QuickShare
 Conduit Ltd.
  76% remove
Conduit Engine is installed along with one of 260,000 Conduit's Community toolbars (you can see the brands that have created a community toolbar using Conduit Platform at: http://www.conduit.com/Showc... More about Conduit Engine
 IMinent
  68% remove
Iminent toolbar is a browser extension for Internet Explorer and Firefox which is used to emoticons while using Facebook and web-based email products. During installation the Iminent toolbar changes y... More about Iminent
 Visicom Media Inc.
  82% remove
The Visicom Anti-phishing Domain Advisor Toolbar, powered by Panda Security, will analyze the current web sites you are visiting against a URL database and determine if the site is a potential phishin... More about Anti-phishing Domain Advisor
 SimplyGen LTD
  88% remove
Removing unwanted toolbars is usually a good idea. This toolbar has been known to have adverse effect on your web browser's and overall PC's performance and stability. This toolbar is known to monitor... More about Complitly
 SweetIM Technologies Ltd.
  63% remove
SweetIM toolbar is a browser add-on which adds various shortcuts such as games,deal pages etc. to your browsers for easy access. This toolbar also changes your homepage to home.sweetim.com While some ... More about Internet Explorer Toolbar by SweetPacks
 AOL Inc.
  57% remove
This application is installed with the AOL software. It will detect any updates available from AOL and automatically download and install them upon release.
 SweetIM Technologies Ltd.
  66% remove
Update Manager for SweetPacks is designed to monitor and keep the SweetPacks applications automatically up to date. It checks for software updates and automatically downloads and installs them if f... More about Update Manager for SweetPacks
 AVG Technologies
  72% remove
The AVG SafeGuard toolbar is included in AVG Technologies’s family of security software, as a standalone program, and as a third party bundles. AVG Security Toolbar incluedes a link scanner that displ... More about AVG SafeGuard toolbar
 COMODO
  53% remove
Comodo Dragon is a freeware web browser. The Comodo Dragon browser developed by Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. is based on the Chromium software code developed by Google. It is an implementation of C... More about Comodo Dragon
 PC Utilities Pro
  86% remove
Optimizer Pro by PC Utilities Pro is a program that is promoted as a system optimization tool. Some versions of this program may display deceptive or fraudulent claims about files, registry cleaning, ... More about Optimizer Pro
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