Should I remove Spotify?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.1.0.48487	0.20%
0.6.5	1.24%
0.6.4	0.65%
0.6.3	0.26%
0.6.2	2.51%
0.6.1	1.93%
0.5.3	0.20%
0.5.2	30.59%
0.5.1	5.77%
0.5.0	2.82%
0.4.10	6.25%
0.4.9	12.19%
0.4.8	7.91%
0.4.7	4.08%
0.4.3	9.64%
0.3.23	3.87%
0.3.22	3.57%
0.3.21	0.57%
0.3.20	0.37%
0.3.19	0.82%
0.3.18	0.93%
0.3.17	0.50%
0.3.16	0.29%
0.3.15	0.57%
0.3.14	0.56%
0.3.13	0.32%
0.3.12	0.32%
0.3.11	0.59%
0.3.10	0.19%
0.3.9	0.20%
0.3.8	0.03%
0.3.7	0.05%

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Remove Spotify

Spotify is a commercial music streaming service providing DRM-protected content from a range of major and independent record labels, including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group and Universal. Music can be browsed by artist, album, record label, genre or playlist as well as by direct searches. On desktop clients, a link allows the listener to purchase selected material via partner retailers. Users can set up playlists and share them, or edit them together with other users . For this purpose the playlist link can directly be dragged into an email or an instant messaging window. If the recipient follows the link, the playlist will be downloaded into the Spotify-client of the recipient. Downloaded playlists will then auto-update if the author adds or removes tracks. Users can access applications integrated in the Spotify desktop client, written in HTML5. Third party software writers can offer features related to music listening such as live sharing of playlists, music reviews, lyrics, and concerts. The Spotify software is proprietary and uses digital rights management (DRM) to prevent unauthorized use of content. Users who agree to Spotify's Terms and Conditions agree to not reverse engineer the application. The contents of each client's cache is summarized in an index which is sent to the Spotify stream hub upon connecting to the service. This index is then used to inform other clients about additional peers they can connect to for fetching streamed data for individual tracks being played. This is accommodated by each client, upon startup, acting as a server listening for incoming connections from other Spotify users, as well as connecting to other users to exchange cached data as appropriate.

URL: spotify.com

Installation folder: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Spotify

Uninstaller: "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Spotify\uninstall.exe"

Estimated size: 7.59 MB

• spotify.exe connects to corinne.ash.spotify.com (193.182.8.54 port 80).
• spotify.exe connects to fallon.ash.spotify.com (193.182.8.58 port 80).
• spotify.exe connects to 137.99.243.228 (port 13464).
• spotify.exe connects to 216.139.138.206 (port 64042).
• spotify.exe connects to ethel.lon.spotify.com (78.31.9.2 port 4070).
• spotify.exe connects to anissa.ash.spotify.com (193.182.8.12 port 4070).
• spotify.exe connects to lon3-accesspoint-a14.lon3.spotify.com (194.132.197.180 port 443).
• spotify.exe connects to greta.lon.spotify.com (78.31.8.16 port 4070).
• spotify.exe connects to ppp227-35.static.internode.on.net (59.167.227.35 port 19747).
• spotify.exe connects to bracha.ash.spotify.com (193.182.8.48 port 80).
Plus 19 more

spotify.exe
Memory:	53.6 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.3170608267%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.25963811%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.05742272%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	145,722,176	8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:	223	70 average
I/O reads/min:	4.74 MB	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	385.36 KB	105.02 KB average

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 Spotify, 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 Spotify.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 64% Win 7 0%

WHEN IT STARTS Auto-starting? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 9% Keep it 91%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	37.24%
United Kingdom	18.00%
Sweden	16.22%
Spain	8.19%
Finland	5.04%
Norway	4.70%
France	4.25%
Netherlands	3.13%
Belgium	0.42%
DK	0.33%
Canada	0.29%
Germany	0.27%
Italy	0.21%
Australia	0.12%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Spotify is a music streaming service that offers digitally restricted streaming of selected music from a range of record labels.

Publisher URL: www.spotify.com

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