Should I remove Charity Engine?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
59% remove it41% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #13,631
United States Rank #13,530
Reach 0.0220%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 5.17 days
152.41 days >
Average installed length: 80.08 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 7.6.33 |
11.75% |
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| 7.0.80 |
85.71% |
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| 7.0.76 |
0.92% |
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| 6.8.44 |
0.69% |
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| 6.8.42 |
0.69% |
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| 6.8.31 |
0.23% |
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Charity Engine
from The Worldwide Computer Company Ltd.
What is Charity Engine? (from The Worldwide Computer Company)
Charity Engine was created to enable millions of home PCs to raise millions of dollars for the best possible causes, all thanks to spare computing power that nobody is using anyway. Charity Engine takes enormous, expensive computing jobs and chops them into 1000s of small pieces, each simple enough for a home PC to wor... Read more
Overview
Charity Engine is a program developed by The Worldwide Computer Company. The most used version is 7.0.80, 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. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. 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 main program executable is charityengine.exe. The software installer includes 24 files and is usually about 13.67 MB (14,335,730 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 42% of users of Charity Engine come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and France.
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Installs a Windows Service
Program details
Displayed publisher: Charity Engine
URL: www.charityengine.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Charity Engine\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{E365B85F-5ABA-4A83-8436-3CA6A6D96728}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 13.67 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by Charity Engine
| Program executable: | charityengine.exe |
| Name: | BOINC client |
| Charity Engine for Windows |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\Charity Engine\charityengine.exe |
| MD5: | e4476953ffd464f46dd417489331d131 |
Additional files:
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boinc.dll - BOINC Core Client (Charity Engine Client Platform Library)
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boinc.exe - BOINC core client (BOINC client)
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boincsvcctrl.exe - BOINC service controller
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boinccmd.exe - BOINC client (BOINC Command Line Client)
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boincscr.exe - Charity Engine Screensaver
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boinctray.exe - Charity Engine System Tray for Windows
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libcurl.dll (by The cURL library, http://curl.haxx.se/) - The cURL library (libcurl Shared Library)
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libeay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
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sqlite3.dll (by http://www.sqlite.org/) - SQLite Database Library
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ssleay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/)
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zlib1.dll - zlib (zlib data compression library)
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dbghelp.dll (by Microsoft) - Debugging Tools for Windows(R) (Windows Image Helper)
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dbghelp95.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft(R) Windows (R) 2000 Operating System (Windows NT Image Helper)
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msvcm80.dll - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)
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msvcp80.dll - Microsoft® C++ Runtime Library
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msvcr80.dll
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srcsrv.dll - Microsoft Source Server
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symsrv.dll - Symbol Server
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- boinctray.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{62AD1B26-A51A-4E2F-B128-72B8274A091B}' (runs on registration).
2 Scheduled Tasks (Boot/Login)
- charityengine.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 5.
- boinctray.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 4.
Service
- boinc.exe runs as a service named 'CHARIT~1|Charity Engine' (BOINC) "Downloads, executes, and uploads BOINC tasks".
2 Startup Files (All Users Run)
- charityengine.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'boincmgr' which loads as "C:\Program Files\BOINC\charityengine.exe" /a /s.
- boinctray.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'boinctray' which loads as "C:\Program Files\BOINC\boinctray.exe".
How do I remove Charity Engine?
You can uninstall Charity Engine from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- 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.
- When you find the program Charity Engine, 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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Charity Engine.
- 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.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 58%
Win XP 0%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 59%
Keep it 41%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
57.83% |
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| Windows 7 |
41.47% |
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| Windows Vista |
0.46% |
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| Windows XP |
0.23% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.82% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
18.20% |
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| Windows 10 Pro |
15.21% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
10.14% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.53% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.07% |
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Geography
42.46% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
42.46% |
| United Kingdom |
5.36% |
| France |
3.57% |
| Spain |
3.17% |
| Singapore |
2.98% |
| Germany |
2.38% |
| Thailand |
1.98% |
| Italy |
1.79% |
| Netherlands |
1.59% |
| Hong Kong |
1.39% |
| Philippines |
1.39% |
| Brazil |
1.19% |
| Argentina |
1.19% |
| Saudi Arabia |
1.19% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
32.79% |
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| Acer |
19.43% |
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| Dell |
18.62% |
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| ASUS |
8.10% |
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| Lenovo |
5.67% |
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| GIGABYTE |
4.45% |
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| Toshiba |
4.45% |
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| Samsung |
2.83% |
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| Intel |
1.62% |
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| MSI |
1.21% |
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| Sony |
0.81% |
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Common models |
| ASUS All Series |
12.67% |
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| Dell XPS 8300 |
2.67% |
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| MSI MS-7816 |
2.00% |
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| Gigabyte H81M-H |
2.00% |
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| ECS H61H2-MV |
2.00% |
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| Dell OptiPlex 780 |
2.00% |
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