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Should I remove PC Top Privacy?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
59% remove it41% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
United States Rank #42,307
Reach 0.0008%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 19.45 days
573.75 days >
Average installed length: 301.46 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.2.5 6.25%
2.2.1 68.75%
2.1.4 25.00%

Other programs by Saburi Global Services Pvt

PC Top Privacy

What is PC Top Privacy?  (from Saburi Global Services Pvt)

Saburi Global is a premium tech support service, proactively securing and resolving issues for customers via Phone, Chat, Email & Remote. We have a dedicated, qualified and friendly team of articulate Live Experts, Subject Matter Experts, and Senior Team Leaders who operate a state-of-the-art call center in Gurgaon (De...  Read more

Overview

PC Top Privacy is a program developed by Saburi Global Services Pvt. The most used version is 2.2.1, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. 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). The main program executable is PCTopPrivacy.exe. The software installer includes 22 files and is usually about 9.83 MB (10,306,819 bytes). updater.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 88% of users of PC Top Privacy come from the United States, it is also popular in Australia and United Kingdom.
  • Starts automatically

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.saburiglobal.com/pctopspeed.html
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\PC Top Privacy\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{D07FF77A-8215-4D8E-B7A2-8CE6A1C9A0C7}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 9.83 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by PC Top Privacy

Program executable:PCTopPrivacy.exe
Name:PCTopPrivacy
PC Top Privacy
Path:C:\Program Files\PC Top Privacy\PCTopPrivacy.exe
MD5:2bd5e246cf7dd7db8343fd1e0d7fd1d1
Additional files:
  • updater.exe - PC Top Privacy (updater 2.2.1 © Saburi Global Services Pvt. Ltd., Inc, 2014)
  • PCTopPrivacy.exe - PCTopPrivacy (PC Top Privacy)
  • Interop.Shell32.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'Shell32'.
  • ComponentFactory.Krypton.Toolkit.dll (by Component Factory) - Krypton Toolkit (ComponentFactory.Krypton.Toolkit)
  • Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll (by CodePlex Community) - TaskService (Task Scheduler Wrapper)
  • Helper.dll - Helper
  • schedc.exe (by Hewlett-Packard) - schedc
  • Splash.exe - Splash
  • Setup.dll - Setup
  • bo.dll - bo
  • InstAct.exe - InstAct

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Splash.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PCTopPrivacy_Popup' (runs daily at 10:00 AM).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • PCTopPrivacy.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named PCTopPrivacy_Start.
Startup File (User Run)
  • PCTopPrivacy.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PCTopPrivacy' and executes as C:\Program Files\PC Top Privacy\PCTopPrivacy.exe true.

How do I remove PC Top Privacy?

You can uninstall PC Top Privacy 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 PC Top Privacy, 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 PC Top Privacy.
  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) 56%
Win XP 6%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 59%
Keep it 41%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 56.25%
Windows 10 25.00%
Windows Vista 12.50%
Windows XP 6.25%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 50.00%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 12.50%
Windows 8.1 12.50%
Windows 10 Home 12.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate 6.25%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.25%

Distribution by countryGeography

88.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 88.00%
  Australia 8.00%
  United Kingdom 4.00%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 53.33%
Dell 33.33%
ASUS 13.33%
Common models
HP-Pavilion GG781AA-ABA a... 6.67%
HP-Pavilion FK785AA-ABA s... 6.67%
Hewlett-Packard p6-2103wb 6.67%
Dell Inspiron 1545 6.67%
HP Compaq dc7700 Converti... 6.67%
Dell XPS 8300 6.67%

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