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What percent of users and experts removed it?
4% remove it96% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #20,586
United States Rank #15,473
Reach 0.0104%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 121.87 days
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Average installed length: 173.50 days

WinUtilities 10.55 Free Edition

What is WinUtilities Free Edition?  (from YL Computing, Inc)

WinUtilities is a multi-functional system performance and optimization suite for Microsoft Windows. This collection of tools lets you supercharge your PC's performance, enhance its security, tweak and optimize its settings, and customize and personalize your screens. Registry Cleaner makes your system more stable by cl...  Read more

Overview

WinUtilities 10.55 Free Edition is a software program developed by YL Computing, Inc. During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up. 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 primary executable is named WinUtil.exe. The setup package generally installs about 34 files and is usually about 755.24 MB (791,925,430 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows XP. While about 62% of users of WinUtilities Free Edition come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and Canada.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.ylcomputing.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinUtilities\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\WinUtilities\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 755.24 MB

Program filesFiles installed by WinUtilities 10.55 Free Edition

Program executable:WinUtil.exe
Name:WinUtilities
Path:C:\Program Files\WinUtilities\WinUtil.exe
MD5:5ff2c5d06cdf94f7cf528398544482e1
Additional files:
  • wufinstall.exe - WinUtilities Free Edition (WinUtilities Free Edition Setup)
  • ToolRegBackup.exe (by YL Software) - WinUtilities Registry Backup and Restore
  • ToolFindDuplicate.exe (by YL Software) - WinUtilities Duplicate Files Finder
  • ToolDocProtector.exe - WinUtilities Document Protector
  • ToolSysInfo.exe - WinUtilities System Information
  • Defrag.dll - WinUtilities DiskDefrag Module
  • ToolSafeUninstall.exe - WinUtilities Uninstall Manager
  • ToolMemoryOptimizer.exe - WinUtilities Memory Optimizer
  • ToolProcessSecurity.exe - WinUtilities Process Security
  • ToolRegistryCleaner.exe - WinUtilities Registry Cleaner
  • ToolFixShortcut.exe - WinUtilities Shortcuts Fixer
  • ToolHistoryCleaner.exe - WinUtilities History Cleaner
  • ToolProcessManager.exe - WinUtilities Process Manager
  • ToolRegistrySearch.exe - WinUtilities Registry Search
  • ToolStartupCleaner.exe - WinUtilities Startup Cleaner
  • ToolRegDefrag.exe - WinUtilities RegistryDefrag
  • ToolSchedule.exe - WinUtilities Task Scheduler
  • ToolSysControl.exe - WinUtilities System Control
  • AppAutoShutdown.exe - WinUtilities Auto Shutdown
  • DiskAnalytics.exe - WinUtilities Disk Analysis
  • ToolFileSplitter.exe - WinUtilities File Splitter
  • ToolSecureDelete.exe - WinUtilities File Shredder
  • ToolWinTools.exe - WinUtilities Windows Tools
  • ToolDiskCleaner.exe - WinUtilities Disk Cleaner
  • ToolBHORemover.exe - WinUtilities BHO Remover
  • ToolFileLock.exe - WinUtilities EXE Protect
  • ToolDiskDefrag.exe - WinUtilities DiskDefrag
  • ToolUndelete.exe - WinUtilities Undelete
  • CloseApps.exe - CloseApps Module (CloseApps)
  • WinUtil.exe - WinUtilities
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • unins001.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

5 Scheduled Tasks
  • ToolRegistryCleaner.exe is scheduled as a task named 'WinUtilities_Registry_Cleaner_D81CDF27E9284402'.
  • ToolHistoryCleaner.exe is scheduled as a task named 'WinUtilities_History_Cleaner_D81CDF27E9284403'.
  • ToolDiskCleaner.exe is scheduled as a task named 'WinUtilities_Disk_Cleaner_D81CDF27E9284401'.
  • WinUtil.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{511BDB8D-065B-45D5-9DC2-FD0045B93724}' (runs on registration).
  • ToolMemoryOptimizer.exe is scheduled as a task named 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\MemOptimizer-02BB2F56CB964deb8996194DE7EB5275.job'.
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • ToolMemoryOptimizer.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MemOptimizer-02BB2F56CB964deb8996194DE7EB5275.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

ToolMemoryOptimizer.exe
Memory:3.5 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0008847672%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00072468%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00016008%
0.015104% average
Switches/sec:55
70 average
I/O reads/min:3.93 MB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:0 Bytes
105.02 KB average

How do I remove WinUtilities Free Edition?

You can uninstall WinUtilities Free Edition 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 WinUtilities 10.55 Free Edition, 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 WinUtilities Free Edition.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 63%
Win XP 0%
  
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 65.69%
Windows XP 17.65%
Windows Vista 11.76%
Windows 10 4.90%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 44.83%
Microsoft Windows XP 17.73%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.34%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 9.36%
Windows 7 Professional 7.39%
Windows 8 Pro with Media ... 1.97%

Distribution by countryGeography

61.62% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 61.62%
  Germany 5.54%
  Canada 4.43%
  Russia 2.95%
  United Kingdom 2.58%
  Italy 2.58%
  Australia 2.21%
  Belgium 1.48%
  Finland 1.11%
  Greece 1.11%
  Indonesia 1.11%
  Israel 1.11%
  Austria 0.74%
  France 0.74%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 32.31%
Dell 20.77%
Acer 16.92%
Toshiba 10.00%
GIGABYTE 5.38%
Intel 4.62%
ASUS 3.08%
Gateway 1.54%
Lenovo 1.54%
Sahara 1.54%
Samsung 1.54%
Alienware 0.77%
Common models
Gateway NV59 3.48%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.61%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.61%
CLEVO CO. W150HNM/W1... 1.74%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 1.74%
HP G62 Notebook PC 1.74%

About (from YL Computing, Inc)

We are one of the original manufacturers and vendors of our software and related products.
Publisher URL: www.ylcomputing.com

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