Should I remove SpeedFan?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
6% remove it94% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #419
United States Rank #573
Reach 1.5083%
(Not enough data to show 30 day installation trends)
Uninstallation trends (last 30 days)
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 13.83 days
407.90 days >
Average installed length: 214.32 days
SpeedFan
from Almico Software
What is SpeedFan?
SpeedFan is software that can read temperatures, voltages and fan speeds of computer components. It can change computer fan speeds depending on the temperature of various components. The program can display system variables as a chart and as an indicator in the system tray. Fully configurable user events can be defined to execute specific actions based on system status. SpeedFan also monitors S.M.A.R.T. readings for EIDE, SATA and SCSI hard disks. Starting with version 4.35, SpeedFan fully supports Areca RAID controllers. SpeedFan offers a feature named "in-depth online analysis" that compares your hard disk's S.M.A.R.T. data to a comprehensive database with statistical models of every known hard disk allowing early detection of potentially degraded hard disks. Full text messages inform the user of specific situations and problems, as if a human expert had looked at the data.
About (from Almico Software)
SpeedFan monitors voltages, fan speeds, and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips. It can even access SMART information for hard disks that support this feature, and show hard-disk temperatures if that are supported. SpeedFan fully supports SCSI disks and can even change the FSB on some hardware (but th... Read more
Overview
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Installs a Windows Service
Program details
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\speedfan
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\SpeedFan\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 5.5 MB
Files installed by SpeedFan
| Program executable: | speedfan.exe |
| Name: | SpeedFan |
| System.IO.Log.dll |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\speedfan\speedfan.exe |
| MD5: | d63e1e009f46c45efda4c6ca59e5c8a3 |
Additional files:
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sfextra.dll
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uninstall.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- speedfan.exe is scheduled as a task named 'SpeedFan449 System' (runs on boot).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- speedfan.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SpeedFan449 System.
Service
- speedfan.exe runs as a service named 'speedfan.exe' (speedfan.exe).
Startup File (User Run)
- speedfan.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'New startup' and executes as "C:\Program Files\SpeedFan\speedfan.exe".
Startup File (All Users Run)
- speedfan.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'ventole' which loads as C:\Program Files\SpeedFan\speedfan.exe.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| speedfan.exe |
| Memory: | 9.66 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0002512855% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00017705% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00007424% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 10,354,084 | |
| Switches/sec: | 71 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 443 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 157 Bytes | |
How do I remove SpeedFan?
You can uninstall SpeedFan 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 SpeedFan (remove only), 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 SpeedFan.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 56%
0%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
60.09% |
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| Windows 10 |
30.57% |
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| Windows XP |
5.60% |
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| Windows Vista |
3.70% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.03% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.88% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.74% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
11.26% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
7.40% |
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| Windows 10 Pro |
6.18% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
5.58% |
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Geography
41.02% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
41.02% |
| Germany |
8.28% |
| France |
5.97% |
| United Kingdom |
5.35% |
| Italy |
3.76% |
| Canada |
2.72% |
| Netherlands |
2.01% |
| Australia |
1.55% |
| Sweden |
1.54% |
| Poland |
1.48% |
| Brazil |
1.35% |
| Spain |
1.34% |
| Russia |
1.21% |
| Belgium |
1.12% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
23.48% |
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| Acer |
17.73% |
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| Dell |
17.27% |
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| GIGABYTE |
13.28% |
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| ASUS |
12.62% |
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| Toshiba |
3.68% |
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| Lenovo |
3.08% |
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| Samsung |
2.77% |
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| Intel |
2.56% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.57% |
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| MSI |
1.22% |
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| Sahara |
0.72% |
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Common models |
| ASUS All Series |
8.96% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
8.03% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
5.74% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
5.10% |
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| Packard Bell EasyNote TJ6... |
2.95% |
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| MSI MS-7693 |
2.06% |
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