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Free Dictionary Widget

What is Free Dictionary Widget?

Opera Widgets are small standalone applications sitting on the desktop that use the browser's rendering engine.

Overview

Free Dictionary Widget is a program developed by Opera Widgets. 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 programs's main executable is opera.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 296.95 MB of memory. The software installer includes 2 files and is usually about 1.01 MB (1,059,811 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows Vista (SP2). While about 80% of users of Free Dictionary Widget come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and MK.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: widgets.opera.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Free Dictionary Widget
Uninstaller: wscript "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Free Dictionary Widget\uninstall.vbs"
Estimated size: 1.01 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Free Dictionary Widget

Program executable:opera.exe
Name:Opera Internet Browser
Signed by:Opera Software ASA
Path:C:\Program Files\opera\opera.exe
MD5:c5520feb7ad5f6e3692b6de41f6a1a27
Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading...
Additional files:
  • Free Dictionary Widget.exe - Opera Internet Browser
  • OUniAnsi.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Free Dictionary Widget.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{13E222CD-E83D-4003-8FC7-A55140309696}' (runs on registration).
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • Free Dictionary Widget.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Opera\opera.exe'.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

opera.exe
Memory:296.95 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0391181532%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.01584699%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.02327116%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:36,096,572
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:246
70 average
I/O reads/min:208.73 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:52.31 KB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Free Dictionary Widget?

You can uninstall Free Dictionary Widget 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 Free Dictionary Widget, 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 Free Dictionary Widget.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 50%
Win 10 17%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%
 
COUNTRY POPULARITY
80.00%
United States

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 50.00%
Windows Vista 33.33%
Windows 10 16.67%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 33.33%
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.33%
Windows 10 Home 16.67%
Windows 7 Professional 8.33%
Windows 7 Ultimate 8.33%

Distribution by countryGeography

80.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 80.00%
  Canada 8.00%
  MK 4.00%
  Italy 4.00%
  United Kingdom 4.00%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 27.27%
Acer 27.27%
Toshiba 9.09%
Gateway 9.09%
Dell 9.09%
American Megatrends 9.09%
ASUS 9.09%
Common models
Acer Aspire Z5760 22.22%
Acer Aspire X3910 11.11%
Acer Aspire 5715Z 11.11%
Micro-Star MS-7519 11.11%
HP-Pavilion GC673AA-ABA m... 11.11%
Hewlett-Packard p6716f 11.11%

About Opera Widgets

Opera Widgets are small standalone applications sitting on the desktop that use the browser's rendering engine.
Publisher URL: widgets.opera.com

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