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Should I remove Alcor Micro USB Card Reader?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
6% remove it94% keep it
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Versions

VersionDistribution
1.7.17.25416 19.27%
1.1.517.35203 80.73%

Alcor Micro USB Card Reader

What is Alcor Micro USB Card Reader?

The card reader enables users to read from or write to supported removable storage cards, which are typically used in digital cameras, digital music players, and cellular phones.

Overview

The most used version is 1.1.517.35203, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is AmIcoSinglun.exe. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 2.89 MB (3,032,731 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.alcormicro.com.tw
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\AmIcoSingLun\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{1F7424F8-F992-48BC-90EF-7C4DB0405E3F}\Setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x0816
Estimated size: 2.89 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Alcor Micro USB Card Reader

Program executable:AmIcoSinglun.exe
Name:IconUtility
Single LUN Icon Utility for VID 058F PID 6366
Path:C:\Program Files\AmIcoSingLun\AmIcoSinglun.exe
MD5:48265e314e8c163a7d567b612b176095
Additional files:
  • AmUStor.dll (by Alcor Micro) - USB Mass Storage Driver Coinstaller
  • AmUStor.sys (by Alcor Micro) - Alocr Micro USB Mass Storage Driver
  • AmIcoSinglun.exe - IconUtility (Single LUN Icon Utility for VID 058F PID 6366)
  • AmIcoSinglun64.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Startup Files (All Users Run)
  • AmIcoSinglun.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'AmIcoSinglun' which loads as C:\Program Files\AmIcoSingLun\AmIcoSinglun.exe.
  • AmIcoSinglun64.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'AmIcoSinglun64' which loads as C:\Program Files\AmIcoSingLun\AmIcoSinglun64.exe.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

AmIcoSinglun64.exe
Memory:3.73 MB
21.09 MB average
Kernel CPU:0.00000395%
0.016088% average
CPU cycles/sec:2,758
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:0 Bytes
435.61 KB average

How do I remove Alcor Micro USB Card Reader?

You can uninstall Alcor Micro USB Card Reader 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 Alcor Micro USB Card Reader, 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 Alcor Micro USB Card Reader.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 77%
Win 10 7%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 92.66%
Windows 10 7.34%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 46.79%
Windows 7 Professional 22.94%
Windows 7 Home Basic 11.93%
Windows 7 Ultimate 11.01%
Windows 10 Pro 3.67%
Windows 8 Pro 1.83%

Distribution by countryGeography

78.63% of installs come from Brazil
Which countries install it?
  Brazil 78.63%
  United States 13.68%
  Portugal 5.98%
  Germany 0.85%
  Sweden 0.85%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 81.31%
ASUS 10.28%
Acer 4.67%
Samsung 1.87%
Lenovo 0.93%
GIGABYTE 0.93%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook ... 64.76%
HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook ... 15.24%
ASUSTeK N43SN 2.86%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 1.90%
ASUSTeK G73Jh 1.90%
Samsung RV411 0.95%

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