Should I remove Coolyou?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

from CoolYou Inc.

Remove Coolyou

From the app's privacy policy: "We may collect certain information about your web usage and websites you have visited, which may be shared with third parties and used for advertising."

During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. 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 primary executable is named CoolYou.exe. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 5 files and is usually about 545.93 KB (559,036 bytes).

Displayed publisher: Coolyou

URL: coolyouapp.com

Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\coolyou

Uninstaller: C:\ProgramData\Coolyou\uninstall.exe /path=C:\ProgramData\Coolyou

Estimated size: 545.93 KB

CoolYou.exe
Memory:	1.93 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0001348045%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00012213%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00001267%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	1,388	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	50 Bytes	435.61 KB average

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 Coolyou, 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 Coolyou.
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) 61% Win 10 4%

HOW IT STARTS Scheduled task? Yes (Runs on Windows boot)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 66% Keep it 34%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	54.05%
Brazil	5.41%
Sweden	5.41%
Australia	2.70%
Belgium	2.70%
Canada	2.70%
Chile	2.70%
France	2.70%
United Kingdom	2.70%
Ireland	2.70%
Israel	2.70%
Jordan	2.70%
Philippines	2.70%
Romania	2.70%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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