Home Sweet Home
What is Home Sweet Home?
Home Sweet Home is a casual PC game distributed through the MyPlayCity custom installer. The installer will modify the user's web browser home page and search provider to myplaycity.com for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. While the game itself is not modified, uninstalling it will not restore the changes to the user's browser.
Overview
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 setup package generally installs about 8 files.
Program details
URL: www.MyPlayCity.com
Help link: www.MyPlayCity.com/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\MyPlayCity.com\Home Sweet Home\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\MyPlayCity.com\Home Sweet Home\unins000.exe"
Files installed by Home Sweet Home
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Home Sweet Home.exe
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PreLoader.exe
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audiere.dll (by http://aegisknight.org/) - audiere
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engine.exe
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game.exe
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pfbdownloader.exe
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sqlite3.dll
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unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
Behaviors exhibited
2 Scheduled Tasks
- game.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{EDD4F94E-6763-47F5-9822-C0C215B18740}' (runs on registration).
- Home Sweet Home.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B1393E01-8FD1-44AD-B153-28C3BD20F00A}' (runs on registration).
How do I remove Home Sweet Home?
You can uninstall Home Sweet Home from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- 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.
- When you find the program Home Sweet Home, 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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Home Sweet Home.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 79%
Win Vista (SP2) 4%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%
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AVERAGE INSTALL LIFESPAN
117.36
Days
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
87.50% |
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| Windows 10 |
8.33% |
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| Windows Vista |
4.17% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
41.67% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
25.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
12.50% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
8.33% |
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| Windows 10 Pro |
4.17% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
4.17% |
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Geography
30.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
30.00% |
| India |
10.00% |
| Iran |
6.67% |
| TN |
6.67% |
| Argentina |
3.33% |
| BD |
3.33% |
| Belgium |
3.33% |
| BN |
3.33% |
| Brazil |
3.33% |
| Canada |
3.33% |
| Germany |
3.33% |
| Egypt |
3.33% |
| Spain |
3.33% |
| France |
3.33% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
25.00% |
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| Acer |
25.00% |
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| ASUS |
15.00% |
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| Sony |
10.00% |
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| Lenovo |
10.00% |
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| Toshiba |
5.00% |
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| NEC |
5.00% |
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| Intel |
5.00% |
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Common models |
| TOSHIBA Satellite L300 |
4.55% |
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| Sony VPCF23EFX |
4.55% |
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| Sony VPCCW2S1E |
4.55% |
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| LENOVO IdeaPad Z580 |
4.55% |
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| LENOVO 20157 |
4.55% |
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| HP-Pavilion GU508AA-B14 m... |
4.55% |
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Publisher URL: www.myplaycity.com