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Should I remove OptimizerPro1?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
88% remove it12% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #10,675
United States Rank #23,446
Reach 0.0328%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 37.89 days
1117.74 days >
Average installed length: 587.29 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0 100.00%

OptimizerPro1

What is OptimizerPro1?

OptimizerPro1 by Premuim, an umwanted and potentially harmful application is installed as a web browser plugin within Internet Explorer and Firefox. OptimizedPro1 uses the open source wxDownload Fast (also known as wxDFast) program to download and install additional bundled applications.

Overview

During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). 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 primary executable is named OptimizerPro1.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 2 files and is usually about 2.63 MB (2,757,324 bytes).
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in OptimizerPro1.
OptimizerPro1.exe (ca52ab39fc6eb75c519c77ce07104c6f) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Dr.Web 9.0.0.0143 Adware.BGuard.3
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.13.05.23.03 Trojan.Win32.GenUpdater.AMN
eSafe 7.0.17.0 Win32.Trojan
ESET-NOD32 7.8337 Win32/GenUpdater
PC Tools 2013 Downloader.Generic
Symantec 5/23/2013 rev. 5 Downloader
VIPRE Antivirus 17778 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot 2011.4.7.4223 JS.A.Iframe.233472.A
runtime.dll (cdfb7779dcf5b74f27417a45984b30ba) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
ESET-NOD32 8831 Win32/GenUpdater
Fortinet FortiGate 5.1.147.0 W32/GenUpdater
VIPRE Antivirus 21724 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
OptimizerPro1 has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: Premium
URL: allpremiumsoft.com
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\Premium\OptimizerPro1
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files3\INSTAL~1\OPTIMI~1\Setup.exe /remove /q0
Estimated size: 2.63 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by OptimizerPro1

Program executable:OptimizerPro1.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\ProgramData\Premium\OptimizerPro1\OptimizerPro1.exe
MD5:ca52ab39fc6eb75c519c77ce07104c6f
Additional files:
  • (Malware detected) OptimizerPro1.exe
  • (Malware detected) runtime.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • OptimizerPro1.exe is scheduled as a task named 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\CodecUpdaterTask{2779F032-FBA6-4DB1-A3CA-E5A95C0C0710}.job'.
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • OptimizerPro1.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named OptimizerProUpdaterTask{B7D2880B-C903-4A67-A3BC-53B6E3AF681D}.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

OptimizerPro1.exe
Memory:1.9 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0014196413%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00106682%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00035282%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:51,706
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:306 Bytes
435.61 KB average

How do I remove OptimizerPro1?

You can uninstall OptimizerPro1 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 OptimizerPro1, 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 OptimizerPro1.
  4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 72%
Win Vista (SP1) 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 88%
Keep it 12%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 81.92%
Windows XP 9.43%
Windows Vista 6.18%
Windows 10 2.47%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 43.57%
Windows 7 Ultimate 23.26%
Microsoft Windows XP 9.46%
Windows 7 Professional 8.37%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 4.96%
Windows 7 Home Basic 3.26%

Distribution by countryGeography

11.34% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 11.34%
  Taiwan 7.61%
  United Kingdom 5.82%
  Iran 5.37%
  Canada 4.93%
  Brazil 4.33%
  India 2.99%
  Australia 2.84%
  Sweden 2.69%
  Spain 2.69%
  Italy 2.69%
  Germany 2.54%
  France 2.09%
  Greece 1.79%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 25.53%
Acer 20.57%
Dell 18.44%
ASUS 10.40%
Toshiba 8.51%
GIGABYTE 6.38%
Samsung 4.02%
Lenovo 2.36%
American Megatrends 1.42%
Sony 1.42%
Packard Bell 0.95%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 7.39%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.35%
Dell Inspiron N5110 3.04%
ASUSTeK K53SD 2.61%
HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook ... 2.61%
HP G62 Notebook PC 2.17%

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