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Should I remove Voxal Voice Changer?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
22% remove it78% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #6,940
United States Rank #5,766
Reach 0.0619%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 9.38 days
276.58 days >
Average installed length: 145.32 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
4.04 0.25%
3.01 0.08%
2.00 7.70%
1.38 2.30%
1.35 0.25%
1.32 4.10%
1.31 4.02%
1.30 0.90%
1.25 8.20%
1.24 0.16%
1.23 6.39%
1.22 0.90%
1.11 14.51%
1.10 3.85%
1.03 17.70%
1.02 12.87%

Other programs by NCH Software

Voxal Voice Changer

What is Voxal Voice Changer?

The software may bundle additional potentially unwanted toolbars. - "During installation of this download you will be given the option to install closely related programs from the NCH Software suite. These are optional and you can select what you want depending on your requirements."

About  (from NCH Software)

Voxal is a state of the art voice changing program for Windows designed to enhance any application or game that uses a microphone. Change your voice in many different ways by adding effects such as changing the pitch or adding an echo. Effects can be stacked in any order and combination you want, providing nearly unlim...  Read more

Overview

The most used version is 1.03, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. 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 voxal.exe. The software installer includes 30 files and is usually about 3.27 MB (3,427,611 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.nchsoftware.com/voicechanger/index.html
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\NCH Software\Voxal
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\NCH Software\Voxal\voxal.exe" -uninstall
Estimated size: 3.27 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Voxal Voice Changer

Program executable:voxal.exe
Voxal Voice Changer
Path:C:\Program Files\nch software\voxal\voxal.exe
MD5:80af07e7afbac074bd60755ca7b59897
Additional files:
  • uninst.exe - Voxal (Voxal Voice Changer)
  • voxalsetup_v0.92.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.00.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.01.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.02.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.03.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.10.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.11.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.22.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.23.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.24.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.25.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.32.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.35.exe
  • voxalsetup_v1.38.exe
  • voxalsetup_v2.00.exe
  • voxalsetup_v3.01.exe
  • voxalsetup_v4.04.exe
  • vxlsetup_v0.90.exe
  • vxlsetup_v0.91.exe
  • mp3enc.exe
  • voxaldriverinstallerx64.exe
  • voxaldriverinstallerx86.exe
  • voxaldriverx64.sys
  • voxaldriverx86.sys

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • voxal.exe is scheduled as a task named 'VoxalLikeSurvey' (Next runs on 14.5.2018 at 01:27).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

mp3enc.exe
Memory:1.15 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0006185736%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00023484%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00038374%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:78,400,128
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:6
70 average
I/O reads/min:10.39 MB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:272.84 KB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Voxal Voice Changer?

You can uninstall Voxal Voice Changer 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 Voxal Voice Changer, 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 Voxal Voice Changer.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 46%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 22%
Keep it 78%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#6,940

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 48.73%
Windows 10 45.29%
Windows XP 3.69%
Windows Vista 2.29%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 24.53%
Windows 10 Home 16.13%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.16%
Windows 8.1 10.78%
Windows 7 Professional 7.65%
Windows 10 Pro 7.24%

Distribution by countryGeography

56.21% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 56.21%
  United Kingdom 5.37%
  Canada 4.33%
  Germany 3.10%
  France 3.10%
  Australia 3.10%
  India 1.68%
  Netherlands 1.68%
  Italy 1.49%
  Sweden 1.49%
  Norway 1.16%
  Brazil 0.91%
  Spain 0.91%
  South Africa 0.71%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 24.42%
Acer 19.33%
Dell 18.90%
ASUS 12.79%
Toshiba 6.40%
GIGABYTE 5.67%
Lenovo 5.52%
Alienware 2.33%
MSI 1.60%
Medion 1.16%
Intel 1.02%
Samsung 0.87%
Common models
ASUS All Series 8.79%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.24%
MSI MS-7693 3.33%
HP 15 Notebook PC 2.73%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.73%
MSI MS-7817 2.12%

About NCH Software

NCH is a software development company tat primarily sells to individuals via their website.
Publisher URL: www.nchsoftware.com

comments2 comments

user comment
user comment
Cygonover a year ago
Update after checking more closely: 1. This program links itself to dozens of file extensions it has no business with (but for which other NCH Software programs exist to whose websites you will then be directed). 2. This program won't uninstall. The uninstaller doesn't work and can't work the way it is written. 3. Even if you kill all of the Voxal's running processes, two hidden processes will remain. I only found out when I used LockHunter to see why I couldn't delete Voxal.exe. Now why does 4. You're not being asked whether you want to install the microphone capture driver Definitely can't recommend letting this pest onto anyone's system.
user comment
Cygonover a year ago
This "cutting edge tool" has all the capabilities you need for... a cheap party trick. It installs drivers on your system to intercept audio from microphones and its uninstaller is broken (launches without admin privileges and says it cannot uninstall because of that). The -uninstall parameter also fails because it relies on uninst.exe in a temporary folder :(