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What percent of users and experts removed it?
9% remove it91% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Reach 0.0014%

Versions

VersionDistribution
3.2.042 25.00%
3.2.041 21.43%
3.2.040 10.71%
3.2.039 3.57%
3.2.038 3.57%
3.2.007 35.71%

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CardOS API

What is CardOS API?  (from Siemens)

The CardOS API product family offers powerful integration software for the use of CardOS smart cards and security tokens in a variety of standard applications. CardOS API enables efficient user-friendly and simple implementation of smart cards for user authentication, data encryption and creation of digital signatures ...  Read more

Overview

CardOS API is a software program developed by Siemens. The most common release is 3.2.007, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The primary executable is named siecacst.exe. The setup package generally installs about 32 files and is usually about 3.24 MB (3,393,267 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 42% of users of CardOS API come from Spain, it is also popular in Germany and the United States.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.siemens.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Siemens
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{A096AD5E-C135-42DF-9FFC-A056A94DE778}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x000a -removeonly
Estimated size: 3.24 MB
Language: Spanish

Program filesFiles installed by CardOS API

Program executable:siecacst.exe
Name:Siemens CardOS API
Certstore Application
Path:C:\Program Files\siemens\cardos api\bin\siecacst.exe
MD5:d079782c22f080693186831d77c0e47c
Additional files:
  • CardView.exe - Siemens CardOS API - Viewer (PKCS#11 CardOS API - Viewer Application)
  • chkSCreg.exe - Siemens CardOS API (Smart Card registry conflict checking utility)
  • siecapin.exe - PKCS#11 Change/Unblock PIN Application

How do I remove CardOS API?

You can uninstall CardOS API 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 CardOS API, 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 CardOS API.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 39%
Win XP 14%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
 
COUNTRY POPULARITY
16.13%
United States

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 39.29%
Windows 10 32.14%
Windows Vista 14.29%
Windows XP 14.29%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Professional 14.81%
Windows 7 Home Premium 14.81%
Windows 8.1 14.81%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 11.11%
Microsoft Windows XP 11.11%
Windows 10 Pro 7.41%

Distribution by countryGeography

41.94% of installs come from Spain
Which countries install it?
  Spain 41.94%
  Germany 16.13%
  United States 16.13%
  Slovakia 9.68%
  Netherlands 6.45%
  Italy 6.45%
  Belgium 3.23%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 30.00%
Acer 20.00%
Dell 15.00%
Toshiba 10.00%
American Megatrends 10.00%
GIGABYTE 5.00%
Medion 5.00%
Lenovo 5.00%
Common models
Packard Bell imedia L4875 8.70%
MEDIONPC MS-7616 4.35%
LG Electronics R510 4.35%
HP ENVY dv7 Notebook PC 4.35%
Gigabyte Z68P-DS3 4.35%
HP-Pavilion VS281AA-ABE p... 4.35%

Publisher URL: www.siemens.com

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