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Alcohol 52% Free Edition
by Alcohol Soft Development Team
Overview
Alcohol 52% Free Edition is a software program developed by Alcohol Soft Development Team. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. 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 alcohol.exe. The setup package generally installs about 21 files and is usually about 9.42 MB (9,874,593 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of those who have this installed, most are running it on Windows 7 (SP1). Most users that have installed this software come from the United States.
Program details
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 52
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 52\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 9.42 MB
Files installed by Alcohol 52% Free Edition
| Program executable: | alcohol.exe |
| Name: | Alcohol 52% |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\alcohol soft\alcohol 52\alcohol.exe |
| MD5: | 0ad3a7f6e5042eeab6e421cfe56dc8c6 |
Additional files:
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DevSupp.dll - Alcohol Software Device Capability Library
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AxAutoMntSrv.exe - Alcohol Virtual Drive Auto-mount Service
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AxShlEx64.dll - Alcohol Shell Extension Module (x64)
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Uninstall.exe - Alcohol 52% Free Edition v2.0.3.9326
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AxShlEx.dll - Alcohol Shell Extension Module
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AxShlExHlper.exe - Alcohol Shell Extention Helper
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AxShlRes.dll - Alcohol Shell Resource Library
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AxCmd.exe - Alcohol Soft Development Team (Alcohol Command Launcher)
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AxDTA.exe - Alcohol Data-Type Analyzer
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uninst.exe - Alcohol 52% (Alcohol 52% 2.0.3.9326 Setup)
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Alcoholx.dll - Alcohol (Alcohol virtual device control library)
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pidalc.dll (by [PiD Team] (CDKiller/TippeX)) - Alcohol ProtectionId lite v0.0.0.2 (Alcohol Protection Scanner)
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pfctoc.dll (by Padus(R)) - Padus Foundation Class(TM) (CD/DVD pre-mastering toolkit for Win32)
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imgengine.dll (by Disc Soft Ltd) - DAEMON Tools Image Engine (Image engine library)
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SPTD2inst-x64.exe (by Duplex Secure Ltd) - SCSI Pass Through Direct (SCSI Pass Through Direct setup)
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SPTD2inst-x86.exe (by Duplex Secure Ltd)
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SPTDinst-x64.exe
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SPTDinst-x86.exe
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SPTDIntf.dll - SPTD Interface Library
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ACID.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Autoplay Handler
- Alcohol.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'AlcoholAutoPlayV2.ReadDisc' with the ProgID of 'AlcoholAutoPlayV2' and the action verb 'ReadDisc.
Service
- AxAutoMntSrv.exe runs as a service named 'Alcohol Virtual Drive Auto-mount Service' (AxAutoMntSrv) "Alcohol Virtual Drive Auto-mount Service, this service automatically mounts your image files following a reboot. This service is self starting after a reboot. It is set as Automatic by default and the startup type should not be altered.".
Startup File (User Run)
- AxAutoMntSrv.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'AlcoholAutomount' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\AxAutoMntSrv.exe" -automount.
How do I remove Alcohol 52% Free Edition?
You can uninstall Alcohol 52% Free Edition 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 Alcohol 52% 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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Alcohol 52% Free Edition.
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%
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MOST USED OS
~99%
Windows 7 (SP1)
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Geography
100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?