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Should I remove Active@ KillDisk?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
5% remove it95% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #18,047
United States Rank #13,636
Reach 0.0132%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 210.35 days
691.02 days >
Average installed length: 363.08 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
7.0.7 0.38%
7.0.2 0.38%
7.0.1 24.90%
6.0.0 37.16%
5.5.5 6.13%
5.5.3 7.66%
5.5.0 23.37%

Other programs by LSoft Technologies Inc

Active@ KillDisk

What is Active@ KillDisk?  (from LSoft Technologies Inc)

Active@ KillDisk - Hard Drive Eraser is powerful and compact software that allows you to destroy all data on hard and floppy drives completely, excluding any possibility of future recovery of deleted files and folders. It's a hard drive and partition eraser utility. Active@ KillDisk conforms to US Department of Defense...  Read more

Overview

Active@ KillDisk is a program developed by LSoft Technologies Inc. The most used version is 6.0.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The main program executable is KILLDISK.exe. The software installer includes 1 files and is usually about 20.04 MB (21,015,847 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 62% of users of Active@ KillDisk come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and France.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: how-to-erase-hard-drive.com
Help link: secure.lsoft.net/clients
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\LSoft Technologies\Active KillDisk
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{7A5E940E-017E-47F8-9D0D-62D49C8D18ED}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0009 -removeonly
Estimated size: 20.04 MB
Language: English

Program filesFiles installed by Active@ KillDisk

Program executable:KILLDISK.exe
Name:KillDisk Application
Path:C:\Program Files\LSoft Technologies\Active KillDisk\KILLDISK.exe
MD5:a0a8ccd93d7ee1ad7d89e45ad593abca
  • KILLDISK.exe - KillDisk

How do I remove Active@ KillDisk?

You can uninstall Active@ KillDisk 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 Active@ KillDisk, 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 Active@ KillDisk.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 67%
Win Vista (SP1) 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#18,047

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 72.14%
Windows XP 11.07%
Windows 10 10.31%
Windows Vista 6.49%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 29.30%
Windows 7 Ultimate 23.44%
Windows 7 Professional 18.36%
Microsoft Windows XP 10.55%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 3.13%
Windows 8 Pro 2.73%

Distribution by countryGeography

61.52% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 61.52%
  United Kingdom 5.54%
  France 4.08%
  Canada 3.50%
  Italy 2.33%
  Netherlands 2.04%
  Germany 2.04%
  Australia 1.46%
  Belgium 1.17%
  Spain 1.17%
  Slovenia 0.87%
  South Africa 0.87%
  Brazil 0.87%
  India 0.87%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 32.00%
Hewlett-Packard 21.33%
Acer 12.67%
GIGABYTE 12.00%
ASUS 6.67%
Intel 5.33%
Toshiba 4.00%
Samsung 3.33%
American Megatrends 1.33%
Lenovo 1.33%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.75%
Dell XPS 8300 2.75%
Dell Inspiron 580 2.75%
Gigabyte GA-770TA-UD3 1.83%
HP Pavilion dv9500 Notebo... 1.83%
ASUS All Series 1.83%

About (from LSoft Technologies Inc)

LSoft's current vision is tied to a strong commitment to the latest technologies that expand the power and reach of PCs for its users.
Publisher URL: www.lsoft.net

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