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Should I remove Tuneup Pro?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
39% remove it61% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #8,124
United States Rank #7,926
Reach 0.0498%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 4.85 days
143.22 days >
Average installed length: 75.25 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.08 100.00%

Typically installed together

Tuneup Pro

What is Tuneup Pro?

Tuneup Pro is marketed as a PC performance optimizer that utilizes several techniques to attempt to increase the speed of the user's PC include registry tuning (which is a practice that is often criticized by experts as producing no results) as well as hard drive scrubbing. The overall value of such PC performance optimization is questionable yet might offer some benefit depending on the overall usability of the PC.

About  (from tuneuppro.com)

Tuneup Pro optimizes registry by removing fragmentation, deleting unused entries and compacting the registry. Once registry is defragged, it is contiguous and re-indexed which improves data access rate. Windows Registry errors are the most common cause of windows crashes and errors. Tuneup Pro effectively cleans and op...  Read more

Overview

Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 main program executable is tuneuppro.exe. The software installer includes 8 files and is usually about 11.37 MB (11,919,172 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.tuneuppro.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Tuneup Pro\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Tuneup Pro\unins000.exe" /silent
Estimated size: 11.37 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Tuneup Pro

Program executable:tuneuppro.exe
Name:Tuneup Pro
Path:C:\Program Files\tuneup pro\tuneuppro.exe
MD5:b6e6af1b4e74dd24449fa967bed97445
Additional files:
  • isxdl.dll (by Bjørnar Henden) - ISX Download DLL
  • CleanSchedule.exe
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • TuneupPro.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Tuneup Prosch' (runs weekly on Saturdays at 07:03).
  • unins000.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{5DC26644-B1E9-4938-911D-BFBCF956731A}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • TuneupPro.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Tuneup Pro.
Startup File (User Run)
  • TuneupPro.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'TUPPRDReminder' and executes as C:\Program Files\Tuneup Pro\TuneupPro.exe -rem.

How do I remove Tuneup Pro?

You can uninstall Tuneup Pro 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 Tuneup Pro, 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 Tuneup Pro.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 52%
Win 8.1 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 39%
Keep it 61%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 57.17%
Windows 10 30.62%
Windows Vista 7.73%
Windows XP 4.48%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.37%
Windows 8.1 16.17%
Windows 7 Ultimate 9.83%
Windows 7 Professional 9.31%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.45%
Windows 8 4.71%

Distribution by countryGeography

44.65% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 44.65%
  Germany 7.22%
  United Kingdom 4.92%
  Netherlands 3.82%
  Canada 2.80%
  Italy 2.72%
  Australia 2.63%
  France 2.38%
  DK 2.04%
  Brazil 1.87%
  India 1.70%
  Sweden 1.53%
  Mexico 1.53%
  Belgium 1.27%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 31.34%
Dell 21.51%
Acer 18.74%
Toshiba 9.52%
ASUS 7.37%
Lenovo 3.84%
Samsung 2.61%
GIGABYTE 1.84%
Intel 1.38%
American Megatrends 0.92%
Sahara 0.92%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.03%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 3.69%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.69%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.36%
Dell Inspiron 3521 3.02%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.68%

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