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What percent of users and experts removed it?
51% remove it49% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
Global Rank #27,229
United States Rank #24,844
Reach 0.0059%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 99.18 days
710.77 days >
Average installed length: 373.46 days

Wise Registry Cleaner 7.51

What is Wise Registry Cleaner?

Wise Registry Cleaner is registry cleaner whose purported purpose is to remove redundant items from the Windows registry. Wise Registry Cleaner automates the process of looking for invalid entries, missing file references or broken links within the registry and resolving or removing them.

About  (from WiseCleaner.com)

Have you realized that your computer run more and more slowly? Have you ever thought it is because the registry in your computer has junked up? Please don't worry! Wise Registry Cleaner are experted at speeding your PC by repairing registry errors and defragmenting the Registry. It can scan the Registry, mark the orpha...  Read more

Overview

During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). 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 wiseregcleaner.exe. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 4.66 MB (4,891,512 bytes). AUpdate.dll is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released.
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Wise Registry Cleaner.
AUpdate.dll (43317a0a3074f5d29135ba67ee501290) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Clam AntiVirus 0.98/18155 PUA.Packed.PECompact-1
eSafe 7.0.17.0 Suspicious File
VirusBuster 14.1.120.0 Packed/PECompact

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.wisecleaner.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Wise\Wise Registry Cleaner\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Wise\Wise Registry Cleaner\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 4.66 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Wise Registry Cleaner 7.51

Program executable:wiseregcleaner.exe
Name:WiseCleaner.com
Wise Registry Cleaner
Signed by:ZhiQing Soft Ltd.
Path:C:\Program Files\wise\wise registry cleaner\wiseregcleaner.exe
MD5:f5d9cccc82acafb751623808cabda717
Additional files:
  • WiseRegistryCleaner.exe - Wise Registry Cleaner Free (Fix Windows Registry Errors.)
  • (Malware detected) AUpdate.dll - Automatic Update Library
  • Style.dll - Skin support lib (Provide skin support for WiseCleaner APPs)
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • WiseRegCleaner.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Wise Registry Cleaner Schedule Task' (runs weekly on Mondays at 3:30).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • WiseRegCleaner.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Wise Registry Cleaner Schedule Task.

How do I remove Wise Registry Cleaner?

You can uninstall Wise Registry Cleaner 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 Wise Registry Cleaner 7.51, 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 Wise Registry Cleaner.
  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) 63%
Win XP 1%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 51%
Keep it 49%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 65.52%
Windows XP 14.66%
Windows Vista 12.93%
Windows 10 6.90%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 45.22%
Microsoft Windows XP 14.78%
Windows 7 Ultimate 11.30%
Windows 7 Professional 9.57%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 9.57%
Windows 8 Pro 1.74%

Distribution by countryGeography

46.53% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 46.53%
  Germany 10.42%
  Italy 9.72%
  United Kingdom 4.17%
  Japan 4.17%
  Canada 3.47%
  Hungary 2.08%
  Austria 1.39%
  Australia 1.39%
  Brazil 1.39%
  Netherlands 1.39%
  New Zealand 1.39%
  Poland 1.39%
  Russia 1.39%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 33.80%
Hewlett-Packard 21.13%
Dell 18.31%
GIGABYTE 8.45%
American Megatrends 5.63%
ASUS 2.82%
Gateway 2.82%
Intel 2.82%
Toshiba 2.82%
Apple 1.41%
Common models
Dell Dell XPS420 2.11%
Acer Aspire 5733 2.11%
ThirdWave Corporation Pri... 1.05%
Velocity Micro, Inc DP965... 1.05%
TOSHIBA Satellite P750 1.05%
TOSHIBA Satellite L505 1.05%

About (from WiseCleaner.com, Inc.)

Founded in 2005 by three young programmers, Wise Cleaner is dedicated to delivering simple, effective, free and affordable system utility software for Windows computers.
Publisher URL: www.wisecleaner.com

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