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Should I remove Goodgame Big Farm?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
23% remove it77% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Poor
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Reach 0.0014%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 79.49 days
225.17 days >
Average installed length: 118.31 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
v1.0.5 62.96%
v1.0.4 7.41%
1.0.3.56244 29.63%

Goodgame Big Farm

What is Goodgame Big Farm?

This is a desktop app for the Pokki platform that runs as an embedded HTML5 program within the Pokki mobile app-like interface. Pokki Software automatically collects usage information with respect to particular Pokki Apps.

About  (from SweetLabs)

The first online farm strategy game: Build your own farm, raise animals and become part of a big economic cycle. Play now for free! Big Farm is an awesome multiplayer farm management game made by the Goodgame Studios. Your mission is simple: create a big farm, grow crops, breed animals, and become the richest farmer of...  Read more

Overview

The most common release is v1.0.5, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. 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 setup package generally installs about 21 files and is usually about 96.17 MB (100,838,916 bytes). The installed file HostAppServiceUpdater.exe 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.pokki.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\pokki\engine
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\pokki.exe" /UNINSTALL146973192f4e3d4ad8e10238e5e444db3822111b
Estimated size: 96.17 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Goodgame Big Farm

  • HostAppServiceUpdater.exe (by Pokki) - Host App Service Updater
  • StartMenuIndexer.exe (by Pokki) - Start Menu Service
  • HostAppService.exe - Host App Service
  • Launcher.dll - Pokki (Pokki support library.)
  • pokki.exe
  • libPokki.dll (by The Chromium Authors) - Chromium

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • pokki.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0DAE7161-A16D-437F-BD0E-BA1ECE615375}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • HostAppServiceUpdater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Pokki_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-2475710725-4113460478-2195723455-1001.
3 Startup Files (User Run)
  • HostAppServiceUpdater.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Pokki' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\HostAppServiceUpdater.exe" /LOGON.
  • Launcher.dll is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Pokki' and executes as C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\Launcher.dll",RunLaunchPlatform.
  • pokki.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'pokki.exe' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\pokki.exe.
2 Startup Files (User Run Once)
  • pokki.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #3' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\pokki.exe --disable-internal-flash --noerrdialogs --no-message-box --disable-extensions --disable-web-security --disable-web-resources --disable-client-side-p.
  • HostAppService.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #11' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\HostAppService.exe --disable-internal-flash --noerrdialogs --no-message-box --disable-extensions --disable-web-security --disable-web-resources --disable-clie.
Network connections
  • pokki.exe connects to www2.twitter.com (199.59.149.198 port 443).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

pokki.exe
Memory:45.8 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0019988336%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00047534%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00152350%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:85,309,511
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:920.66 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:241.68 KB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Goodgame Big Farm?

You can uninstall Goodgame Big Farm 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 Goodgame Big Farm, 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 Goodgame Big Farm.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 54%
Win 7 7%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 23%
Keep it 77%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 53.57%
Windows 7 46.43%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 8.1 29.63%
Windows 7 Ultimate 22.22%
Windows 8 11.11%
Windows 7 Professional 11.11%
Windows 10 Home Single La... 7.41%
Windows 7 Home Premium 7.41%

Distribution by countryGeography

21.88% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 21.88%
  Romania 9.38%
  Germany 9.38%
  Poland 9.38%
  Iran 6.25%
  Italy 6.25%
  Brazil 3.13%
  France 3.13%
  Finland 3.13%
  Russia 3.13%
  India 3.13%
  PF 3.13%
  IQ 3.13%
  Indonesia 3.13%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 41.67%
Lenovo 20.83%
ASUS 12.50%
Toshiba 8.33%
Sony 4.17%
Hewlett-Packard 4.17%
Dell 4.17%
Samsung 4.17%
Common models
LENOVO 20150 9.52%
Packard Bell Easynote LE6... 9.52%
TOSHIBA Satellite L500D 4.76%
TOSHIBA Satellite C75D-B 4.76%
Sony SVE1512E6EW 4.76%
Samsung 300E5E/300E4E/300... 4.76%

About SweetLabs

SweetLabs has two platforms, Pokki, a platform which brings media-rich web apps to the desktop and the OpenCandy Software Network, which offers installer based software bundles through the download and installation process.
Publisher URL: www.pokki.com

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