Should I remove PureVPN?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
21% remove it79% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #8,570
United States Rank #7,344
Reach 0.0457%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 7.58 days
223.56 days >
Average installed length: 117.47 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 7.1.1.0 |
0.11% |
|
| 7.1.0.0 |
0.22% |
|
| 7.0.6.0 |
0.11% |
|
| 7.0.3.0 |
0.22% |
|
| 6.1.1.0 |
0.44% |
|
| 6.1.0.0 |
0.11% |
|
| 6.0.2.0 |
0.11% |
|
| 6.0.1.0 |
5.78% |
|
| 6.0.0.0 |
0.78% |
|
| 5.19.5.0 |
1.11% |
|
| 5.19.4.0 |
0.56% |
|
| 5.19.3.0 |
0.67% |
|
| 5.19.2.0 |
0.44% |
|
| 5.19.1.0 |
0.22% |
|
| 5.18.2.0 |
2.44% |
|
| 5.18.0.0 |
3.56% |
|
| 5.17.1.0 |
4.22% |
|
| 5.17.0.0 |
1.89% |
|
| 5.16.0.0 |
3.33% |
|
| 5.15.1.0 |
12.11% |
|
| 5.15.0.0 |
0.44% |
|
| 5.15.0 |
0.33% |
|
| 5.14.1 |
6.44% |
|
| 5.14.0 |
3.56% |
|
| 5.13.1 |
2.78% |
|
| 5.12.2 |
0.11% |
|
| 5.12.1 |
0.11% |
|
| 5.11.7.83 |
0.33% |
|
| 5.11.4.80 |
0.11% |
|
| 4.2.1.0 |
5.67% |
|
| 4.2.0.0 |
1.22% |
|
| 4.1.2.0 |
3.11% |
|
| 4.0.0.3 |
0.89% |
|
| 4.0.0.2 |
0.44% |
|
| 4.0.0.0 |
17.22% |
|
| 4.0.0 |
0.33% |
|
| 3.2.1 |
2.00% |
|
| 3.2 |
2.44% |
|
| 3.1 |
0.11% |
|
| 3.0 |
0.89% |
|
| 2.1.1 |
11.33% |
|
| 2 |
1.56% |
|
| 1.2 |
0.11% |
|
Rankings
- #8,565 Crystal Reports 2008 Runtime SP1 by Business Objects
- #8,566 USB Video/Audio Device Driver by EETI
- #8,567 RICOH R5U230 Media Driver ver.2.06.02.02
- #8,568 DYMO LabelWriter Drivers by Sanford, L.P
- #8,569 HP Quick Launch Buttons 6.40 D3 by Hewlett-Packard
- #8,570 PureVPN
- #8,571 NVIDIA Update 1.5.20
- #8,572 DivX Content Uploader
- #8,573 ATI HYDRAVISION by ATI Technologies
- #8,574 NVIDIA PhysX systeemsoftware 9.12.1031
- #8,575 SyncBackSE by 2BrightSparks
PureVPN
What is PureVPN? (from the publisher)
VPN technology is based on the idea of tunneling that involves establishing and maintaining logical network connection. We Assign your computer a New IP of US, UK, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, Singapore, Romania, Switzerland, Malaysia, Russia and Sweden.Redefine your firewall rules, take control of your netw... Read more
Overview
The most common release is 4.0.0.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. 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 purevpn.exe. The setup package generally installs about 88 files and is usually about 6.08 MB (6,374,966 bytes). The installed file Updater.exe is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 10 and Windows 7 (SP1). While about 53% of users of PureVPN come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.
Program details
URL: www.purevpn.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\PureVPN\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\PureVPN\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 6.08 MB
Files installed by PureVPN
| Program executable: | purevpn.exe |
| Name: | PureVPN |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\purevpn\purevpn.exe |
| MD5: | 73715eccb1d4813b69fde64b4cf0e117 |
Additional files:
-
Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'IWshRuntimeLibrary'.
-
Interop.NETCONLib.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'NETCONLib'.
-
AWSSDK.Core.dll (by Amazon.com, Inc) - Amazon Web Services SDK for .NET (AWSSDK.Core)
-
AWSSDK.dll (by Amazon.com, Inc) - AWSSDK (.NET 3.5)
-
AWSSDK.S3.dll - AWSSDK.S3
-
Google.Apis.Gmail.v1.dll (by Google) - Google.Apis.Gmail.v1
-
installerWithDisplay.exe - installerWithDisplay
-
Google.Apis.Plus.v1.dll (by Google) - Google.Apis.Plus.v1
-
Mixpanel.dll - Mixpanel.Net4Client
-
HtmlAgilityPack.dll (by Simon Mourier) - Html Agility Pack (Html Agility Pack - Release)
-
IcsManager.exe - IcsManagerConsole
-
IcsManagerLibrary.dll - IcsManagerLibrary
-
Ionic.Zip.dll (by Dino Chiesa) - DotNetZip Library (Ionic's Zip Library)
-
runPureVPNasAdmin.exe - runPureVPNasAdmin
-
ARSoft.Tools.Net.dll (by Alexander Reinert) - ARSoft.Tools.Net
-
EQATEC.Analytics.Monitor.dll (by EQATEC A/S) - AnalyticsMonitor
-
ImageFileCache.dll (by Clemens Fischer) - XAML Map Control (ImageFileCache)
-
MapControl.WPF.dll (by Clemens Fischer) - XAML Map Control (WPF)
-
StreamLibHttpOEM.dll (by Rawstream Limited) - StreamLibHttpOEM
-
Facebook.dll (by The Outercurve Foundation) - Facebook C# SDK (Facebook)
-
DeskMetrics.dll (by DeskMetrics) - DeskMetricsNET
-
StreamLibUAOEM.dll (by Rawstream Ltd) - StreamLibUAOEM
-
NSpeedTest.dll - NSpeedTest
-
log4net.dll (by The Apache Software Foundation) - log4net (Apache log4net for .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile)
-
OxyPlot.dll (by OxyPlot) - OxyPlot
-
OxyPlot.Wpf.dll (by OxyPlot) - OxyPlot for WPF
-
Updater.exe - Updater
-
DotRas.dll (by Jeff Winn) - DotRas
-
NDde.dll (by Brian Gideon) - NDde
-
DotNetZip.dll
-
Google.Apis.Auth.dll (by Google Inc) - Google.Apis.Auth
-
Google.Apis.Auth.PlatformServices.dll (by Google Inc) - Google.Apis.Auth.PlatformServices
-
Google.Apis.Core.dll - Google.Apis.Core
-
Google.Apis.dll - Google.Apis
-
Google.Apis.PlatformServices.dll - Google.Apis.PlatformServices
-
Split.dll
-
unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- purevpn.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B5671DB8-F19A-4062-887F-4BD1335A31CA}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- purevpn.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named PureVPN.
Startup File (User Run)
- purevpn.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PureVPN' and executes as C:\Program Files\PureVPN\purevpn.exe -autorun.
How do I remove PureVPN?
You can uninstall PureVPN 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 PureVPN, 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 PureVPN.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 69%
Win Vista 0%
|
|
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
|
|
USER ACTIONS
 |
Uninstall it 21%
Keep it 79%
|
|
Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
69.11% |
|
| Windows 7 |
28.33% |
|
| Windows Vista |
2.00% |
|
| Windows XP |
0.56% |
|
Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 10 Home |
24.81% |
|
| Windows 10 Pro |
20.02% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
11.79% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
9.45% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.57% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
7.34% |
|
Geography
53.02% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
53.02% |
| United Kingdom |
5.07% |
| Canada |
4.36% |
| France |
4.36% |
| Australia |
4.27% |
| Germany |
2.85% |
| Netherlands |
2.58% |
| Italy |
2.49% |
| Sweden |
1.60% |
| Spain |
1.25% |
| Hong Kong |
1.16% |
| Norway |
0.98% |
| United Arab Emirates |
0.89% |
| Singapore |
0.89% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
22.62% |
|
| Dell |
21.31% |
|
| ASUS |
15.51% |
|
| Acer |
13.46% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
7.85% |
|
| Lenovo |
6.36% |
|
| Toshiba |
5.23% |
|
| Samsung |
2.43% |
|
| MSI |
1.87% |
|
| Alienware |
1.87% |
|
| Apple |
0.75% |
|
| Intel |
0.75% |
|
Common models |
| ASUS All Series |
9.77% |
|
| HP 15 Notebook PC |
3.13% |
|
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.73% |
|
| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
2.73% |
|
| Dell XPS 8300 |
1.95% |
|
| Gigabyte EX58-UD3R |
1.95% |
|