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What percent of users and experts removed it?
9% remove it91% keep it
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How common is it?
Global Rank #1,728
United States Rank #2,103
Reach 0.3910%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 18.81 days
554.78 days >
Average installed length: 291.50 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 2.8.6 |
100.00% |
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GIMP 2.8.6
What is GIMP?
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image retouching and editing tool. GIMP has tools used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, resizing, cropping, photo-montages, converting between different image formats, and more specialised tasks. Animated images such as GIF and MPEG files can be created using an animation plugin.
About (from The GIMP Team)
GIMP is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. It is a powerful piece of software with capabilities not found in any other free software product. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality photo-retouching program, an ... Read more
Overview
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 gimp-2.8.exe. The setup package generally installs about 122 files and is usually about 123.85 MB (129,864,735 bytes).
Program details
URL: gimp-win.sourceforge.net
Help link: www.gimp.org/docs
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\uninst\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 123.85 MB
Files installed by GIMP 2.8.6
| Program executable: | gimp-2.8.exe |
| Name: | GNU Image Manipulation Program |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\gimp 2\bin\gimp-2.8.exe |
| MD5: | bbe0b07dde0fcb85ce134bd6d6d364c9 |
Additional files:
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gimp-2.8.6-setup.exe - GIMP (GIMP Setup)
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unins000.exe - Inno Setup (Setup/Uninstall)
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libgcrypt-11.dll (by g10 Code GmbH) - libgcrypt (Libgcrypt - The GNU Crypto Library)
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libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
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gimptool-2.0.exe
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libexif-12.dll
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libexpat-1.dll
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libexslt-0.dll
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libffi-5.dll
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libffi-6.dll
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libfontconfig-1.dll
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libfreetype-6.dll
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libgailutil-18.dll
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libgegl-0.2-0.dll
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alien-map.exe (by Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team) - GNU Image Manipulation Program (GNU Image Manipulation Program Plug-In)
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align-layers.exe (by Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team)
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animation-optimize.exe
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animation-play.exe
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antialias.exe
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apply-canvas.exe
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blinds.exe
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blur.exe
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blur-gauss.exe
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blur-gauss-selective.exe
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blur-motion.exe
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border-average.exe
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bump-map.exe
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bz2-1.dll
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cartoon.exe
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channel-mixer.exe
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checkerboard.exe
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cml-explorer.exe
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color-cube-analyze.exe
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color-enhance.exe
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color-exchange.exe
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colorify.exe
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color-rotate.exe
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color-to-alpha.exe
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freebl3.dll (by Mozilla Foundation) - Network Security Services (NSS freebl Library)
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gimp-console-2.8.exe
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icudata51.dll
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icui18n51.dll
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icuio51.dll
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icule51.dll
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iculx51.dll
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icutest51.dll
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icutu51.dll
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icuuc51.dll
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libatk-1.0-0.dll (by Sun Microsystems) - atk
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libbabl-0.1-0.dll
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libcairo-2.dll
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libcroco-0.6-3.dll
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libcurl-4.dll
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libdbus-1-3.dll
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libdbus-glib-1-2.dll
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libenchant.dll (by none) - libenchant
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libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll - GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit)
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libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll - GIMP Drawing Kit
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libgeoclue-0.dll
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libgimp-2.0-0.dll
Behaviors exhibited
3 Scheduled Tasks
- gimp-2.8.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{88060587-2879-43A6-BE1B-FC2BF416A854}' (runs on registration).
- pythonw.exe is scheduled as a task named 'TheUnderMineJournal Update' (runs daily at 20:54).
- wininst-9.0.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{61FC47B8-E3EF-4C11-9E85-1A02C1053E58}' (runs on registration).
2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
- python.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Python27\python.exe'.
- pythonw.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Python27\pythonw.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| gimp-2.8.exe |
| Memory: | 93.14 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0092111105% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00083068% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00838043% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 53,823,362 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 193.55 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 684.9 KB | |
How do I remove GIMP?
You can uninstall GIMP 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 GIMP 2.8.6, 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 GIMP.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 57%
0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #1,728
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
59.60% |
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| Windows 10 |
33.40% |
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| Windows XP |
3.75% |
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| Windows Vista |
3.24% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.27% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
13.19% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
12.02% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.70% |
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| Windows 8 |
5.68% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.02% |
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Geography
41.74% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
41.74% |
| Germany |
12.57% |
| France |
6.91% |
| United Kingdom |
5.09% |
| Italy |
3.64% |
| Canada |
2.93% |
| Netherlands |
2.07% |
| Australia |
1.82% |
| Brazil |
1.68% |
| Poland |
1.68% |
| Belgium |
1.60% |
| Finland |
1.28% |
| Sweden |
1.11% |
| Spain |
1.04% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
24.77% |
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| Dell |
18.62% |
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| Acer |
16.25% |
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| ASUS |
13.01% |
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| GIGABYTE |
6.73% |
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| Toshiba |
6.05% |
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| Lenovo |
5.19% |
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| Samsung |
3.78% |
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| Medion |
2.44% |
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| Intel |
1.30% |
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| MSI |
1.14% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.73% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
6.00% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.87% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.61% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
3.16% |
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| ASUS All Series |
3.03% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
2.06% |
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About The GIMP Team
GIMP is primarily developed by volunteers as a free software project under the GNU project.
Publisher URL: www.gimp.org