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Should I remove FreeScreenSharing?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #14,976
United States Rank #7,455
Reach 0.0187%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 32.71 days
964.89 days >
Average installed length: 506.98 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
0.58.75.0 21.47%
0.58.72.0 0.82%
0.58.69.0 1.63%
0.58.29.0 6.79%
0.58.26.0 0.54%
0.58.25.0 1.36%
0.56.22.0 10.87%
0.56.21.0 21.47%
0.56.15.0 15.49%
0.56.7.0 9.51%
0.56.5.0 6.52%
0.56.4.0 1.90%
0.55.7.0 1.63%

FreeScreenSharing

What is FreeScreenSharing?  (from Free Conferencing)

FreeScreenSharing is a free online meeting service designed for screen sharing, web conferencing, product demonstrations, webinars and more. The system allows for one host during a FreeScreenSharing online meeting. The switch presenter feature may be utilized anytime during a FreeScreenSharing meeting to allow other ...  Read more

Overview

FreeScreenSharing is a software program developed by Free Conferencing. The most common release is 0.58.75.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. 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 primary executable is named FreeScreenSharing.exe. The setup package generally installs about 6 files and is usually about 2.42 MB (2,533,959 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 94% of users of FreeScreenSharing come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and India.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.freescreensharing.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\FreeScreenSharing
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\FreeScreenSharing\freescreensharing_uninstaller.exe
Estimated size: 2.42 MB

Program filesFiles installed by FreeScreenSharing

Program executable:FreeScreenSharing.exe
Name:FreeScreenSharing Application
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\Local\FreeScreenSharing\FreeScreenSharing.exe
MD5:3eb793ecd63c8a21282803c37723d29c
Additional files:
  • FreeScreenSharing.exe - FreeScreenSharing Application
  • npfreesee.dll - FreeScreenSharing Launcher (Free Screen Sharing Launcher)
  • freescreensharing_uninstaller.exe - FreeScreenSharing (FreeScreenSharing Installer (PROD))
  • proc64c.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Mozilla Plugin
  • npfreesee.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'FreeScreenSharing App Detector' with a plugin key of '@freescreensharing/detector'.
Startup File (User Run)
  • FreeScreenSharing.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'FreeScreenSharing' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\FreeScreenSharing\FreeScreenSharing.exe.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • FreeScreenSharing.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\FreeScreenSharing\FreeScreenSharing.exe'.

How do I remove FreeScreenSharing?

You can uninstall FreeScreenSharing 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 FreeScreenSharing, 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 FreeScreenSharing.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by FreeScreenSharing you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 63%
Win XP 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 63.51%
Windows 10 22.16%
Windows Vista 10.81%
Windows XP 3.51%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 37.16%
Windows 7 Professional 19.13%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 8.47%
Windows 8.1 7.38%
Windows 10 Home 5.74%
Windows 7 Ultimate 4.37%

Distribution by countryGeography

94.17% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 94.17%
  Canada 1.13%
  India 0.65%
  Australia 0.49%
  Israel 0.49%
  Costa Rica 0.16%
  Portugal 0.16%
  Austria 0.16%
  HT 0.16%
  Ireland 0.16%
  Netherlands 0.16%
  TT 0.16%
  BH 0.16%
  KE 0.16%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 38.15%
Dell 29.63%
Toshiba 8.52%
Acer 7.41%
Lenovo 4.81%
ASUS 4.81%
GIGABYTE 2.96%
Intel 1.48%
Sony 1.48%
Samsung 0.74%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.82%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 3.01%
Dell Inspiron 1545 3.01%
HP Pavilion dv4 Notebook ... 3.01%
Dell Inspiron 530 2.41%
HP G72 Notebook PC 2.41%

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