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What percent of users and experts removed it?

8% remove it92% keep it

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IB Gateway

by Interactive Brokers

Remove IB Gateway by Interactive Brokers

Overview

IB Gateway is a program developed by Interactive Brokers. 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 main program executable is javaws.exe. The software installer includes 42 files. A majority of the PCs this is running on, most OS versions are Windows XP. While about 83% of users of IB Gateway come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom.

Program details

URL: www.interactivebrokers.com

Installation folder: C:\trem advent\Windows\System32

Uninstaller: C:\TREM ADVENT\WINDOWS\system32\javaws.exe -uninstall -prompt "httC://www.interactivebrokers.com/java/classes/ibg.jnlp"

Files installed by IB Gateway

Program executable:	javaws.exe
Path:	C:\trem advent\Windows\System32\javaws.exe
MD5:	0e1ce4953f7e7e5f8955e249b27d0a77

Additional files:

asuninst.exe (by Panda Software) - Panda Software ASUninst (AS Uninstall)
ati2cqag.dll (by ATI Technologies) - ATI Radeon Family (Central Memory Manager / Queue Server Module)
agrsmdel.exe (by Agere Systems) - LTRemove
34CoInstaller.dll
ansi.sys
append.exe
6to4svc.dll (by Microsoft) - Service that offers IPv6 connectivity over an IPv4 network.
aaaamon.dll (by Microsoft) - Aaaa Monitor DLL
acctres.dll - Microsoft Internet Account Manager Resources
accwiz.exe - Microsoft Accessibility Wizard
acledit.dll - Access Control List Editor
aclui.dll - Security Descriptor Editor
activeds.dll - ADs Router Layer DLL
actmovie.exe - DirectShow (DirectShow Setup Tool)
actxprxy.dll - ActiveX Interface Marshaling Library
admparse.dll - IEAK Global Policy Template Parser
adptif.dll - IPX Interface via WinSock
adsldp.dll - ADs LDAP Provider DLL
adsldpc.dll - ADs LDAP Provider C DLL
adsmsext.dll
adsnds.dll - ADs NDS Provider DLL
adsnt.dll - ADs Windows NT Provider DLL
adsnw.dll - ADs Netware 3.12 Provider DLL
advapi32.dll - Advanced Windows 32 Base API
advpack.dll - ADVPACK
ahui.exe - Application Compatibility UI
alg.exe - Application Layer Gateway Service
alrsvc.dll - Alerter Service DLL
amstream.dll - DirectShow Runtime.
apcups.dll - APC Smart Provider
apphelp.dll - Application Compatibility Client Library
appmgmts.dll - Software installation Service
appmgr.dll - Software Installation Snapin Extenstion
arp.exe - TCP/IP Arp Command
asctrls.ocx - Active Setup Controls
asferror.dll - Microsoft® Windows Media Services (ASF Error Definitions)
asfsipc.dll - Microsoft (R) DRM (ASFSipc Object)
asr_fmt.exe - Automated System Recovery Utility
asr_ldm.exe - Logical Disk Manager for Windows NT (Logical Disk Manager ASR Utility)
asr_pfu.exe - Automated System Recovery Protected Files Utility
asycfilt.dll
at.exe - Schedule service command line interface

Behaviors exhibited

Service

alg.exe runs as a service named 'Service de la passerelle de la couche Application' (ALG) "Offre la prise en charge des plug-ins de protocoles tiers pour le Partage de connexion Internet et le Pare-feu Windows.".

Startup File (All Users Run Once)

apphelp.dll is loaded once in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'KB923561' which loads as rundll32.exe apphelp.dll,ShimFlushCache.

Resource utilization averages
Show technical details

alg.exe
Memory:	1.27 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0012445287%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00081106%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00043347%	0.015104% average
I/O reads/min:	37 Bytes	435.61 KB average

How do I remove IB Gateway?

You can uninstall IB Gateway 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 IB Gateway, 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 IB Gateway.

HOW IT RUNS

Windows Service? Yes

(Installs a service)

USER ACTIONS

Uninstall it 8%

Keep it 92%

MOST USED OS

~99%

Windows XP

Geography

83.33% of installs come from the United States

Which countries install it?

United States	83.33%
United Kingdom	16.67%

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