Should I remove PicColor Utility?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

64% remove it36% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0002%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.0.11	100.00%

PicColor Utility

from Say Media Group LTD.

Remove PicColor Utility by Say Media Group LTD

Overview

PicColor Utility is a software program developed by Say Media Group LTD. Upon being installed, the software adds a Windows Service which is designed to run continuously in the background. Manually stopping the service has been seen to cause the program to stop functing properly. 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 primary executable is named ColorMedia.exe. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 19 files and is usually about 5.83 MB (6,116,717 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of those who have this installed, most are running it on Windows 10. While about 67% of users of PicColor Utility come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom.

Malware detected in the program
Installs a Windows Service

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in PicColor Utility.

ColorMedia.exe (53797dd5b15e777cc68c3993e6bbe02a) has been flagged by the following 10 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Antiy-AVL	1.0.0.1	Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
avast!	2014.9-141120	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG	2015.0.3285	Generic5
AVware	1.5.0.21	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Comodo Security	20067	ApplicUnwnt
IKARUS anti.virus	t3scan.1.8.3.0	PUA.Loadshop
K7 AntiVirus	13.185.13993	Adware
K7GW	13.185.13994	Adware ( 004b03881 )
NANO AntiVirus	0.28.6.63362	Riskware.Win32.Loadshop.dgvoaq
VIPRE Antivirus	34744	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Program details

URL: www.saymediagroup.com

Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\piccolor utility

Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\PicColor Utility\uninstall.exe"

Estimated size: 5.83 MB

Files installed by PicColor Utility

Program executable:	ColorMedia.exe (Malware detected)
Name:	ColorMedia.exe
Path:	C:\ProgramData\piccolor utility\ColorMedia.exe
MD5:	53797dd5b15e777cc68c3993e6bbe02a

Additional files:

ColorMediaWFPInst.exe - WFPInstaller
ColorMediaCrt.dll
PicColor.exe - PicColor Platform
uninstall.exe - PicColor Utility
(Malware detected) ColorMedia.exe
CMWFP64.sys - WFP driver
CMWFP.sys
freebl3.dll (by Mozilla Foundation) - Network Security Services (NSS freebl Library)
libnspr4.dll (by Mozilla Foundation) - Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR Library)
libplc4.dll - PLC Library
libplds4.dll - PLDS Library
nss3.dll - NSS Base Library
nssckbi.dll - NSS Builtin Trusted Root CAs
nssdbm3.dll - Legacy Database Driver
nssutil3.dll - NSS Utility Library
smime3.dll - NSS S/MIME Library
softokn3.dll - NSS PKCS #11 Library
ssl3.dll - NSS SSL Library
sqlite3.dll

Behaviors exhibited

2 Services

PicColor.exe runs as a service named 'PicColor Service' (PicColor Service).
ColorMedia.exe runs as a service named 'ColorMedia' (ColorMedia) "Color Media software provider".

How do I remove PicColor Utility?

You can uninstall PicColor Utility 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 PicColor Utility, 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 PicColor Utility.
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.