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Should I remove Movie Color Enhancer?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
10% remove it90% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #2,431
United States Rank #3,907
Reach 0.2577%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 7.08 days
208.99 days >
Average installed length: 109.81 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0 100.00%

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Movie Color Enhancer

What is Movie Color Enhancer?

Movie Color Enhancer will automatically adjust the settings to offer imroved screen quality. With this application, you'll be able to improve your movie experience. Movie Color Enhancer is a small application that was designed in order to help you enjoy better images while viewing movies.

Overview

During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up. 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 software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The primary executable is named moviecolorenhancer.exe. The setup package generally installs about 2 files and is usually about 1.06 MB (1,110,535 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.samsung.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Samsung\Movie Color Enhancer
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{7F6F62F0-7884-4CFB-B86C-597A4A6D9C4D}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0009 -removeonly
Estimated size: 1.06 MB
Language: English

Program filesFiles installed by Movie Color Enhancer

Program executable:moviecolorenhancer.exe
Name:Movie Color Enhancer
MovieColorEnhancer.exe
Signed by:Samsung Electronics CO.
Path:C:\Program Files\samsung\movie color enhancer\moviecolorenhancer.exe
MD5:9f71dde0a8c47254b9da3ab6094915cc
Additional files:
  • WinCRT.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • MovieColorEnhancer.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{14D4A6B1-26A6-4485-A651-585F4A8CAACF}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • MovieColorEnhancer.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MovieColorEnhancer.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • MovieColorEnhancer.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Samsung\Movie Color Enhancer\MovieColorEnhancer.exe'.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

moviecolorenhancer.exe
Memory:3.23 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0003237628%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00010736%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00021640%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:31,704
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:2 Bytes
435.61 KB average

How do I remove Movie Color Enhancer?

You can uninstall Movie Color Enhancer 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 Movie Color Enhancer, 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 Movie Color Enhancer.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 88%
Win XP 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 10%
Keep it 90%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 91.56%
Windows 10 8.42%
Windows XP 0.02%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 59.62%
Windows 7 Starter 14.76%
Windows 7 Home Basic 9.37%
Windows 10 Home 5.93%
Windows 7 Ultimate 4.21%
Windows 7 Professional 3.38%

Distribution by countryGeography

27.10% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 27.10%
  Brazil 14.59%
  United Kingdom 11.04%
  Germany 8.02%
  Italy 4.27%
  France 3.83%
  Poland 2.33%
  Canada 2.31%
  Australia 1.96%
  Spain 1.55%
  Netherlands 1.40%
  Belgium 1.29%
  Argentina 1.22%
  Chile 1.18%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Samsung 98.99%
Hewlett-Packard 0.46%
Dell 0.28%
Acer 0.18%
Toshiba 0.04%
Lenovo 0.04%
Common models
Samsung RF511/RF411/RF711 10.43%
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Samsung RV411/RV511/E3511... 9.97%
Samsung RV415/RV515 9.57%
Samsung RC530/RC730 7.07%
Samsung RV411/RV511/E3511... 5.84%

About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics which is part of the Samsung Group produces a wide range of printers for both consumers and business use, including mono-laser printers, color laser printers, multifunction printers, and enterprise-use high-speed digital multifunction printer models.
Publisher URL: www.samsung.com

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KJClaytonover a year ago
I found that this application opened a huge amount of file handles on my Samsung laptop, eventually (after a week or so) causing my committed memory to hit 15 GB and cause Windows to get rather upset. I've removed it and the problem has gone away.