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What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
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How common is it?
Global Rank #18,054
United States Rank #11,634
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Versions

VersionDistribution
4.4.0.86 100.00%

Typically installed together

Glary Utilities 4.4

What is Glary Utilities?

Glary Utilities is a program that contains system tools and utilities to fix, speed up and maintain PCs. The disk cleaner removes junk data from the disks and recovers disk space. The startup manager manages programs which run automatically on startup. Tracks Eraser erases all the traces, evidences, cookies, Internet history and more.

About  (from Glarysoft Ltd)

Glary Utilities is a great system optimizer that provides a one-stop solution for PC performance optimization. It offers windows registry cleaner, disk cleaner, memory optimizer, startup manager, tracks eraser, system control, file management, system restore, performance accelerator and many other amazing multifunction...  Read more

Overview

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). When installed, it will add a context menu handler to the Windows shell in order to provide quick access to the program. The primary executable is named integrator.exe. The setup package generally installs about 43 files and is usually about 29.82 MB (31,270,397 bytes). The installed file CheckUpdate.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.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.glarysoft.com/?scr=client
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\glary utilities 4
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Glary Utilities 4\uninst.exe
Estimated size: 29.82 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Glary Utilities 4.4

Program executable:integrator.exe
Name:Glary Utilities
Glary Utilities 4
Path:C:\Program Files\glary utilities 4\integrator.exe
MD5:908b9e4ee22a281e2c5cd75ce22a217d
Additional files:
  • BootTime.dll - Glary Utilities 3 (BootTime Dynamic Linked Library)
  • GridMap.ocx - GridMap Control
  • Backup.dll - Glary Utilities (Backup Library)
  • BottDefrag.dll - BottDefrag Library
  • CheckDisk.dll - CheckDisk Library
  • CheckDisk.exe - Glary Utilities CheckDisk
  • CheckUpdate.dll - CheckUpdate Library
  • CheckUpdate.exe - Glary Utilities CheckUpdate
  • cmm.exe - cmm
  • Config.dll
  • ContextHandler.dll - Context Menu Handler
  • DiskAnalysis.exe - DiskAnalyzsis
  • DiskCleaner.dll - DiskCleaner Library
  • DiskCleaner.exe - Glary Utilities DiskCleaner
  • DiskDefrag.exe - Disk Defragmenter
  • DriverBackup.exe - Driver Backup/Restore
  • dupefinder.exe - Find DupeFile
  • EmptyFolderFinder.exe - EmptyFolderFinder
  • EncryptExe.exe - File Decrypter
  • fileencrypt.exe - File Encrypter and Decrypter
  • FileScanFilter.dll - FileScanFilter Library
  • filesplitter.exe - File Splitter and Joiner
  • FileUndelete.exe - FileUndelete
  • iehelper.exe - Browser Assistant
  • Initialize.exe - Glary Utilities Initialize
  • joinExe.exe - File Joiner
  • languages.dll - Language Library
  • LockDll.dll - LockDll Library
  • Log.dll - Log Library
  • memdefrag.exe - Memory Defrager
  • Memfiles.dll - Memfiles Library
  • MemfilesService.exe - Glary Memfiles Service
  • ObjectAdmin.dll - ObjectAdmin Library
  • CheckDiskProgress.exe - Glary Utilites (Check Disk Progress)
  • gsd.exe - SecurelyDelete (Securely Delete Files)
  • autodll.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Context Menu Handler
  • ContextHandler.dll added to Windows Explorer under the name 'Glary Utilities 3' with a class of {B3C418F8-922B-4faf-915E-59BC14448CF7}.
3 Scheduled Tasks
  • DiskDefrag.exe is scheduled as a task named 'DiskDefrag' (runs daily at 8:00 PM).
  • CheckUpdate.exe is scheduled as a task named 'GlaryUpdate 4' (runs monthly on Saturdays at 10:00 AM).
  • Integrator.exe is scheduled as a task named 'GU4SkipUAC'.
2 Scheduled Tasks (Boot/Login)
  • DiskDefrag.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Disk Speedup.
  • Initialize.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named GlaryInitialize 4.
2 Startup Files (User Run)
  • Integrator.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'New startup' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Glary Utilities 4\Integrator.exe".
  • memdefrag.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Glary Memory Optimizer' and executes as C:\Program Files\Glary Utilities 4\memdefrag.exe /autostart.

How do I remove Glary Utilities?

You can uninstall Glary Utilities 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 Glary Utilities 4.4, 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 Glary Utilities.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 75%
Win XP 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 76.63%
Windows 10 11.49%
Windows Vista 6.13%
Windows XP 5.75%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Professional 44.40%
Windows 7 Home Premium 18.92%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.04%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.79%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 4.63%
Windows 8.1 3.86%

Distribution by countryGeography

72.70% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 72.70%
  France 8.14%
  Germany 2.89%
  United Kingdom 2.36%
  Canada 1.57%
  Italy 1.57%
  Brazil 1.05%
  Poland 0.79%
  India 0.52%
  Mexico 0.52%
  Spain 0.52%
  Netherlands 0.52%
  BA 0.52%
  Ireland 0.52%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 58.50%
Acer 11.50%
Hewlett-Packard 11.00%
ASUS 4.50%
Lenovo 3.50%
Toshiba 3.00%
GIGABYTE 1.50%
Intel 1.50%
Sahara 1.50%
Samsung 1.50%
Alienware 1.00%
MSI 1.00%
Common models
Dell OptiPlex 755 49.00%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 1.50%
Acer Aspire V3-571G 1.00%
Dell Dell DXP061 1.00%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 1.00%
Dell XPS 8700 1.00%

About (from Glarysoft Ltd)

Glarysoft Ltd is a professional software developing company aiming multimedia,system and network applications.
Publisher URL: www.glarysoft.com

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