Should I remove EasyLife Updater?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
81% remove it19% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #21,880
United States Rank #26,044
Reach 0.0092%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 29.33 days
865.29 days >
Average installed length: 454.64 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
1.0 |
100.00% |
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EasyLife Updater
What is EasyLife Updater?
EasyLife Updater is installed with various BetterSoft products/adware including SaveAs, BrowseToSave and ContinueToSave.
Overview
EasyLife Updater is a program developed by BetterSoft. During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). 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 EasyLife Updater.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 1.87 MB of memory. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 2 files and is usually about 527.63 KB (540,291 bytes). EasyLife Updater.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 7. While about 30% of users of EasyLife Updater come from the United States, it is also popular in Taiwan and Brazil.
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Generally known to have a low reputation
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in EasyLife Updater.
EasyLife Updater.exe (2960400094498dae47b36173286d76a0) has been flagged by the following 21 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
AhnLab-V3 |
2013.05.25 |
PUP/Win32.BetterSoft |
avast! |
2014.9-130526 |
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP] |
Bitdefender |
1.0.20.730 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
Comodo Security |
16313 |
ApplicUnwnt |
Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.13.05.26.01 |
Adware.BHO.Agent |
eSafe |
7.0.17.0 |
Win32.Trojan |
ESET-NOD32 |
7.8371 |
Win32/GenUpdater |
Fortinet FortiGate |
5/26/2013 |
Riskware/BetterSoftAgent |
F-Secure |
11.2013-26-05_1 |
Adware.BHO.Agent |
G Data |
13.5.22 |
Adware.BHO.Agent |
IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.2.0.0.0 |
AdWare.BHO.Agent |
Kingsoft AntiVirus |
331020.49267 |
Win32.Troj.FakeIcon.cw.(kcloud) |
McAfee |
5600.7087 |
Artemis!296040009449 |
McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.7087 |
Artemis!296040009449 |
MicroWorld-eScan |
14.0.0.438 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
nProtect |
13.05.24.04 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
Sophos |
4.89 |
Generic PUA DO |
Trend Micro |
10.465.26 |
ADW_DLOAD |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.146 |
ADW_DLOAD |
VIPRE Antivirus |
18076 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
ViRobot |
2011.4.7.4223 |
Adware.BetterSoft.348160 |
1818212897.dll (c2f772d5eb7fc69d24361c2c0ebc6eb5) has been flagged by the following 22 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
12.0.163.0 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
AhnLab-V3 |
2013.12.03.00 |
PUP/Win32.BetterSoft |
Avira AntiVir |
7.11.117.76 |
Adware/BetterSoft.A |
avast! |
8.0.1489.320 |
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP] |
AVG |
13.0.0.3169 |
Generic5.AEKX |
Bitdefender |
7.2.5028.0 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
Comodo Security |
17373 |
ApplicUnwnt |
Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.0.0.589 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E (B) |
ESET-NOD32 |
9122 |
Win32/GenUpdater |
Fortinet FortiGate |
5.1.147.0 |
Riskware/BetterSoftAgent |
F-Secure |
11.0.19100.45 |
Adware.BHO.Agent |
G Data |
22 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
Kingsoft AntiVirus |
2013.4.9.267 |
Win32.Heur.KVMF58.hy.(kcloud) |
McAfee |
5.600.0.1067 |
Generic PUP.t |
McAfee-GW-Edition |
2013 |
Generic PUP.t |
MicroWorld-eScan |
12.0.250.0 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
NANO AntiVirus |
0.28.0.56582 |
Riskware.Win32.Unwanted.cjedov |
Sophos |
4.95.0 |
Generic PUA DO |
Trend Micro |
9.740.0.1012 |
ADW_BHO |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
ADW_BHO |
VIPRE Antivirus |
23944 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
ViRobot |
2011.4.7.4223 |
Adware.Agent.187904 |
View all 43 all detections
EasyLife Updater has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\BetterSoft\EasyLife Updater
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files2\INSTAL~2\EASYLI~1\Setup.exe /remove /q0
Estimated size: 527.63 KB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by EasyLife Updater
Program executable: | EasyLife Updater.exe (Malware detected) |
| Updater |
Path: | C:\ProgramData\BetterSoft\EasyLife Updater\EasyLife Updater.exe |
MD5: | 2960400094498dae47b36173286d76a0 |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) EasyLife Updater.exe - Updater
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(Malware detected) 1818212897.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- EasyLife Updater.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F217A514-13D3-4DE6-BDBF-857602A446FB}'.
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- EasyLife Updater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task with the class {13C28C3D-4A61-46CF-8B61-EFE8189D9171}.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
EasyLife Updater.exe |
Memory: | 1.87 MB | |
Total CPU: | 0.0009770726% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00052169% | |
User CPU: | 0.00045538% | |
CPU cycles/sec: | 29,016 | |
I/O reads/min: | 154 Bytes | |
How do I remove EasyLife Updater?
You can uninstall EasyLife Updater 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 EasyLife Updater, 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 EasyLife Updater.
- 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.
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 81%
Keep it 19%
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GLOBAL RANK
#21,880
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
80.11% |
|
Windows 10 |
9.94% |
|
Windows XP |
7.73% |
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Windows Vista |
2.21% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
45.86% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
22.65% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
7.18% |
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Windows 7 Home Basic |
4.42% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
4.42% |
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Windows 8 |
3.31% |
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Geography
30.20% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
30.20% |
Taiwan |
24.75% |
Brazil |
6.44% |
Hong Kong |
6.44% |
Germany |
4.95% |
Canada |
4.46% |
United Kingdom |
3.96% |
France |
3.47% |
Colombia |
2.97% |
Australia |
2.48% |
Chile |
1.49% |
Iran |
1.49% |
Argentina |
0.99% |
Mexico |
0.99% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
ASUS |
23.93% |
|
Hewlett-Packard |
22.22% |
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Acer |
21.37% |
|
Dell |
15.38% |
|
GIGABYTE |
8.55% |
|
American Megatrends |
3.42% |
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Lenovo |
1.71% |
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Samsung |
1.71% |
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Toshiba |
1.71% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.67% |
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HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.67% |
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ASUSTeK K55VM |
2.75% |
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Dell Inspiron N5110 |
2.75% |
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ASUSTeK K53SD |
1.83% |
|
Dell Inspiron N4010 |
1.83% |
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Publisher URL: www.bettersoft.com