Should I remove Free Ride Games Player?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
55% remove it45% keep it
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How common is it?
Global Rank #4,207
United States Rank #2,738
Reach 0.1271%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 26.76 days
789.56 days >
Average installed length: 414.85 days
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Free Ride Games Player
from Exent Technologies
What is Free Ride Games Player? (from Exent Technologies)
FreeRide Games, operated by Exent, is the only 100% free online destination providing more than 400 premium full-download PC casual and online games. FreeRide Games remains the only website of its kind. Unlike other services where users pay for a game or are limited to 60 minutes of play as part of a trial, FreeRide Ga... Read more
Overview
Free Ride Games Player is a software program developed by Exent Technologies. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. 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 primary executable is named Free_Ride_Games.exe. The setup package generally installs about 25 files and is usually about 20.04 MB (21,015,608 bytes). The installed file GUpdater.dll 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 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 72% of users of Free Ride Games Player come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and United Kingdom.

Free Ride Games Player has been seen bundling various 3rd party software during the installation process. Make sure to check for and remove unused programs.
Program details
Displayed publisher: Exent Technologies Ltd
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\free ride games
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Free Ride Games\Uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 20.04 MB
Files installed by Free Ride Games Player
Program executable: | Free_Ride_Games.exe |
| Free_Ride_Games Toolbar |
Path: | C:\Program Files\free ride games\Free_Ride_Games.exe |
MD5: | 9a5e999c90861ce9b7906dbf429d4238 |
Additional files:
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X5Ex_Pr143.sys - Exent EXETender® for Vista 64-bit (X5Ex Kernel Mode Driver)
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X5XSEx_Pr143.sys - Exent EXETender® for Vista 64 bit (X5XSEx Kernel Mode Driver)
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AppLoader2KEx.dll - Exent® Applications On Demand (Application on Demand Loader for Win2K)
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wh_Pr143.dll
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npExentCtl.dll - Exent® AOD Gecko Plugin
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GameInst.dll
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GPlayer.exe - EXETender Player
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exs.dll
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GameLauncher.exe
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GPlrLanc.exe
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GUpdater.dll - Game Update
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Report.exe - System check utility
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GUpdater.exe - Free Ride Games (Free Ride Games Update)
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npGameTreatWidget.dll - GameTreatWidget (Game Treat Widget)
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cmhelper.exe - Exent cmhelper (cmhelper)
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AX32.dll - Exent®
Behaviors exhibited
2 Google Chrome Plugins
- npGameTreatWidget.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npGameTreatWidget.dll'.
- npExentCtl.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npExentCtl.dll'.
2 Mozilla Plugins
- npGameTreatWidget.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'www.exent.com/GameTreatWidget' with a plugin key of 'www.exent.com/GameTreatWidget'.
- npExentCtl.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'Games-On-Demand' with a plugin key of '@exent.com/npExentCtl,version=7.0.0.0' for all users of the PC.
3 Scheduled Tasks
- GPlayer.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{85C80BBD-AA60-4D40-A8A4-6AB5F26AA4A9}' (runs on registration).
- Free_Ride_Games.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{9363A023-A647-4563-90A5-B770BFF51DEB}' (runs on registration).
- GPlrLanc.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{2DDE6E36-EDB0-4C2E-91AE-C05E7EE39D68}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
- GPlayer.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Exetender' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Free Ride Games\GPlayer.exe" /runonstartup.
Network connections
- GPlayer.exe connects to 72.21.81.131 (port 80).
- GPlayer.exe connects to 72.21.81.131 (port 80).
- GPlayer.exe connects to 63.208.156.118 (port 80).
- GPlayer.exe connects to 72.21.81.131 (port 80).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
GPlayer.exe |
Memory: | 29.08 MB | |
Total CPU: | 0.3788840781% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.18122923% | |
User CPU: | 0.19765484% | |
Switches/sec: | 65 | |
How do I remove Free Ride Games Player?
You can uninstall Free Ride Games Player 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 Free Ride Games Player, 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 Free Ride Games Player.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Free Ride Games Player you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 62%
Win 7 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 55%
Keep it 45%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
66.83% |
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Windows 10 |
19.00% |
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Windows Vista |
9.54% |
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Windows XP |
4.63% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.08% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.31% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
7.35% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
6.99% |
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Windows 8.1 |
6.47% |
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Windows 8 |
6.14% |
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Geography
72.34% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
72.34% |
Canada |
6.44% |
United Kingdom |
5.53% |
Australia |
3.70% |
Germany |
2.08% |
Iran |
1.03% |
Italy |
0.74% |
France |
0.68% |
Saudi Arabia |
0.54% |
Brazil |
0.51% |
Spain |
0.48% |
Israel |
0.34% |
Netherlands |
0.34% |
DK |
0.31% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
36.26% |
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Dell |
22.15% |
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Acer |
18.24% |
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Toshiba |
10.88% |
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ASUS |
5.04% |
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Lenovo |
2.32% |
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GIGABYTE |
2.32% |
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Samsung |
1.53% |
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American Megatrends |
0.68% |
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Gateway |
0.57% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
8.13% |
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HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
4.75% |
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.75% |
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HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.75% |
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Dell Inspiron 1545 |
3.13% |
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HP 2000 Notebook PC |
3.00% |
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