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What percent of users and experts removed it?
4% remove it96% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #14,197
United States Rank #11,784
Reach 0.0205%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 11.86 days
349.96 days >
Average installed length: 183.87 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
4.9.0.99 100.00%

Glary Utilities 4.9

What is Glary Utilities?

Glary Utilities is a program that contains system tools and utilities to fix, speed up and maintain PCs. The disk cleaner removes junk data from the disks and recovers disk space. The startup manager manages programs which run automatically on startup. Tracks Eraser erases all the traces, evidences, cookies, Internet history and more.

About  (from Glarysoft Ltd)

Glary Utilities is a great system optimizer that provides a one-stop solution for PC performance optimization. It offers windows registry cleaner, disk cleaner, memory optimizer, startup manager, tracks eraser, system control, file management, system restore, performance accelerator and many other amazing multifunction...  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. 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). When installed, it will add a context menu handler to the Windows shell in order to provide quick access to the program. The main program executable is integrator.exe. The software installer includes 46 files and is usually about 26.37 MB (27,651,978 bytes). AutoUpdate.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.glarysoft.com/?scr=client
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\glary utilities 4
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Glary Utilities 4\uninst.exe
Estimated size: 26.37 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Glary Utilities 4.9

Program executable:integrator.exe
Name:Glary Utilities
Glary Utilities 4
Path:C:\Program Files\glary utilities 4\integrator.exe
MD5:5c3a66317c094059a3a146e2ee25ce72
Additional files:
  • BootTime.dll - Glary Utilities 3 (BootTime Dynamic Linked Library)
  • GridMap.ocx - GridMap Control
  • AutoUpdate.exe - Glary Utilities (Glary Utilities AutoUpdate)
  • Backup.dll - Backup Library
  • BottDefrag.dll - BottDefrag Library
  • CheckDisk.dll - CheckDisk Library
  • CheckDisk.exe - Glary Utilities CheckDisk
  • CheckUpdate.dll - CheckUpdate Library
  • CheckUpdate.exe - Glary Utilities CheckUpdate
  • cmm.exe - cmm
  • Config.dll
  • ContextHandler.dll - Context Menu Handler
  • DiskAnalysis.exe - DiskAnalyzsis
  • DiskCleaner.dll - DiskCleaner Library
  • DiskCleaner.exe - Glary Utilities DiskCleaner
  • DiskDefrag.exe - Disk Defragmenter
  • DriverBackup.exe - Driver Backup/Restore
  • dupefinder.exe - Find DupeFile
  • EmptyFolderFinder.exe - EmptyFolderFinder
  • EncryptExe.exe - File Decrypter
  • fileencrypt.exe - File Encrypter and Decrypter
  • FileScanFilter.dll - FileScanFilter Library
  • filesplitter.exe - File Splitter and Joiner
  • FileUndelete.exe - FileUndelete
  • iehelper.exe - Browser Assistant
  • Initialize.exe - Glary Utilities Initialize
  • joinExe.exe - File Joiner
  • languages.dll - Language Library
  • LockDll.dll - LockDll Library
  • Log.dll - Log Library
  • memdefrag.exe - Memory Defrager
  • Memfiles.dll - Memfiles DLL
  • MemfilesService.exe - MemfilesService
  • ObjectAdmin.dll - ObjectAdmin Library
  • OneClickMaintenance.exe - OneClickMaintenance
  • CheckDiskProgress.exe - Glary Utilites (Check Disk Progress)
  • gsd.exe - SecurelyDelete (Securely Delete Files)
  • autodll.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Context Menu Handler
  • ContextHandler.dll added to Windows Explorer under the name 'Glary Utilities 3' with a class of {B3C418F8-922B-4faf-915E-59BC14448CF7}.
3 Scheduled Tasks
  • Integrator.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{845733EC-3D90-4FA8-8AC2-9F3D9DDA31B1}' (runs on registration).
  • DiskDefrag.exe is scheduled as a task named 'DiskDefrag' (runs weekly on Mondays at 5:00 PM).
  • CheckUpdate.exe is scheduled as a task named 'GlaryUpdate 4' (runs daily at 10:00 AM).
2 Scheduled Tasks (Boot/Login)
  • DiskDefrag.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Disk Speedup.
  • Initialize.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named GlaryInitialize 4.
Startup File (User Run)
  • memdefrag.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Glary Memory Optimizer' and executes as C:\Program Files\Glary Utilities 4\memdefrag.exe /autostart.

How do I remove Glary Utilities?

You can uninstall Glary Utilities 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 Glary Utilities 4.9, 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 Glary Utilities.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 58%
Win Vista 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 62.22%
Windows 10 24.20%
Windows XP 8.15%
Windows Vista 5.43%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 32.92%
Windows 7 Ultimate 15.71%
Windows 8.1 12.72%
Windows 7 Professional 9.48%
Microsoft Windows XP 8.23%
Windows 8.1 Pro 3.99%

Distribution by countryGeography

56.31% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 56.31%
  France 5.80%
  Italy 3.93%
  Germany 3.31%
  United Kingdom 3.11%
  Canada 2.90%
  Netherlands 2.28%
  Poland 2.28%
  Brazil 1.86%
  India 1.66%
  Belgium 1.45%
  Finland 1.45%
  Australia 0.83%
  Romania 0.83%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 25.76%
Dell 23.48%
Acer 20.45%
ASUS 11.36%
Toshiba 5.68%
GIGABYTE 3.03%
Lenovo 2.65%
Intel 2.65%
Samsung 1.52%
American Megatrends 1.14%
Medion 1.14%
Sahara 1.14%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.45%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.45%
ASUS All Series 2.76%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.76%
Dell Inspiron N5010 2.07%
Dell Inspiron 530 2.07%

About (from Glarysoft Ltd)

Glarysoft Ltd is a professional software developing company aiming multimedia,system and network applications.
Publisher URL: www.glarysoft.com

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