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Should I remove World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
1% remove it99% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #23,450
United States Rank #16,492
Reach 0.0080%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 131.29 days
414.68 days >
Average installed length: 217.88 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.01.0015 100.00%

World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition

Overview

World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition is a program developed by SteelSeries. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. 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 WoWMGUI4.exe. The software installer includes 14 files and is usually about 39.95 MB (41,893,988 bytes). FWUpdate.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 70% of users of World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and Germany.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.SteelSeries.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\SteelSeries\World of Warcraft(R) MMO Gaming Mouse Legendary Edition
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{AA909E80-DC40-4AF0-A693-376F9F1C8582}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly
Estimated size: 39.95 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition

Program executable:WoWMGUI4.exe
Name:World of Warcraft® MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition Graphic Interface
Path:C:\Program Files\SteelSeries\World of Warcraft(R) MMO Gaming Mouse Legendary Edition\WoWMGUI4.exe
MD5:c607538edefc6ab63f6be6880f5cd454
Additional files:
  • WoWMGUI4.exe - World of Warcraft® MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition Graphic Interface
  • WoWMHID4.exe - World of Warcraft® MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition HID Process
  • WoWMTray4.exe - World of Warcraft® MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition Tray Icon (World of Warcraft® MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition Tray Icon)
  • FWUpdate.exe
  • vdhidwdm.dll
  • BlizzardError.exe (by Blizzard Entertainment) - BlizzardError
  • dbghelp.dll (by Microsoft) - Debugging Tools for Windows(R) (Windows Image Helper)
  • divxdecoder.dll
  • MovieProxy.exe (by Blizzard Entertainment) - World of Warcraft (World of Warcraft: Movie Proxy)
  • Scan.dll - Blizzard Scan
  • World-of-Warcraft-Setup-enUS.exe - Blizzard Setup (World of Warcraft Setup)
  • Wow.exe - World of Warcraft Retail
  • wow_legend_mouse.exe (by Acresso Software) - InstallShield (InstallScript Setup Launcher)
  • Wow-64.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • BlizzardError.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E33D346F-57F8-4552-98FB-EB4311FAEE7C}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • WoWMHID4.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'SteelSeries World of Warcraft(R) MMO Gaming Mouse Legendary Edition' which loads as "C:\Program Files\SteelSeries\World of Warcraft(R) MMO Gaming Mouse Legendary Edition\WoWMHID4.exe".

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

WoWMHID4.exe
Memory:7.76 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0000600671%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00001844%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00004163%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:8,936,884
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:4
70 average
I/O reads/min:651 Bytes
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:0 Bytes
105.02 KB average
WoWMTray4.exe
Memory:3.95 MB
Total CPU:0.0000553143%
Kernel CPU:0.00001368%
User CPU:0.00004163%
CPU cycles/sec:5,904
I/O reads/min:10.17 KB

How do I remove World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition?

You can uninstall World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary 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 World of Warcraft(R) MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary 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 World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 61%
Win XP 2%
  
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 1%
Keep it 99%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 62.66%
Windows 10 33.54%
Windows Vista 1.90%
Windows XP 1.90%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 38.61%
Windows 7 Ultimate 12.03%
Windows 10 Home 11.39%
Windows 7 Professional 10.13%
Windows 8.1 8.23%
Windows 8 3.80%

Distribution by countryGeography

69.63% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 69.63%
  Canada 5.14%
  Germany 3.27%
  France 2.34%
  Australia 1.87%
  Austria 1.87%
  United Kingdom 1.87%
  Russia 1.40%
  Sweden 1.40%
  Netherlands 1.40%
  Slovenia 0.93%
  Norway 0.93%
  Finland 0.93%
  Israel 0.93%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 24.10%
Acer 18.07%
Dell 16.87%
ASUS 16.87%
GIGABYTE 6.02%
Alienware 6.02%
Intel 4.82%
MSI 3.61%
Lenovo 2.41%
Apple 1.20%
Common models
ASUS All Series 4.63%
ASUSTeK G75VW 2.78%
Dell XPS 8300 2.78%
Alienware M17xR3 1.85%
Gigabyte H67M-D2-B3 1.85%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 1.85%

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