Should I remove Friendly Pinger?

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Version	Distribution
5.0.1	72.00%
5.0	28.00%

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Remove Friendly Pinger by A.Kilievich & Co

Friendly Pinger is a freeware application for network administration, monitoring and inventory. Visualization of your computer network as a beautiful animated screen. Audit software and hardware components installed on the computers over the network.

Friendly Pinger is a software program developed by A.Kilievich & Co. The most common release is 5.0.1, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. Upon being installed, the software adds a Windows Service which is designed to run continuously in the background. Manually stopping the service has been seen to cause the program to stop functing properly. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. The primary executable is named fpinger.exe. The setup package generally installs about 6 files and is usually about 3.96 MB (4,157,327 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 38% of users of Friendly Pinger come from the United States, it is also popular in Russia and India.

URL: www.kilievich.com/fpinger

Help link: www.kilievich.com/fpinger/support.htm

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\fpinger

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\FPinger\Uninstal.exe /u

Estimated size: 3.96 MB

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 Friendly Pinger, 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 Friendly Pinger.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 56% Win XP 20%

WHEN IT STARTS Auto-starting? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 1% Keep it 99%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	38.24%
Russia	17.65%
India	5.88%
Germany	5.88%
Czech Republic	5.88%
Chile	2.94%
Thailand	2.94%
UA	2.94%
Switzerland	2.94%
Australia	2.94%
Mexico	2.94%
Romania	2.94%
Slovakia	2.94%
Poland	2.94%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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