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What percent of users and experts removed it?
6% remove it94% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #11,878
United States Rank #9,092
Reach 0.0277%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 7.31 days
215.71 days >
Average installed length: 113.34 days

Emily is Away

Overview

Emily is Away is a program developed by Kyle Seeley. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. 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 software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The main program executable is emily is away.exe. The software installer includes 62 files and is usually about 56.66 MB (59,415,706 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 59% of users of Emily is Away come from the United States, it is also popular in France and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: emilyisaway.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Emily is Away
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/417860
Estimated size: 56.66 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Emily is Away

Program executable:emily is away.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Emily is Away\emily is away.exe
MD5:d0ff9619310026ce5125df6a3c0cb500
Additional files:
  • GameOverlayRenderer.dll (by Valve) - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
  • crashhandler.dll (by Valve) - Steam Crash Handler Library
  • crashhandler64.dll
  • GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
  • GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
  • SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
  • Steam.dll
  • Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
  • steamclient.dll
  • steamclient64.dll
  • steamerrorreporter.exe
  • steamerrorreporter64.exe
  • SteamUI.dll - SteamUI Dynamic Link Library
  • streaming_client.exe
  • tier0_s.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library
  • tier0_s64.dll
  • video.dll
  • vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll
  • vstdlib_s64.dll
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.dll
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.dll
  • Assembly-CSharp.dll
  • uninstall.exe
  • CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
  • icui18n.dll
  • icuuc.dll
  • libavcodec-56.dll
  • libavcodec-57.dll
  • libavformat-56.dll
  • libavformat-57.dll
  • libavresample-2.dll
  • libavresample-3.dll
  • libavutil-54.dll
  • libavutil-55.dll
  • libswscale-3.dll
  • libswscale-4.dll
  • openvr_api.dll
  • v8.dll
  • AppOverlay.dll - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
  • AppOverlay64.dll
  • Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll
  • CSteamworks.dll (by Riley Labrecque) - CSteamworks (A C ABI wrapper for Steamworks)
  • d3dcompiler_46.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® DirectX for Windows® (Direct3D HLSL Compiler)
  • d3dcompiler_46_64.dll (by Microsoft)
  • dbghelp.dll - Debugging Tools for Windows(R) (Windows Image Helper)
  • libx264-142.dll (by x264 project) - x264 (H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) encoder library)
  • mono.dll
  • Mono.Security.dll (by MONO development team) - MONO CLI
  • mscorlib.dll (by MONO development team) - MONO Common language infrastructure
  • network_config.json
  • steam_api.dll - Steam Client API
  • Steam2.dll - Steam Client Engine
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.json
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.json
  • steamTmp.exe
  • System.Core.dll
  • System.dll
  • UnityEngine.dll
  • UnityEngine.UI.dll - guisystem
  • winh264.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B6D81AEC-C691-4109-ACBA-39A635BBAF0E}' (runs on registration).
  • steamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{694711D6-27A0-4D68-8836-D5F25B163A59}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-3837917440-1771750534-681917250-1001.
Service
  • emily is away.exe runs as a service named 'Intel(R) Security Assist' (Intel(R) Security Assist) "Security Helper".
2 Startup Files (User Run)
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Power2GoExpress8' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.
  • steamTmp.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Steam' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.
3 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
  • emily is away.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Emily is Away\emily is away.exe'.
  • steamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Programas\Steam\Steam.exe'.

How do I remove Emily is Away?

You can uninstall Emily is Away 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 Emily is Away, 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 Emily is Away.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 80%
Win 7 0%
  
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 80.40%
Windows 7 19.23%
Windows XP 0.18%
Windows Vista 0.18%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home 45.32%
Windows 10 Pro 16.51%
Windows 7 Home Premium 8.07%
Windows 8.1 7.89%
Windows 7 Ultimate 5.50%
Windows 7 Professional 4.22%

Distribution by countryGeography

58.57% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 58.57%
  France 5.90%
  United Kingdom 4.66%
  Canada 3.29%
  Australia 3.16%
  Italy 2.74%
  Brazil 2.47%
  Germany 2.19%
  Turkey 1.92%
  Norway 1.37%
  Netherlands 1.10%
  DK 0.96%
  Spain 0.96%
  Sweden 0.96%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 22.32%
ASUS 18.65%
Acer 13.46%
Dell 12.84%
Lenovo 11.31%
Toshiba 8.56%
GIGABYTE 5.50%
MSI 2.75%
Alienware 2.14%
Intel 1.22%
Samsung 1.22%
Common models
ASUS All Series 11.32%
LENOVO 20378 3.30%
HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... 2.83%
HP 15 Notebook PC 2.36%
MSI MS-7693 2.36%
MSI MS-7821 2.36%

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