Should I remove Amazing Universe Screen Saver?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

65% remove it35% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0	100.00%

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Amazing Universe Screen Saver

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What is Amazing Universe Screen Saver?

This Freeze screensaver is installed with the software bundler called InstallIQ, an install manager that will make recommendations for additional advertising supported or other 3rd party software that may include toolbars, browser add-ons, and other types of potentially unwanted programs. Although you are not required to install any additional software, you need to manually uncheck the bundled offers. Uninstalling the screensaver will not automatically removed the bundled software.

Overview

A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 14 files and is usually about 6.76 MB (7,092,340 bytes).

Automatically starts with Windows
Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!

Program details

Displayed publisher: Freeze.com, LLC

URL: www.freeze.com

Help link: www.freeze.com/help/customersupport.aspx

Installation folder: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Adobe\Shockwave 11

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files1\Freeze.com\AMAZIN~1\UNINSTAL.EXE"

Estimated size: 6.76 MB

Files installed by Amazing Universe Screen Saver

gt.exe (by Google) - Google Toolbar Installer
Plugin.dll (by Adobe Systems) - Shockwave for Director (Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.0.0)
dirapi.dll (by Adobe Systems) - Director 11 (Director Player)
iml32.dll - IML
Proj.dll
Control.dll - Shockwave (Shockwave ActiveX Control)
DynaPlayer.dll - DynaBound Player
SwHelper_1100429.exe - Shockwave Helper
SwInit.exe - Shockwave Init
SwMenu.dll - Shockwave Context Menu Support
gi.dll
gtapi.dll
SYMCCHECKER.DLL
UNWISE.EXE

Behaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task

UNWISE.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{D124A613-2DCA-41D4-BD97-2AA19C48545C}' (runs on registration).

Startup File (User Run Once)

SwHelper_1100429.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Shockwave Updater' which loads as C:\WINDOWS\system32\Adobe\SHOCKW~1\SWHELP~1.EXE -Update -1100429 -Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GTB7.3; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NE.

How do I remove Amazing Universe Screen Saver?

You can uninstall Amazing Universe Screen Saver from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.

On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.

When you find the program Amazing Universe Screen Saver, click it, and then do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).

Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Amazing Universe Screen Saver.
If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.