Should I remove Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices Beta?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
6% remove it94% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #14,325
United States Rank #7,947
Reach 0.0202%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 20.03 days
590.92 days >
Average installed length: 310.48 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
1.18.0.0 |
1.76% |
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1.17.0.0 |
0.75% |
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1.15.0.0 |
2.01% |
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1.14.0.0 |
1.51% |
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1.13.0.0 |
0.50% |
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1.12.0.0 |
1.26% |
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1.10.0.0 |
1.51% |
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1.9.0.0 |
0.50% |
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1.8.0.0 |
1.26% |
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1.7.0.0 |
2.51% |
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1.6.0.0 |
2.76% |
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1.5.0.0 |
3.02% |
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1.4.0.0 |
33.17% |
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1.3.0.0 |
12.31% |
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1.2.0.0 |
16.58% |
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1.1.11.0 |
1.01% |
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1.1.0.0 |
12.06% |
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1.0.0.0 |
5.53% |
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Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices Beta
from Digital Advertising Alliance
What is Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices Beta? (from Digital Advertising Alliance)
The Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer versions of Protect My Choices are extensions that help preserve the opt-out preferences you set for interest-based advertising from participating companies. They are designed to help prevent the accidental deletion from your browser of cookies that store these choices. "Prote... Read more
Overview
Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices Beta is a program developed by Digital Advertising Alliance. The most used version is 1.4.0.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. The software installer includes 1 files and is usually about 836 KB (856,064 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 86% of users of Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices Beta come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.
Program details
URL: www.aboutads.info/help/IEPMC
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\digitaladvertisingalliance\protect my choices
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{05FD0640-DABB-4C27-8F91-05DA1ACC1C7A}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 836 KB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices Beta
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pmc.dll - Protect My Choices
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- pmc.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Protect My Choices (Beta)' with the class of {3DFCDCA1-AEAC-4302-A690-BFB683568BAA}.
How do I remove Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices Beta?
You can uninstall Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices Beta 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 Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices (Beta), 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 Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices Beta.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices Beta you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- 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.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- 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.
- 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.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 50%
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
#14,325
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
51.13% |
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Windows 10 |
36.84% |
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Windows Vista |
8.52% |
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Windows XP |
3.51% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
36.27% |
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Windows 10 Home |
14.11% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
9.82% |
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Windows 8.1 |
9.57% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
6.80% |
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Windows 10 Pro |
6.30% |
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Geography
85.62% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
85.62% |
United Kingdom |
7.03% |
Canada |
3.76% |
France |
1.14% |
Germany |
0.82% |
Brazil |
0.33% |
Italy |
0.33% |
Singapore |
0.16% |
RS |
0.16% |
Australia |
0.16% |
Netherlands |
0.16% |
Ireland |
0.16% |
Hungary |
0.16% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
39.21% |
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Dell |
33.09% |
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Acer |
7.91% |
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Toshiba |
6.12% |
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ASUS |
5.04% |
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GIGABYTE |
2.88% |
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Lenovo |
2.16% |
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Intel |
1.08% |
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Samsung |
1.08% |
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American Megatrends |
0.72% |
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Sony |
0.72% |
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Common models |
Dell XPS 8500 |
3.82% |
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HP 2000 Notebook PC |
3.18% |
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Dell Inspiron N5110 |
2.55% |
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Dell Inspiron 3521 |
2.55% |
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HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
2.55% |
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TOSHIBA Satellite P750 |
1.91% |
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