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Should I remove Download.am?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
65% remove it35% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Poor
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #22,485
United States Rank #36,955
Reach 0.0087%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 11.39 days
336.01 days >
Average installed length: 176.55 days

Download.am

What is Download.am?  (from the publisher)

No matter what you're looking for, you'll find it here. Thanks to the ingenious structure, the usage is possible on almost every device. You can't travel from A to B with our software, nervertheless you'll always remain mobile.

Overview

Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. 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 programs's main executable is download.am.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 70.68 MB of memory. A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 39.47 MB (41,388,494 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 20% of users of Download.am come from Germany, it is also popular in the United States and France.
  • Starts automatically
  • Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.download.am
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\download.am
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Download.am\download.am-uninst.exe
Estimated size: 39.47 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Download.am

Program executable:download.am.exe
Name:download.am
download.am client
Path:C:\Program Files\download.am\download.am.exe
MD5:a956a6b81b0e862dc22ee9ab413c0ea1
Additional files:
  • download.am-uninst.exe (by COLDWELL AG) - Download.am (Download.am (Download manager client software))
  • download.am-cli.exe - download.am (download.am client)
  • tcl85.dll (by ActiveState) - Tcl 8.5 for Windows (Tcl DLL)
  • tk85.dll (by ActiveState) - Tk 8.5 for Windows (Tk DLL)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • download.am.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B5003BCE-FD02-438F-931F-7DFEED385684}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • download.am.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Download.am' which loads as C:\Program Files\Download.am\download.am.exe --no-browser --disable-splash.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

download.am.exe
Memory:70.68 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0000541237%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00001740%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00003672%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:966,478
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:7.69 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:1.44 KB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Download.am?

You can uninstall Download.am 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 Download.am, 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 Download.am.
  4. 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.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 61%
Win Vista 1%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 65%
Keep it 35%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 70.76%
Windows 10 26.90%
Windows XP 1.75%
Windows Vista 0.58%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 31.58%
Windows 7 Ultimate 26.90%
Windows 7 Professional 8.77%
Windows 8.1 8.77%
Windows 8.1 Pro 4.68%
Windows 8 Single Language 3.51%

Distribution by countryGeography

20.11% of installs come from Germany
Which countries install it?
  Germany 20.11%
  United States 16.67%
  France 4.60%
  Brazil 4.02%
  Austria 4.02%
  United Kingdom 4.02%
  Switzerland 2.30%
  Spain 2.30%
  Taiwan 1.72%
  Belgium 1.72%
  Australia 1.72%
  Mexico 1.72%
  Indonesia 1.72%
  Canada 1.72%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 29.82%
Hewlett-Packard 18.42%
Dell 14.91%
GIGABYTE 9.65%
ASUS 7.02%
Toshiba 5.26%
Lenovo 4.39%
Intel 3.51%
Samsung 3.51%
American Megatrends 2.63%
Apple 0.88%
Common models
Acer Aspire V3-571G 2.00%
Dell Inspiron N5110 2.00%
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 2.00%
HP 1000 Notebook PC 2.00%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.00%
LENOVO 20236 2.00%

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