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Should I remove Free YouTube Downloader?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
51% remove it49% keep it
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Free YouTube Downloader 3.5.141

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What is Free YouTube Downloader?  (from HOW)

Would you like to watch your favorite videos from YouTube whenever and wherever you please? All this and more is possible with Free YouTube Downloader. With this download manager you can save YouTube videos in various video and audio formats. We support standard quality, high quality and even Full High Definition video...  Read more

Overview

Free YouTube Downloader 3.5.141 is a program developed by HOW. 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 main program executable is youtubedownloader.exe. The software installer includes 24 files and is usually about 28.07 MB (29,431,190 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows XP. While about 56% of users of Free YouTube Downloader come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Australia.
  • Possible malware installed by this program
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Free YouTube Downloader.
youtubedownloader.exe (52f1af01e0eef59edcbd03ef9b76878d) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Symantec 10/24/2013 rev. 5 WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.297 TROJ_GEN.F47V0711

Program detailsProgram details

URL: howincorporated.com
Help link: YouTubeDownloader.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Free YouTube Downloader\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Free YouTube Downloader\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 28.07 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Free YouTube Downloader 3.5.141

Program executable:youtubedownloader.exe (Malware detected)
Name:Free YouTube Downloader
YouTubeDownloader
Path:C:\Program Files\free youtube downloader\youtubedownloader.exe
MD5:52f1af01e0eef59edcbd03ef9b76878d
Additional files:
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • Accessibility.dll (by MONO development team) - MONO Common language infrastructure
  • ffmpeg.exe
  • Mono.Data.Sqlite.dll (by http://sqlite.phxsoftware.com) - System.Data.SQLite
  • Mono.Data.Tds.dll
  • Mono.Posix.dll
  • Mono.Security.dll (by MONO development team) - MONO CLI
  • Mono.Web.dll
  • Mono.WebBrowser.dll - Mono.WebBrowser
  • mscorlib.dll
  • System.Configuration.dll
  • System.Core.dll
  • System.Data.dll
  • System.dll
  • System.Drawing.dll
  • System.EnterpriseServices.dll
  • System.Security.dll
  • System.Transactions.dll
  • System.Web.dll
  • System.Web.Services.dll
  • System.Windows.Forms.dll
  • System.Xml.dll
  • YouTubeDownloader.vshost.exe (by Microsoft) - Microsoft (R) Visual Studio (R) 2010 (vshost32-clr2.exe)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • ffmpeg.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Free YouTube Downloader\ffmpeg.exe'.

How do I remove Free YouTube Downloader?

You can uninstall Free YouTube Downloader 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 YouTube Downloader 3.5.141, 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 YouTube Downloader.
  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) 50%
Win 10 10%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 51%
Keep it 49%
 
COUNTRY POPULARITY
56.25%
United States

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 60.00%
Windows XP 20.00%
Windows Vista 10.00%
Windows 10 10.00%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 50.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 20.00%
Windows 7 Professional 10.00%
Windows 8 10.00%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 10.00%

Distribution by countryGeography

56.25% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 56.25%
  United Kingdom 12.50%
  Australia 6.25%
  Belgium 6.25%
  Canada 6.25%
  Italy 6.25%
  Pakistan 6.25%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 22.22%
Acer 22.22%
Toshiba 11.11%
Sony 11.11%
Samsung 11.11%
Intel 11.11%
GIGABYTE 11.11%
Common models
TOSHIBA Satellite A505 11.11%
Sony VPCEB4Z1E 11.11%
Samsung 300E4C/300E5C/300... 11.11%
Packard Bell imedia S3800 11.11%
Optima WorkPro/MyPC DC Se... 11.11%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 11.11%


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