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Should I remove SweetIM Bundle by SweetPacks?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
72% remove it28% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #3,611
United States Rank #12,650
Reach 0.1529%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 41.52 days
1224.70 days >
Average installed length: 643.49 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

SweetIM Bundle by SweetPacks

What is SweetIM Bundle by SweetPacks?

SweetIM is a potentially unwanted bundler that installs various adware as well as its own toolbar distributed by Perion Networks. "Upon installation, we offer you to change your Home Page to the SweetIM Home Page which is essentially a Web search page. Using the search box next to the address bar. Upon installation, we offer you to use SweetIM search as your default search provider."

The software is bundled with various download managers as well including those offered by Perion, Somoto Ltd., I.T.N.T. SRL, Softonic, Optimum Installer and many others.

About  (from SweetIM Technologies)

The bundle includes: SweetPacks Toolbar - Easily add Free Emoticons & Animations to your Webmail, Plus get quick access to 400+ Free Games. SweetPacks toolbar supports Internet Explorer and Firefox. Search Assistant offers suggestions when misspelling search requests or entering an incorrect web address in the URL addr...  Read more

Overview

Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days.
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • Known to include offers within the setup
  • Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
SweetIM Bundle by SweetPacks has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: SweetPacks LTD
URL: www.sweetim.com
Help link: lp.sweetim.com/SweetPacksBundleUninstaller
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\sweetpacks bundle uninstaller\uninstaller.exe" "/appName=SweetIM Bundle by SweetPacks"

How do I remove SweetIM Bundle by SweetPacks?

You can uninstall SweetIM Bundle by SweetPacks 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 SweetIM Bundle by SweetPacks, 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 SweetIM Bundle by SweetPacks.
  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) 60%
Win 8 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 72%
Keep it 28%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#3,611

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 70.75%
Windows 10 13.20%
Windows XP 11.41%
Windows Vista 4.58%
Windows Server 2003 0.07%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 30.45%
Windows 7 Ultimate 22.94%
Microsoft Windows XP 11.44%
Windows 7 Professional 9.14%
Windows 7 Home Basic 4.36%
Windows 8 3.82%

Distribution by countryGeography

9.62% of installs come from Brazil
Which countries install it?
  Brazil 9.62%
  Germany 8.31%
  United States 7.98%
  Italy 6.74%
  Israel 4.31%
  France 3.74%
  Taiwan 3.24%
  Indonesia 3.04%
  Iran 2.97%
  India 2.20%
  Japan 2.04%
  Netherlands 1.84%
  Philippines 1.84%
  Hungary 1.80%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 25.92%
Acer 23.67%
Dell 16.22%
ASUS 9.70%
GIGABYTE 5.64%
Toshiba 5.26%
Lenovo 4.11%
Samsung 3.78%
Intel 3.01%
American Megatrends 1.75%
Sahara 0.93%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 7.20%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 6.25%
Positivo Positivo Mobile 3.26%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.13%
Dell Inspiron N5110 2.85%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.58%

About SweetIM Technologies

The SweetIM Toolbar is a free browsing Toolbar that allows the user to add their favorite Icons and Emoticons to any web based account.
Publisher URL: sweetim.sweetpacks.com

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