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Should I remove Earth Alerts?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
4% remove it96% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #13,450
United States Rank #8,419
Reach 0.0226%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 11.89 days
350.65 days >
Average installed length: 184.24 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
18.1.12 0.45%
17.1.26 0.67%
17.1.24 0.67%
17.1.10 0.22%
16.1.28 0.22%
16.1.26 0.22%
16.1.24 1.12%
16.1.22 0.45%
16.1.20 0.22%
16.1.16 1.12%
16.1.10 0.22%
15.2.22 1.35%
15.2.20 0.45%
15.2.18 0.22%
15.2.16 0.67%
15.2.12 0.90%
15.1.76 0.45%
15.1.62 0.45%
15.1.60 0.22%
15.1.56 0.22%
15.1.52 1.12%
15.1.50 0.45%
15.1.48 0.22%
15.1.46 0.67%
15.1.42 0.22%
15.1.32 0.90%
15.1.28 0.67%
15.1.20 1.57%
15.1.18 0.22%
15.1.14 0.22%
15.1.12 1.80%
14.1.202 0.67%
14.1.200 0.22%
14.1.198 1.57%
14.1.192 0.22%
14.1.188 0.22%
14.1.184 0.22%
14.1.182 0.45%
14.1.180 0.22%
14.1.174 0.22%
14.1.166 0.22%
14.1.160 0.45%
14.1.154 0.67%
14.1.152 0.45%
14.1.144 0.22%
14.1.140 0.22%
14.1.136 0.22%
14.1.132 0.45%
14.1.128 0.22%
14.1.102 0.45%
14.1.90 0.22%
148 versions

Earth Alerts

Overview

Earth Alerts is a program developed by South Wind Technologies. The most used version is 15.1.12, with over 34% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 installer includes 9 files and is usually about 3.25 MB (3,406,848 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 76% of users of Earth Alerts come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and Canada.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.SouthWindTechnologies.com
Help link: earthalerts.manyjourneys.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Earth Alerts\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{E6FDA897-981A-47B8-A364-3EC8FEDE051E}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 3.25 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Earth Alerts

  • New_UpdateHelper.exe - UpdateHelper.exe (Earth Alerts - Update Helper)
  • UpdateHelper.exe
  • Earth Alerts.exe - Earth Alerts
  • EarthAlerts.exe
  • setup.exe - Setup Launcher Unicode
  • PAEXT.EXE
  • UNRAR3.DLL - RAR decompression library
  • vbpowerpack.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • EarthAlerts.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D220191C-16FC-45FA-86AD-4487197FF3A6}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • EarthAlerts.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Earth Alerts.
Startup File (User Run)
  • EarthAlerts.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'EarthAlerts' and executes as C:\Program Files\Earth Alerts\EarthAlerts.exe.

How do I remove Earth Alerts?

You can uninstall Earth Alerts 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 Earth Alerts, 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 Earth Alerts.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 55%
Win 7 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 57.98%
Windows 10 21.57%
Windows Vista 11.24%
Windows XP 9.21%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.71%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.58%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 9.11%
Microsoft Windows XP 8.88%
Windows 7 Professional 8.66%
Windows 8.1 6.61%

Distribution by countryGeography

75.96% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 75.96%
  Germany 6.53%
  Canada 2.07%
  France 1.43%
  Brazil 1.11%
  United Kingdom 1.11%
  DZ 0.80%
  Netherlands 0.80%
  Australia 0.80%
  Iran 0.80%
  Belgium 0.64%
  Indonesia 0.48%
  Switzerland 0.48%
  Thailand 0.48%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 31.80%
Hewlett-Packard 28.62%
Acer 12.37%
Toshiba 6.71%
ASUS 6.71%
GIGABYTE 4.24%
Lenovo 4.24%
American Megatrends 3.18%
Gateway 1.06%
Intel 1.06%
Common models
HP ProBook 4540s 3.91%
TOSHIBA Satellite C55-A 2.79%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.79%
LENOVO 64634YU 2.79%
Dell XPS 8700 2.23%
Intel Corporation HuronRi... 2.23%

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