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Should I remove Free Countdown Timer?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
8% remove it92% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #23,913
United States Rank #19,144
Reach 0.0077%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 418.28 days
1060.97 days >
Average installed length: 557.46 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.7 100.00%

Free Countdown Timer 2.7.1

What is Free Countdown Timer?  (from Comfort Software Group)

It's great to be able to fully concentrate on the task at hand while waiting for a future task to be ready for action. Free Countdown Timer can remind you about important events by playing your favorite music (you can set volume to a predefined level) and showing a notification message. Timers that you set will sound e...  Read more

Overview

Free Countdown Timer 2.7.1 is a software program developed by Comfort Software Group. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. 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 primary executable is named FreeCountdownTimer.exe. The setup package generally installs about 4 files and is usually about 3.5 MB (3,667,672 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows XP. While about 58% of users of Free Countdown Timer come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and Canada.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: free-countdown-timer.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\FreeCountdownTimer\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\FreeCountdownTimer\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 3.5 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Free Countdown Timer 2.7.1

Program executable:FreeCountdownTimer.exe
Name:Free Countdown Timer
Path:C:\Program Files\FreeCountdownTimer\FreeCountdownTimer.exe
MD5:d13fbc9dc21c4a68b297357ada45fd8e
Additional files:
  • FreeCountdownTimerSetup.exe - Free Countdown Timer 2.7 (Free Countdown Timer 2.7 Setup)
  • FreeCountdownTimer.exe - Free Countdown Timer
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • bass.dll (by Un4seen Developments) - BASS

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • FreeCountdownTimer.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{DE51F405-07ED-48F8-BD04-DF1B8E84CC29}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
  • FreeCountdownTimer.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'FreeCT' and executes as C:\Program Files\FreeCountdownTimer\FreeCountdownTimer.exe -autorun.

How do I remove Free Countdown Timer?

You can uninstall Free Countdown Timer 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 Countdown Timer 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 Countdown Timer.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 72%
Win Vista (SP2) 1%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 8%
Keep it 92%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 77.63%
Windows XP 11.18%
Windows 10 10.53%
Windows Vista 0.66%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 45.33%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.00%
Windows 7 Professional 12.67%
Microsoft Windows XP 10.67%
Windows 7 Enterprise 3.33%
Windows 8.1 Pro 2.00%

Distribution by countryGeography

57.95% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 57.95%
  Germany 8.21%
  Canada 4.62%
  United Kingdom 4.10%
  Brazil 2.05%
  Russia 2.05%
  Italy 2.05%
  Taiwan 1.54%
  Greece 1.54%
  Japan 1.54%
  Israel 1.54%
  Saudi Arabia 1.54%
  India 1.03%
  Indonesia 1.03%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 21.21%
Hewlett-Packard 16.16%
Acer 14.14%
GIGABYTE 13.13%
ASUS 11.11%
Toshiba 7.07%
Intel 5.05%
Lenovo 5.05%
Samsung 4.04%
American Megatrends 3.03%
Common models
Dell Inspiron 580 1.94%
Dell Studio XPS 7100 1.94%
Acer Aspire 5739G 1.94%
Dell Inspiron 660 1.94%
Dell XPS 8300 1.94%
Gigabyte P55M-UD2 1.94%

About (from Comfort Software Group)

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

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