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What percent of users and experts removed it?
27% remove it73% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Poor
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How common is it?
Global Rank #49,560
United States Rank #43,111
Reach 0.0015%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 8.00 days
235.92 days >
Average installed length: 123.96 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
v1.1.2 100.00%

Dragon City

What is Dragon City?

This is an app for the Pokki desktop platform that runs as an embedded HTML5 program within the Pokki software.

About  (from SweetLabs)

Dragon City is an exciting game where you breed your own dragons in a fantastic world of magical islands. You can also combat against your friends in a Stadium and find out who has the strongest team of dragons! An exciting game where you breed your own dragons in a fantastic world of magical islands.

Overview

Dragon City is a software program developed by SweetLabs. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. 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 setup package generally installs about 21 files and is usually about 96.25 MB (100,928,627 bytes). The installed file HostAppServiceUpdater.exe is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 10 and Windows 7 (SP1). While about 54% of users of Dragon City come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Mexico.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.pokki.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\pokki\engine
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\pokki.exe" /UNINSTALL49fbc889e3d239005a66d09849b9b735e1dc2bee
Estimated size: 96.25 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Dragon City

  • HostAppServiceUpdater.exe (by Pokki) - Host App Service Updater
  • StartMenuIndexer.exe (by Pokki) - Start Menu Service
  • HostAppService.exe - Host App Service
  • Launcher.dll - Pokki (Pokki support library.)
  • pokki.exe
  • libPokki.dll (by The Chromium Authors) - Chromium

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • pokki.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0DAE7161-A16D-437F-BD0E-BA1ECE615375}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • HostAppServiceUpdater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Pokki_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-2475710725-4113460478-2195723455-1001.
3 Startup Files (User Run)
  • HostAppServiceUpdater.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Pokki' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\HostAppServiceUpdater.exe" /LOGON.
  • Launcher.dll is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Pokki' and executes as C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\Launcher.dll",RunLaunchPlatform.
  • pokki.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'pokki.exe' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\pokki.exe.
2 Startup Files (User Run Once)
  • HostAppService.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #11' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\HostAppService.exe --disable-internal-flash --noerrdialogs --no-message-box --disable-extensions --disable-web-security --disable-web-resources --disable-clie.
  • pokki.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #8' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\pokki.exe --disable-internal-flash --noerrdialogs --no-message-box --disable-extensions --disable-web-security --disable-web-resources --disable-client-side-p.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • Launcher.dll is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Pokki' which loads as C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\Launcher.dll",RunLaunchPlatform.
Network connections
  • pokki.exe connects to www2.twitter.com (199.59.149.198 port 443).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

StartMenuIndexer.exe
Memory:10.71 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0002254694%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00013306%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00009241%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:1,259,178
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:12.54 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:2.31 KB
105.02 KB average
HostAppService.exe
Memory:40.64 MB
Total CPU:0.0002938044%
Kernel CPU:0.00013915%
User CPU:0.00015466%
CPU cycles/sec:2,408,796
Switches/sec:4
I/O reads/min:109.91 KB
I/O writes/min:106.14 KB
pokki.exe
Memory:45.8 MB
Total CPU:0.0019988336%
Kernel CPU:0.00047534%
User CPU:0.00152350%
CPU cycles/sec:85,309,511
I/O reads/min:920.66 KB
I/O writes/min:241.68 KB

How do I remove Dragon City?

You can uninstall Dragon City 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 Dragon City, 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 Dragon City.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 83%
Win 7 (SP1) 17%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 27%
Keep it 73%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 82.76%
Windows 7 17.24%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 8.1 41.38%
Windows 8.1 Connected 17.24%
Windows 7 Home Premium 10.34%
Windows 8 6.90%
Windows 8.1 Single Langua... 6.90%
Windows 8.1 Connected Sin... 3.45%

Distribution by countryGeography

54.05% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 54.05%
  United Kingdom 8.11%
  Mexico 5.41%
  Germany 5.41%
  Canada 5.41%
  BH 2.70%
  Colombia 2.70%
  France 2.70%
  India 2.70%
  Greece 2.70%
  BB 2.70%
  Estonia 2.70%
  Saudi Arabia 2.70%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 34.48%
Lenovo 27.59%
Hewlett-Packard 27.59%
Dell 6.90%
Toshiba 3.45%
Common models
Hewlett-Packard 500-321ng 7.41%
LENOVO 20351 7.41%
LENOVO 80FY 7.41%
Packard Bell imedia S2190 3.70%
LENOVO 20369 3.70%
LENOVO 20354 3.70%

About SweetLabs

SweetLabs has two platforms, Pokki, a platform which brings media-rich web apps to the desktop and the OpenCandy Software Network, which offers installer based software bundles through the download and installation process.
Publisher URL: www.pokki.com

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