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7% remove it93% keep it
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Versions
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Essential Skills
by Pearson Education Services
Overview
Essential Skills is a software program developed by Pearson Education Services. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The setup package generally installs about 42 files and is usually about 613.34 KB (628,060 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of those who have this installed, most are running it on Windows 7. Most users that have installed this software come from the United States.
Program details
URL: www.PearsonEducationServices.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Pearson_Education_Services\Essential_Skills\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{A0981609-EBB7-4BEC-AB58-405D31461E4B}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly
Estimated size: 613.34 KB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by Essential Skills
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EssentialSkills.exe - OEM
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Interop.ShockwaveFlashObjects.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'ShockwaveFlashObjects'.
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Interop.AcroPDFLib.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'AcroPDFLib'.
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Interop.SHDocVw.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'SHDocVw'.
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Interop.WMPLib.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'WMPLib'.
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AppleVersions.dll (by Apple) - Apple Software Support Version Check (Apple Software Support Version Check Dynamic Link Library)
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icudt46.dll (by The ICU Project) - International Components for Unicode (ICU Data DLL)
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icuin40.dll (by The ICU Project and Apple) - Apple ICU 4.0 Compatibility DLL
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icuuc40.dll (by The ICU Project and Apple)
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Ionic.Zip.dll (by Dino Chiesa) - DotNetZip Library (Ionic's Zip Library)
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AVFoundationCF.dll (by Apple) - AVFoundationCF
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CoreFoundation.dll - CoreFoundation
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Edurite.Common.dll - SecurityCommon
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ESM.DataAccess.dll (by Edurite Technologies) - ESM.DataAccess
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CoreVideo.dll - CodeVideo.dll (CoreVideo)
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CoreGraphics.dll - CoreGraphics (CoreGraphics DLL)
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ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll (by ICSharpCode.net) - #ZipLibrary (SharpZipLib for .NET Framework 2.0)
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APSDaemon.exe - Apple Push
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ESM.Common.dll (by Edurite Technologies) - ESM.Common
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Foundation.dll - Foundation
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CFNetwork.dll - CFNetwork
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CoreAudioToolbox.dll - CoreAudio
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CoreMedia.dll - CoreMedia
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distnoted.exe - distnoted
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Edusmconn.dll (by Manipal K-12 Education Pvt Ltd) - Edusmconn
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defaults.exe - defaults
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DokanNet.dll - DokanNet
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libcache.dll - libcache
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ApplePushService.dll - iCloud (ApplePushService)
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APSDaemon_main.dll - APS Daemon
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7z64.dll (by Igor Pavlov) - 7-Zip (7z Standalone Plugin)
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7z86.dll (by Igor Pavlov)
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ASL.dll
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AxInterop.AcroPDFLib.dll
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AxInterop.SHDocVw.dll
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AxInterop.ShockwaveFlashObjects.dll
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AxInterop.WMPLib.dll
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AxShockwaveFlashObjects.dll
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DiffieHellman.dll
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JavaScriptCore.dll
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JSCore.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (All Users Run)
- APSDaemon.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'APSDaemon' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\APSDaemon.exe".
How do I remove Essential Skills?
You can uninstall Essential Skills 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 Essential Skills, 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 Essential Skills.
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%
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MOST USED OS
~99%
Windows 7
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Geography
100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?