Should I remove Ant.com IE add-on?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
2.4.5	4.67%
2.3.32	13.61%
2.2.4.1076	35.89%
2.2.3.1074	14.61%
2.2.3.76	1.00%
2.2.1.75	24.87%
2.2.0.73	3.76%
2.1.13.74	0.08%
2.1.6.61	0.58%
2.1.1.26	0.08%
1.9.30.0	0.83%

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from Ant.com

Remove Ant.com IE add-on

Ant.com IE add-on will add a button to download streaming videos to your hard disk while you are browsing with Internet Explorer. The Ant.com add-in will detect any video being played in your IE browser, and then will download it in its native .FLV format to your hard disk. The Movie Player will show a list of the videos that you downloaded using Ant.com IE add-on, and will let you play them, in a window or in full screen. It will also display an Ant.Com search engine box for web searches.

The most used version is 2.2.4.1076, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main program executable is antmaintainer.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 19 files and is usually about 9.98 MB (10,462,103 bytes). AntUpdaterService.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released.

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URL: www.ant.com/video-downloader

Help link: www.ant.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Ant.com\

Uninstaller: msiexec.exe /qf /package {2B78F6F9-5C63-45AB-ABFD-DDB7946E4C39}

Estimated size: 9.98 MB

Language: English (United States)

antmaintainer.exe
Memory:	3.33 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0545076463%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.03500543%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.01950221%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	2,500,007	8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:	19	70 average
I/O reads/min:	243 Bytes	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	22.78 KB	105.02 KB average
AntUpdaterService.exe
Memory:	2.77 MB
Total CPU:	0.0238513274%
Kernel CPU:	0.01595522%
User CPU:	0.00789611%
CPU cycles/sec:	1,160,294
Switches/sec:	159
I/O reads/min:	881 Bytes

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 Ant.com IE add-on, 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 Ant.com IE add-on.
4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 60% Win Server 2003 0%

HOW DOES IT RUN? Plugs into Internet Explorer

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 78% Keep it 22%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	49.22%
United Kingdom	5.84%
Germany	4.89%
India	3.19%
Australia	2.65%
Canada	2.58%
Italy	2.58%
Netherlands	2.04%
France	1.90%
Iran	1.49%
Brazil	1.36%
Israel	1.29%
Belgium	1.22%
South Africa	1.22%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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