Should I remove FastBrowse?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

79% remove it21% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

What do people think about it?

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
29.3.0.0	100.00%

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FastBrowse

from SIEN S.A.

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What is FastBrowse? (from SIEN)

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Overview

FastBrowse is a software program developed by SIEN. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. The primary executable is named appiance.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package is about 275.45 MB (288,832,846 bytes) when donwloaded. Relative to the overall usage of those who have this installed, most are running it on Windows 10. Most users that have installed this software come from the United States.

Automatically starts with Windows
Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!

Program details

Displayed publisher: Appiance

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Appiance\Application

Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\FastBrowseUninstall\FastBrowseUninstall.exe" /uninstall

Estimated size: 275.45 MB

Files installed by FastBrowse

Program executable:	appiance.exe
Name:	Appiance
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Appiance\Application\appiance.exe
MD5:	868cb36e4d529518f85e58a8023195cb

Behaviors exhibited

Startup File (User Run)

appiance.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Appiance' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Appiance\Application\appiance.exe" --no-startup-window --auto-launch-at-startup --profile-directory="Default".

How do I remove FastBrowse?

You can uninstall FastBrowse 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 FastBrowse, 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 FastBrowse.
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.