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What percent of users and experts removed it?
21% remove it79% keep it
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How common is it?
Global Rank #34,198
United States Rank #27,142
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Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0 100.00%

Free Screen Capture

What is Free Screen Capture?

Some versions of the installer use the OutBrowse download manager which will present the user with various offers, mostly adware and other potentially unwanted programs with very minimal user consent.

About  (from Free Picture Solutions)

Free Screen Capture is a great tool to capture still images from your screen published by Free Picture Solutions. It is a simple and very small app yet powerful in its field of operation. Once you open by clicking the icon, it will show a tray icon and will remain there. No UI for the main app is available. To capture ...  Read more

Overview

Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. The main program executable is Free Screen Capture.exe. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 3.72 MB (3,904,724 bytes).
Free Screen Capture has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.freepicturesolutions.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Free Picture Solutions\Free Screen Capture\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{B5803DCA-1A6F-48BA-9401-D4599122D7D7}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 3.72 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Free Screen Capture

Program executable:Free Screen Capture.exe
Name:Free Screencapture
Path:C:\Program Files\Free Picture Solutions\Free Screen Capture\Free Screen Capture.exe
MD5:84d98db3a6ce3b9a6ee87ed0c371bf1b
Additional files:
  • Free Screen Capture.exe - Free Screencapture
  • log4net.dll (by The Apache Software Foundation) - log4net (log4net for .NET Framework 2.0)
  • Helper1.dll
  • Helper2.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (User Run)
  • Free Screen Capture.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Free Screencapture' and executes as C:\Program Files\Free Picture Solutions\Free Screen Capture\Free Screen Capture.exe.

How do I remove Free Screen Capture?

You can uninstall Free Screen Capture 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 Screen Capture, 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 Screen Capture.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 49%
Win Vista (SP2) 4%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 21%
Keep it 79%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 49.30%
Windows 7 40.85%
Windows XP 5.63%
Windows Vista 4.23%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 21.13%
Windows 10 Home 19.72%
Windows 8.1 15.49%
Windows 7 Professional 11.27%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.04%
Windows 8.1 Pro 5.63%

Distribution by countryGeography

58.95% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 58.95%
  United Kingdom 8.42%
  Canada 4.21%
  Australia 3.16%
  Greece 3.16%
  Romania 2.11%
  Israel 2.11%
  Malaysia 2.11%
  Hong Kong 1.05%
  CY 1.05%
  South Africa 1.05%
  Brazil 1.05%
  France 1.05%
  Norway 1.05%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 33.33%
Acer 27.78%
Dell 12.96%
GIGABYTE 7.41%
Lenovo 5.56%
ASUS 3.70%
Toshiba 3.70%
Sony 1.85%
Alienware 1.85%
American Megatrends 1.85%
Common models
Dell Dell System Inspir... 3.45%
TOSHIBA SATELLITE P770 1.72%
TOSHIBA SATELLITE L850D-1... 1.72%
TOSHIBA Satellite L750D 1.72%
TOSHIBA Satellite L305 1.72%
TOSHIBA Satellite A665 1.72%

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