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Should I remove Free Video To GIF Maker?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
63% remove it37% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
United States Rank #42,986
Reach 0.0008%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 8.56 days
252.64 days >
Average installed length: 132.74 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0 100.00%

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Free Video To GIF Maker

What is Free Video To GIF Maker?

The Free Video To GIF Maker installer uses a 3rd-party download manager (Rspark LLC/OutBrowse) that bundles additional software including anywhere between 2 to 4 adware programs (toolbars) and various potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) which includes the web browser hijacker BrowserSafeGuard and Weather Alerts as well as Yontoo advertising injectors.

About  (from Media Freeware)

Free Video to GIF Maker is a great app from Media Freeware which converts your favorite movies scenes to animated GIF image format. Extracting scenes from a video file needs video editing applications with a good knowledge of using them because it needs video conversion but when you have free Video to GIF Maker then yo...  Read more

Overview

The main program executable is Free Video To GIF Maker.exe. A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 17 files and is usually about 26.18 MB (27,448,798 bytes).
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Known to include offers within the setup
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Free Video To GIF Maker.
Free Video To GIF Maker.exe (7073578259445b8b8a9f1921b83e788a) has been flagged by the following 6 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Baidu-International 4.0.3.1486 Trojan.Win32.Generic.aqTS
Commtouch SDK 5.4.1.7 W32/Symmi.O2.gen!Eldorado
F-Prot v6.4.7.1.166 W32/Symmi.O2.gen
Jiangmin KV140806 Trojan/Generic.bbpgg
Kingsoft AntiVirus 331020.49267 Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.218 TROJ_GEN.F47V0531
Free Video To GIF Maker 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.mediafreeware.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Media Freeware\Free Video To GIF Maker\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{2C1D31DC-AB15-4D7D-9B2A-4C3001B62805}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 26.18 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Free Video To GIF Maker

Program executable:Free Video To GIF Maker.exe (Malware detected)
Name:MetroApp
Path:C:\Program Files\Media Freeware\Free Video To GIF Maker\Free Video To GIF Maker.exe
MD5:7073578259445b8b8a9f1921b83e788a
Additional files:
  • MetroFramework.Design.dll (by Sven Walter) - MetroFramework
  • MetroFramework.dll (by Sven Walter)
  • MetroFramework.Fonts.dll
  • MediaInfoNET.dll (by Tony George) - MediaInfoNET
  • MediaInfo.dll - MediaInfo (Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files)
  • (Malware detected) Free Video To GIF Maker.exe - MetroApp
  • avcodec-54.dll
  • avdevice-54.dll
  • avfilter-3.dll
  • avformat-54.dll
  • avutil-52.dll
  • ffmpeg.exe
  • Gif.Components.dll - Gif Animate
  • postproc-52.dll
  • swresample-0.dll
  • swscale-2.dll
  • ZzzzRangeBar.dll

How do I remove Free Video To GIF Maker?

You can uninstall Free Video To GIF Maker 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 Video To GIF Maker, 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 Video To GIF Maker.
  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) 67%
Win 10 33%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 63%
Keep it 37%
 
US RANK
#42,986

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 66.67%
Windows 10 33.33%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 46.67%
Windows 10 Home 20.00%
Windows 7 Professional 13.33%
Windows 10 Pro 6.67%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Medi... 6.67%
Windows 7 Ultimate 6.67%

Distribution by countryGeography

86.96% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 86.96%
  New Zealand 4.35%
  Canada 4.35%
  Hungary 4.35%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 33.33%
Lenovo 25.00%
Hewlett-Packard 16.67%
Toshiba 8.33%
Acer 8.33%
GIGABYTE 8.33%
Common models
LENOVO 90ED003UUS 16.67%
TOSHIBA Satellite C55-A 8.33%
LENOVO 20236 8.33%
Hewlett-Packard s5610y 8.33%
Hewlett-Packard CQ5715F 8.33%
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R 8.33%

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