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Should I remove Argente Utilities?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
5% remove it95% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #11,873
United States Rank #19,860
Reach 0.0277%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 22.72 days
474.85 days >
Average installed length: 249.50 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.4.0 100.00%

Argente Utilities 1.0.4.0

What is Argente Utilities?  (from Argente Software)

Argente Utilities is a useful tool that allows you to repair, optimize, manage, modify, remove, and protect your system from all types of errors, failures and malware. Here are some key features of Argente Utilities: one Click Maintenance (only one click for all actions); registry cleaner ; disk cleaner (*.TMP, *.TEMP,...  Read more

Overview

Argente Utilities 1.0.4.0 is a program developed by Argente Software. 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 software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The main program executable is argente utilities.exe. The software installer includes 14 files and is usually about 29.4 MB (30,830,242 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows XP. While about 33% of users of Argente Utilities come from Spain, it is also popular in the United States and Mexico.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: argentesoftware.blogspot.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Argente Utilities\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Argente Utilities\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 29.4 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Argente Utilities 1.0.4.0

Program executable:argente utilities.exe
Name:Argente Utilities
Path:C:\Program Files\argente utilities\argente utilities.exe
MD5:23b83e7d0145c6e2734e45a334d668f4
Additional files:
  • Argente06.dll - Argente Software Extension
  • Argente Utilities_AVG_RESTORED.exe - Argente Utilities
  • Argente03.dll
  • Argente05.dll
  • Argente00.dll
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • Argente Utilities.dll
  • Argente01.dll
  • Argente02.dll
  • Argente04.dll
  • Argente07.dll
  • lua5.1.dll
  • lua51.dll (by Lua.org) - Lua - The Programming Language (Lua Language Run Time)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Argente Utilities.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{833D7D9E-06FF-4E9F-8BCB-E4597B184217}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • Argente Utilities.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Argente Utilities' which loads as C:\Program Files\Argente Utilities\Argente Utilities.exe /Tray.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • Argente Utilities.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Argente Utilities\Argente Utilities.exe'.

How do I remove Argente Utilities?

You can uninstall Argente Utilities 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 Argente Utilities 1.0.4.0, 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 Argente Utilities.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 63%
Win 7 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 69.54%
Windows XP 19.08%
Windows Vista 8.81%
Windows 10 2.39%
Windows Server 2003 0.18%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 30.06%
Windows 7 Ultimate 25.05%
Microsoft Windows XP 18.92%
Windows 7 Professional 9.46%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 5.38%
Windows Vista Home Basic 3.34%

Distribution by countryGeography

33.45% of installs come from Spain
Which countries install it?
  Spain 33.45%
  United States 18.02%
  Mexico 6.59%
  Argentina 6.41%
  United Kingdom 3.29%
  Brazil 2.95%
  Italy 2.77%
  Germany 2.60%
  France 2.60%
  Colombia 2.08%
  Chile 1.91%
  Poland 1.56%
  Hungary 1.21%
  Peru 1.04%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 28.90%
Acer 21.26%
Dell 13.95%
ASUS 9.97%
GIGABYTE 7.64%
Samsung 4.98%
Toshiba 3.32%
American Megatrends 2.99%
Lenovo 2.99%
Intel 1.99%
Sahara 1.99%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.16%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.16%
HP G62 Notebook PC 2.53%
AWARD_ AWRDACPI 1.90%
Dell Inspiron 1545 1.90%
ASUSTeK K55VD 1.90%

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