Should I remove Volaro Updater?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
79% remove it21% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #5,784
United States Rank #34,547
Reach 0.0817%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 22.23 days
655.89 days >
Average installed length: 344.62 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.0.0 |
100.00% |
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Volaro Updater
from Volaro Technologies & Applications
What is Volaro Updater?
Privacy Policy - "Volaro Technologies may display various types of advertising to you throughout the Volaro Technologies and may provide you with certain added value services to enhance your Web browsing experience(i.e. a comparison shopping feature). Certain advertising and added value services displayed may be based, among other things, on certain keywords you’ve entered, search queries, interests added to your profile (or other locations within the Volaro Technologies Service), or the content of a Website that you are viewing. For example, when visiting a sports Website Volaro Technologies may present you with ads related to sports gear or when viewing a camera on a certain ecommerce site Volaro Technologies may present with you alternative prices from other web sites."
About (from Volaro Technologies & Applications)
In addition Volaro Technologies and its advertisers may use ad network providers and other service providers, to help present customized content and advertisements on the Volaro Technologies and other Web sites. These providers may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies on your computer to help present, bett... Read more
Overview
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Volaro Updater has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
Displayed publisher: Volaro
URL: www.volarotech.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\volaro\updater
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Volaro\Updater\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 527.35 KB
Files installed by Volaro Updater
| Program executable: | Updater.exe |
| Name: | Volaro Updater |
| Volaro |
| Signed by: | VOLARO Ltd. |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\volaro\updater\Updater.exe |
| MD5: | 9ec72b7ce86bcfd675df4febad15dbca |
Additional files:
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uninstall.exe - Volaro Updater
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Updater.exe - Volaro
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VolaroUpdaterSetup.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- Updater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Volaro Update' (runs daily at 19:22).
Startup File (User Run)
- Updater.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Volaro Update' and executes as C:\Program Files\Volaro\Updater\Updater.exe.
How do I remove Volaro Updater?
You can uninstall Volaro Updater 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 Volaro Updater, 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 Volaro Updater.
- 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) 61%
Win 8 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 79%
Keep it 21%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
76.36% |
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| Windows 10 |
16.13% |
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| Windows XP |
6.95% |
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| Windows Vista |
0.56% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
36.07% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
15.30% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
14.86% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.90% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
4.98% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
4.91% |
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Geography
23.28% of installs come from MA
Which countries install it?
| MA |
23.28% |
| Saudi Arabia |
19.21% |
| IQ |
13.36% |
| DZ |
12.95% |
| Egypt |
5.23% |
| United Arab Emirates |
5.03% |
| TN |
4.89% |
| Kuwait |
2.69% |
| Jordan |
2.48% |
| United States |
2.20% |
| OM |
1.86% |
| Qatar |
1.52% |
| Lebanon |
1.31% |
| YE |
1.31% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
28.61% |
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| Dell |
23.58% |
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| Acer |
16.49% |
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| Toshiba |
12.61% |
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| ASUS |
4.70% |
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| Samsung |
4.70% |
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| GIGABYTE |
4.12% |
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| Lenovo |
3.46% |
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| Intel |
0.58% |
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| MSI |
0.58% |
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| Sahara |
0.58% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
11.56% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
5.45% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.55% |
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| Dell Inspiron 3521 |
3.25% |
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| TOSHIBA SATELLITE C660 |
3.12% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5010 |
2.34% |
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