Should I remove Astronomy PoD?

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Remove Astronomy PoD by Opera Widgets

An Opera Widget is a small stand-alone application that runs on the desktop in the context of the Opera web browser.

Astronomy PoD is a software program developed by Opera Widgets. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. 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 software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The programs's main executable is opera.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 296.95 MB of memory. The setup package generally installs about 2 files and is usually about 988.44 KB (1,012,164 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows XP. While about 70% of users of Astronomy PoD come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Italy.

URL: widgets.opera.com

Installation folder: C:\Documents and Settings\zandor\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Astronomy PoD

Uninstaller: wscript "C:\Documents and Settings\zandor\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Astronomy PoD\uninstall.vbs"

Estimated size: 988.44 KB

opera.exe
Memory:	296.95 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0391181532%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.01584699%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.02327116%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	36,096,572	8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:	246	70 average
I/O reads/min:	208.73 KB	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	52.31 KB	105.02 KB average
Astronomy PoD.exe
Memory:	256.71 MB
Total CPU:	0.0476244771%
Kernel CPU:	0.04139734%
User CPU:	0.00622714%

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 Astronomy PoD, 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 Astronomy PoD.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 60% Win Vista (SP1) 20%

WHEN IT STARTS Auto-starting? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 3% Keep it 97%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	70.00%
United Kingdom	10.00%
Italy	10.00%
Pakistan	10.00%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Opera Widgets are small standalone applications sitting on the desktop that use the browser's rendering engine.

Publisher URL: widgets.opera.com

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