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Should I remove CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
21% remove it79% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #18,063
United States Rank #8,719
Reach 0.0132%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 512.67 days
1341.76 days >
Average installed length: 704.99 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0004 100.00%

Typically installed together

CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault

What is CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault?

This is an on-line back-up service for files stored on personal computer and is not designed to be an alternative storage site. Includes 2GB storage capacity at no charge for CenturyLink High-Speed Internet subscribers.

About  (from CenturyLink)

CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault is an innovative tool that enables you to automatically back up your files to our CenturyLink servers, and access them from any PC via the Internet. You can select the files on your system that are most important to you (family photos, music, financial records, etc.) and choose the fr...  Read more

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). The primary executable is named CenturyLinkPersonalDigitalVault.exe. The setup package generally installs about 12 files and is usually about 5.24 MB (5,492,323 bytes). The installed file CenturyLinkPersonalDigitalVaultUpdater.exe is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: digitalvault.centurylink.com/help.aspx
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{B97FD5DD-1226-49AD-AE6C-BF9DE1468F05}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 5.24 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault

Program executable:CenturyLinkPersonalDigitalVault.exe
Name:CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault
Path:C:\Program Files\CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault\CenturyLinkPersonalDigitalVault.exe
MD5:5c43d611914f04f0dfe2697bd2b8ba99
Additional files:
  • CenturyLinkPersonalDigitalVaultUpdater.exe
  • CenturyLinkPersonalDigitalVault.exe - CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault
  • BuEng.dll (by SwapDrive) - Backup.com Online Backup (SwapDrive Backup Engine LoopingBackup)
  • OlbEng.dll
  • SdbShared.dll - Shared
  • Toast.dll - Toast
  • CppUtils.dll
  • SdbShared.XmlSerializers.dll
  • SdbUI.dll
  • msvcm90.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)
  • msvcp90.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® C++ Runtime Library
  • msvcr90.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • CenturyLinkPersonalDigitalVault.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D9893C10-BC05-4736-B220-87A0FDE486AD}' (runs on registration).

How do I remove CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault?

You can uninstall CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault™, 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove CenturyLink Personal Digital Vault.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 59%
Win Vista (SP1) 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 21%
Keep it 79%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#18,063

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 61.54%
Windows Vista 22.31%
Windows XP 9.23%
Windows 10 6.92%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 55.25%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 16.73%
Microsoft Windows XP 8.95%
Windows Vista Home Basic 4.67%
Windows 10 Home 3.89%
Windows 7 Ultimate 3.50%

Distribution by countryGeography

99.78% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 99.78%
  Russia 0.22%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 37.36%
Dell 28.57%
Toshiba 13.74%
Acer 10.99%
ASUS 3.85%
Gateway 2.75%
GIGABYTE 1.65%
Intel 1.10%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.79%
TOSHIBA Satellite C655 3.79%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.03%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 2.27%
Compaq-Presario GC660AA-A... 1.52%
Acer Aspire 5552 1.52%

About CenturyLink

CenturyLink is a telecommunications company in the United States that offers voice and data communications, as well as television and home security services.
Publisher URL: www.centurylink.com

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