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Should I remove Info Center?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
48% remove it52% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #45,302
United States Rank #29,093
Reach 0.0018%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 583.43 days
1413.79 days >
Average installed length: 742.84 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.9 100.00%

Info Center 1.0.0.9

What is Info Center?

Info Center is installed with software from PC Pitstop and provides an overview of the PC Pitstop product and the health of the user's PC as well as provides links to download additional PC Pitstop offerings.

Overview

During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The setup package generally installs about 4 files and is usually about 2.63 MB (2,753,900 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.pcpitstop.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\PCPitstop\Info Center\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\PCPitstop\Info Center\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 2.63 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Info Center 1.0.0.9

  • InstallHelper.dll - PC Pitstop Install Helper
  • InfoCenter.exe - PCPitstopInfoCenter
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • unins001.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)
  • InfoCenter.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Info Center' which loads as C:\Program Files\PCPitstop\Info Center\InfoCenter.exe.

How do I remove Info Center?

You can uninstall Info Center 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 Info Center 1.0.0.9, 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 Info Center.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 64%
Win XP 6%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 48%
Keep it 52%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 63.89%
Windows 10 16.67%
Windows Vista 13.89%
Windows XP 5.56%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 37.14%
Windows 7 Professional 14.29%
Windows 7 Ultimate 11.43%
Windows 10 Home 8.57%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 8.57%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.71%

Distribution by countryGeography

85.45% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 85.45%
  Australia 5.45%
  Canada 3.64%
  Jamaica 1.82%
  Norway 1.82%
  New Zealand 1.82%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 33.33%
Hewlett-Packard 27.27%
Acer 15.15%
GIGABYTE 6.06%
Lenovo 6.06%
Gateway 3.03%
Sony 3.03%
American Megatrends 3.03%
ASUS 3.03%
Common models
Dell Inspiron 1545 6.45%
Dell Studio XPS 9100 6.45%
Dell Studio XPS 435T/9000 3.23%
Dell Studio Slim 540s 3.23%
Dell Inspiron 1564 3.23%
Dell Dell DXP061 3.23%

About (from PC Pitstop LLC)

In 2004, PC Pitstop introduced its first PC optimization software called Optimize.
Publisher URL: www.pcpitstop.com

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