Should I remove Diablo III Public Test?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
6% remove it94% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #8,697
United States Rank #7,255
Reach 0.0447%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 9.90 days
291.95 days >
Average installed length: 153.40 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.8.16256 |
1.82% |
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| 1.0.8.16107 |
0.34% |
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| 1.0.8.15926 |
1.25% |
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| 1.0.7.14528 |
1.70% |
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| 1.0.7.14295 |
0.57% |
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| 1.0.7.14161 |
1.70% |
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| 1.0.5.12480 |
1.14% |
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| 1.0.5.12389 |
0.34% |
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| 1.0.5.12289 |
0.34% |
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| 1.0.5.12166 |
0.57% |
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| 1.0.5.12150 |
0.11% |
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| 1.0.3.10485 |
1.02% |
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Diablo III Public Test
What is Diablo III Public Test?
Diablo III is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the third installment in the Diablo franchise that features elements of the dungeon crawl and hack and slash genres. Players have five character classes available; the Witch Doctor, Barbarian, Wizard, Monk and Demon Hunter. New features include an online auction house, which allows players to trade virtual items with in-game gold or real life money. Artisans that craft materials gathered by the player to create new items.
Overview
The most used version is 1.0.8.16256, with over 2% of all installations currently using this version. 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 main program executable is diablo iii.exe. The software installer includes 14 files and is usually about 49.36 MB (51,752,608 bytes).
Program details
URL: us.blizzard.com/support
Installation folder: C:\Diablo III Public Test\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Blizzard Entertainment\Diablo III Public Test\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 49.36 MB
Files installed by Diablo III Public Test
| Program executable: | diablo iii.exe |
| Name: | Diablo III |
| Diablo III Retail |
| Path: | C:\diablo iii public test\diablo iii.exe |
| MD5: | 80f961e2f1e6e712ceb73780674168b8 |
Additional files:
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Diablo III Public Test Launcher.exe - Diablo III Setup
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fmodex.dll (by Firelight Technologies) - FMOD Ex (FMOD Ex SoundSystem)
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ijl15.dll (by Intel) - Intel® JPEG Library (Intel® JPEG Library - Retail Version)
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icudt49.dll (by The ICU Project) - International Components for Unicode (ICU Data DLL)
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icuin49.dll (by The ICU Project) - ICU I18N DLL
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icuuc49.dll - ICU Common DLL
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msvcp100.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)
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msvcr100.dll (by Microsoft)
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- Diablo III Public Test Launcher.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E4823500-5D9A-472D-9FF4-4A13A0133507}' (runs on registration).
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- Diablo III.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Diablo III\Diablo III.exe'.
How do I remove Diablo III Public Test?
You can uninstall Diablo III Public Test 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 Diablo III Public Test, 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 Diablo III Public Test.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 51%
Win XP 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #8,697
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
50.62% |
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| Windows 7 |
48.81% |
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| Windows Vista |
0.45% |
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| Windows XP |
0.11% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
26.51% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
17.97% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
13.77% |
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| Windows 10 Pro |
12.17% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
9.10% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.05% |
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Geography
53.43% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
53.43% |
| Germany |
6.51% |
| France |
5.55% |
| Canada |
4.84% |
| Sweden |
2.64% |
| DK |
2.38% |
| United Kingdom |
2.20% |
| Austria |
1.94% |
| Australia |
1.67% |
| Netherlands |
1.50% |
| Norway |
1.50% |
| Belgium |
1.32% |
| Poland |
1.23% |
| Finland |
1.23% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| ASUS |
23.12% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
16.67% |
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| Acer |
13.17% |
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| Dell |
12.63% |
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| GIGABYTE |
12.37% |
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| Alienware |
6.45% |
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| Lenovo |
5.65% |
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| Toshiba |
4.03% |
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| MSI |
3.23% |
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| Intel |
2.15% |
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| Medion |
0.54% |
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Common models |
| ASUS All Series |
19.93% |
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| MSI MS-7821 |
3.99% |
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| Alienware Alienware X51 |
2.33% |
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| MSI MS-7850 |
1.99% |
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| MSI MS-7693 |
1.99% |
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| MSI MS-7816 |
1.66% |
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About Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment is a video game developer & publisher that originally concentrated primarily on the creation of game ports for other studios before beginning development of their own program with the development of games like Rock n' Roll Racing & The Lost Vikings.
Publisher URL: us.blizzard.com