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Should I remove Free File Viewer 2011?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
58% remove it42% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #6,427
United States Rank #3,759
Reach 0.0698%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 815.62 days
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Average installed length: 848.59 days

Free File Viewer 2011

What is Free File Viewer 2011?

This software will install various bundled potentially unwanted programs via the InstallIQ distribution system. Free File Viewer will modify system settings upon installation, making the Application the default viewer application for supported file types that do not already have a default viewer application associated such as DOC, DOCX, PDF, TXT, JPG, PNG, GIF, PSD and more.

About  (from Bitberry Software)

Download and install FreeFileViewer 2012 and you will be able to view documents like DOC, DOCX, PDF, TXT, XLS, XLSX, images like JPG, PNG, GIF, PSD, videos like FLV, MP4, MOV, MPG, audio files like FLAC, MP3, OGG, WMA, and various other formats like BIN, CFG, DAT, DIZ and and many many other file formats. FreeFileVie...  Read more

Overview

During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). 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 primary executable is named FreeFileViewer.exe. The setup package generally installs about 40 files and is usually about 31.89 MB (33,435,227 bytes). The installed file FFVCheckForUpdates.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.
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
  • Known to include offers within the setup
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Free File Viewer 2011.
FFVSetupFileAssociations.exe (7f851eec6ca1c7c2b971a9f083dc3d5e) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
eSafe 7.0.17.0 Win32.NewMalware.Ai
Rising Antivirus 23.00.65.14106 Trojan.Win32.Generic.1277BC59
Free File Viewer 2011 has been seen bundling various 3rd party software during the installation process. Make sure to check for and remove unused programs.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.bitberry.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\FreeFileViewer\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\FreeFileViewer\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 31.89 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Free File Viewer 2011

Program executable:FreeFileViewer.exe
Name:Free File Viewer
Path:C:\Program Files\FreeFileViewer\FreeFileViewer.exe
MD5:97d80699c0db2a097e0da99e93bdb42c
Additional files:
  • FFVCFG.exe - Free File Viewer configuration program
  • (Malware detected) FFVSetupFileAssociations.exe - Free File Viewer Configuration
  • FreeFileViewer.exe - Free File Viewer
  • FFVCheckForUpdates.exe - Bitberry Software Update Checker
  • tsasetup.exe (by Trusted Software) - Trusted Software Unknown File Assistant
  • sx-pdf-lib.dll (by soft Xpansion) - PDF Xpansion (PDF Xpansion 7.5.5)
  • sx-pdf-qv.ocx (by soft Xpansion)
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • welcome.docx

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • FreeFileViewer.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{7875C1B1-5776-40C2-953E-4C37E45FDA71}' (runs on registration).
  • FFVCheckForUpdates.exe is scheduled as a task named 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\FinalTorrent Update Checker.job'.
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • FFVCheckForUpdates.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Final Media Player Update Checker.
2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • FFVCheckForUpdates.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Programfiler\FreeFileViewer\FFVCheckForUpdates.exe'.
  • FreeFileViewer.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\FreeFileViewer\FreeFileViewer.exe'.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

FFVCheckForUpdates.exe
Memory:6.19 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0003376348%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00017260%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00016504%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:1,027,677
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:5
70 average
I/O reads/min:8.84 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:0 Bytes
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Free File Viewer 2011?

You can uninstall Free File Viewer 2011 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 File Viewer 2011, 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 File Viewer 2011.
  4. 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.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 66%
Win Vista 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 58%
Keep it 42%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 70.57%
Windows Vista 14.17%
Windows XP 11.85%
Windows 10 3.42%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 52.96%
Microsoft Windows XP 11.70%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 11.41%
Windows 7 Professional 9.66%
Windows 7 Ultimate 6.51%
Windows 10 Home 2.05%

Distribution by countryGeography

78.39% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 78.39%
  United Kingdom 4.36%
  Canada 2.62%
  Australia 2.23%
  Germany 1.26%
  Israel 1.07%
  Spain 0.68%
  Sweden 0.63%
  Italy 0.63%
  France 0.58%
  Ireland 0.48%
  India 0.44%
  New Zealand 0.44%
  Belgium 0.29%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 32.35%
Hewlett-Packard 30.87%
Acer 11.58%
Toshiba 9.08%
GIGABYTE 5.68%
ASUS 3.41%
Intel 2.04%
American Megatrends 1.59%
Lenovo 1.25%
Sahara 1.25%
Samsung 0.91%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 4.92%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.22%
Dell Inspiron 1545 2.81%
Acer Aspire 5742 2.34%
Dell Inspiron 530 2.34%
TOSHIBA Satellite L655 2.34%

About Bitberry Software

Bitberry Software is a software company located in Denmark and produces products such as BitZipper.
Publisher URL: www.bitberry.com

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