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What percent of users and experts removed it?
69% remove it31% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Poor
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How common is it?
Global Rank #27,941
United States Rank #37,554
Reach 0.0056%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 18.32 days
540.45 days >
Average installed length: 283.97 days

USB Safely Remove 5.0

What is USB Safely Remove?  (from SafelyRemove.com)

USB Safely Remove is a USB device manager. It saves time and extends user abilities on active work with flash drives, portable drives, card readers and other gadgets. The main disadvantage of using the built-in Windows safe removal tool is that when using several hot-plug devices it is often quite difficult to recogniz...  Read more

Overview

USB Safely Remove 5.0 is a software program developed by SafelyRemove.com. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. Upon being installed, the software adds a Windows Service which is designed to run continuously in the background. Manually stopping the service has been seen to cause the program to stop functing properly. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. The primary executable is named USBSafelyRemove.exe. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 7 files and is usually about 14.55 MB (15,255,421 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 23% of users of USB Safely Remove come from the United States, it is also popular in Iran and France.
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
  • Installs a Windows Service
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in USB Safely Remove.
USBSafelyRemove.exe (875e48106529950b486d7a8120879614) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Agnitum Outpost 7.1.1 Suspicious
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.7152 Heuristic.LooksLike.Win32.Suspicious.N

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.safelyremove.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\USB Safely Remove\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\USB Safely Remove\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 14.55 MB

Program filesFiles installed by USB Safely Remove 5.0

Program executable:USBSafelyRemove.exe
Name:Zentimo
Zentimo - An External Drive Manager
Path:C:\Program Files\USB Safely Remove\USBSafelyRemove.exe
MD5:0ba3dcdfc57441c699399af99b27f654
Additional files:
  • usbsafelyremovesetup_4-3-2.exe - USB Safely Remove (USB Safely Remove Setup)
  • USBSafelyRemove.exe (by Crystal Rich Ltd) - Zentimo (Zentimo - An External Drive Manager)
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • USBSRService.exe
  • Kopie van USBSafelyRemove.exe (by Crystal Rich Ltd) - USBSafelyRemove (USB and SATA Device Manager)
  • usr.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Service
  • USBSRService.exe runs as a service named 'USB Safely Remove Assistant' (USBSafelyRemoveService) "USB Safely Remove uses this service for auxiliary operations. It is not recommended to stop the service while the program is working".
2 Startup Files (User Run)
  • USBSafelyRemove.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'USB Safely Remove' and executes as C:\Program Files\USB Safely Remove\USBSafelyRemove.exe /startup.
  • Kopie van USBSafelyRemove.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'USB Safely Remove' and executes as C:\Program Files\USB Safely Remove\USBSafelyRemove.exe /startup.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • USBSafelyRemove.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'USB Safely Remove' which loads as C:\Program Files\USB Safely Remove\USBSafelyRemove.exe /startup.

How do I remove USB Safely Remove?

You can uninstall USB Safely Remove 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 USB Safely Remove 5.0, 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 USB Safely Remove.
  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) 66%
Win Vista 1%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 69%
Keep it 31%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 75.45%
Windows 10 14.55%
Windows XP 7.27%
Windows Vista 1.82%
Windows Server 2003 0.91%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 42.73%
Windows 7 Professional 16.36%
Windows 7 Home Premium 14.55%
Microsoft Windows XP 8.18%
Windows 10 Pro 4.55%
Windows 8.1 Pro 3.64%

Distribution by countryGeography

23.48% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 23.48%
  Iran 10.43%
  France 6.09%
  Malaysia 4.35%
  Germany 3.48%
  Spain 3.48%
  Indonesia 3.48%
  Italy 3.48%
  Netherlands 3.48%
  Russia 3.48%
  India 2.61%
  Thailand 2.61%
  Argentina 1.74%
  Australia 1.74%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 28.95%
Dell 21.05%
Hewlett-Packard 18.42%
GIGABYTE 11.84%
Lenovo 9.21%
ASUS 5.26%
Samsung 2.63%
Apple 1.32%
American Megatrends 1.32%
Common models
LENOVO 20150 2.33%
LENOVO 20023 2.33%
Dell Dell System XPS L5... 2.33%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 2.33%
Acer Aspire 5755G 2.33%
ZYREX Wakatobi Mini 1.16%

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