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Should I remove Free Alarm Clock?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
11% remove it89% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #9,952
United States Rank #7,792
Reach 0.0363%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 24.87 days
733.65 days >
Average installed length: 385.48 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.7 100.00%

Free Alarm Clock 2.7.1

What is Free Alarm Clock?  (from Comfort Software Group)

If you need alarm clock software for Windows, this is the software you are looking for. Free Alarm Clock supports unlimited number of alarms so that you are not restricted to the number of alarms you can have. Alarms that you set will sound even if computer goes to sleep. While your PC is sleeping and the time comes to...  Read more

Overview

Free Alarm Clock 2.7.1 is a program developed by Comfort Software Group. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 freealarmclock.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 6.04 MB of memory. It also adds an icon to the Windows notifications area in order to provide access to the program. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 2.7 MB (2,833,638 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 60% of users of Free Alarm Clock come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: FreeAlarmClockSoftware.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\FreeAlarmClock\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\FreeAlarmClock\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 2.7 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Free Alarm Clock 2.7.1

Program executable:freealarmclock.exe
Name:Free Alarm Clock
Path:C:\Program Files\freealarmclock\freealarmclock.exe
MD5:9297a3ccb55eeba43b6062718408f69b
Taskbar:Displays an icon in the notification area
Additional files:
  • Free_Alarm_Clock_v2.7.1.exe - Free Alarm Clock 2.7 (Free Alarm Clock 2.7 Setup)
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • FreeAlarmClock.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F24DAB42-20AA-4989-A7F3-7AFEA4149AFC}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • FreeAlarmClock.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named StartFreeAlarmClock.
Startup File (User Run)
  • FreeAlarmClock.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'New startup 12_26_14' and executes as "C:\Program Files\FreeAlarmClock\FreeAlarmClock.exe".

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

freealarmclock.exe
Memory:6.04 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0016205049%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00104560%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00057491%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:4,841,136
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:6
70 average
I/O reads/min:2.38 KB
435.61 KB average

How do I remove Free Alarm Clock?

You can uninstall Free Alarm Clock 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 Free Alarm Clock 2.7.1, 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 Free Alarm Clock.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 61%
Win 10 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 11%
Keep it 89%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 67.36%
Windows 10 23.57%
Windows XP 5.30%
Windows Vista 3.77%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 40.45%
Windows 7 Ultimate 15.17%
Windows 7 Professional 9.41%
Windows 8.1 6.88%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.20%
Windows 8 4.92%

Distribution by countryGeography

60.27% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 60.27%
  Canada 5.36%
  United Kingdom 4.02%
  Australia 2.79%
  India 1.56%
  Germany 1.34%
  Poland 1.23%
  Taiwan 1.12%
  France 1.12%
  Malaysia 0.89%
  Greece 0.78%
  Philippines 0.78%
  Saudi Arabia 0.78%
  Finland 0.67%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 23.43%
Dell 22.83%
Acer 16.16%
ASUS 10.10%
Toshiba 9.29%
Lenovo 6.67%
GIGABYTE 4.44%
Samsung 4.24%
Intel 1.21%
Alienware 1.01%
American Megatrends 0.61%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 7.47%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 6.22%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.73%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 3.73%
Dell Inspiron N5110 3.32%
Acer Aspire V3-571G 1.66%

About (from Comfort Software Group)

Comfort Software Group is a privately owned software company.
Publisher URL: www.comfort-software.com

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