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What percent of users and experts removed it?
26% remove it74% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #42,783
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Versions

VersionDistribution
1.2.0 100.00%

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Ashampoo FireWall FREE 1.20

What is Ashampoo FireWall FREE?  (from Ashampoo)

You probably know that you need a firewall program to use the Internet safely. In addition to protecting you against attacks from the Internet, a good firewall will also tell you when programs installed on your computer are trying to phone home and enable you to prevent them from doing it. This is something that Window...  Read more

Overview

Ashampoo FireWall FREE 1.20 is a program developed by Ashampoo. 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 firewall.exe. The software installer includes 12 files and is usually about 14.04 MB (14,721,228 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows XP as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 31% of users of Ashampoo FireWall FREE come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and France.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.ashampoo.com
Help link: www.ashampoo.com/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Ashampoo\Ashampoo FireWall FREE\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Ashampoo\Ashampoo FireWall FREE\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 14.04 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Ashampoo FireWall FREE 1.20

Program executable:firewall.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\ashampoo\ashampoo firewall free\firewall.exe
MD5:918fa19a1d7ceb6d5cdb3887aa0860fa
Additional files:
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • ash_inet.dll - ash_inet
  • ash_UpdateMediator.exe
  • DeleteConfig.exe
  • gdiplus.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft GDI+
  • InstallSPI.exe
  • spi.dll
  • sporder.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Operating System (WinSock2 reorder service providers)
  • sporder.exe
  • UNINSTALLER.exe
  • UninstallSPI.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)
  • FireWall.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Ashampoo FireWall' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Ashampoo FireWall Free\FireWall.exe" -TRAY.

How do I remove Ashampoo FireWall FREE?

You can uninstall Ashampoo FireWall FREE 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 Ashampoo FireWall FREE 1.20, 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 Ashampoo FireWall FREE.

HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 26%
Keep it 74%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#42,783

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows XP 95.24%
Windows 7 4.76%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Microsoft Windows XP 95.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 5.00%

Distribution by countryGeography

31.37% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 31.37%
  Germany 15.69%
  France 9.80%
  Poland 7.84%
  Italy 5.88%
  Netherlands 3.92%
  Turkey 3.92%
  South Africa 1.96%
  Taiwan 1.96%
  UA 1.96%
  Australia 1.96%
  Russia 1.96%
  New Zealand 1.96%
  Argentina 1.96%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
GIGABYTE 17.39%
Sahara 13.04%
Intel 13.04%
Acer 13.04%
Dell 8.70%
Hewlett-Packard 8.70%
American Megatrends 8.70%
Toshiba 4.35%
Sony 4.35%
Packard Bell 4.35%
Lenovo 4.35%
Common models
VIA VT8367-8235 3.45%
TOSHIBA Satellite A100 3.45%
Sony VGN-SZ36TP_C 3.45%
Packard Bell BV RC415 3.45%
P4M80P AWRDACPI 3.45%
NVIDIA AWRDACPI 3.45%

About Ashampoo

Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG is a computer software company based in Oldenburg, Germany. They are best known for Ashampoo Burning Studio and Ashampoo WinOptimizer.
Publisher URL: www.ashampoo.com

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