Should I remove Miro?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
28% remove it72% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #3,781
United States Rank #3,633
Reach 0.1442%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 22.82 days
673.34 days >
Average installed length: 353.79 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 6.0-rc0 |
0.07% |
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| 6.0 |
47.45% |
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| 5.0-rc1 |
0.04% |
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| 5.0.4 |
16.74% |
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| 5.0.2 |
3.48% |
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| 5.0.1 |
2.15% |
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| 5.0 |
1.58% |
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| 4.0-rc2 |
0.04% |
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| 4.0-beta1 |
0.04% |
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| 4.0.6 |
5.77% |
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| 4.0.5 |
0.70% |
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| 4.0.4 |
1.41% |
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| 4.0.3 |
5.42% |
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| 4.0.2.1 |
0.63% |
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| 4.0.2 |
1.06% |
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| 4.0.1.1 |
0.70% |
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| 4.0.1 |
0.53% |
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| 4.0 |
0.28% |
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| 3.5.1 |
4.43% |
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| 3.5 |
1.09% |
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| 3.0.3 |
1.30% |
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| 3.0.2 |
1.06% |
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| 3.0.1 |
0.49% |
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| 3.0 |
0.42% |
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| 2.5.4 |
0.81% |
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| 2.5.3 |
0.46% |
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| 2.5.2 |
0.53% |
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| 2.5.1 |
0.11% |
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| 2.5 |
0.04% |
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| 2.0.3 |
0.07% |
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| 2.0.2 |
0.04% |
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| 2.0.1 |
0.21% |
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| 1.2.8 |
0.28% |
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| 1.2.7 |
0.18% |
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| 1.2.4 |
0.07% |
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| 1.2.3 |
0.11% |
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| 1.2.2 |
0.04% |
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| 1.1 |
0.07% |
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| 1.0 |
0.14% |
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Miro
from Participatory Culture Foundation
What is Miro?
Miro is an audio, video player and Internet television application.
About (from Participatory Culture Foundation)
A free and open video downloader and player used every month by millions of people and thousands of organizations around the world. It's very easy to switch from iTunes to Miro -- without any copying. Just point Miro to your music and video folders and those files will appear. If you don't like Miro (impossible!), noth... Read more
Overview
Miro is a program developed by Participatory Culture Foundation. The most used version is 6.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 main program executable is miro.exe. The software installer includes 93 files and is usually about 86.64 MB (90,847,298 bytes). The program uses the GLib GNOME library. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 49% of users of Miro come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.
Miro has been seen bundling various 3rd party software during the installation process. Make sure to check for and remove unused programs.
Program details
URL: www.getmiro.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\participatory culture foundation\miro
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Participatory Culture Foundation\Miro\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 86.64 MB
Files installed by Miro
| Program executable: | miro.exe |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\participatory culture foundation\miro\miro.exe |
| MD5: | b015068357180116da9bf40e8edff462 |
Additional files:
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LIBEAY32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
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SSLEAY32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/)
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libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll (by Red Hat Software) - PangoWin32
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libpangoft2-1.0-0.dll (by Red Hat Software) - PangoFT2
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python26.dll (by Python Software Foundation) - Python (Python Core)
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libpango-1.0-0.dll - Pango
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libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll (by The GTK developer community) - GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit)
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libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll (by The GTK developer community) - GIMP Drawing Kit
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libglib-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community) - GLib
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libgmodule-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community) - GModule
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libgobject-2.0-0.dll - GObject
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libgthread-2.0-0.dll - GThread
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libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll
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zlib1.dll - zlib (zlib data compression library)
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libatk-1.0-0.dll (by Sun Microsystems) - atk
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avcodec-52.dll
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avcore-0.dll
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avdevice-52.dll
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avfilter-1.dll
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avformat-52.dll
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avutil-50.dll
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ffmpeg.exe
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ffmpeg2theora.exe
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freetype6.dll
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libcairo-2.dll
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libexpat-1.dll
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libfontconfig-1.dll
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libgailutil-18.dll
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libgio-2.0-0.dll
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libjpeg-7.dll
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libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll
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libpng12-0.dll
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libtiff-3.dll
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libtiffxx-3.dll
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libvlc.dll
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libvlccore.dll (by the VideoLAN Team) - VLC media player
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Miro_Downloader.exe
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Miro_MovieData.exe
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uninstall.exe
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w9xpopen.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- Miro.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{4B090A1A-83B1-45DC-9AF7-1BA94DBEBE1B}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
- Miro.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Miro' and executes as C:\Program Files\Participatory Culture Foundation\Miro\Miro.exe.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- Miro_Downloader.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Participatory Culture Foundation\Miro\Miro_Downloader.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| Miro_Downloader.exe |
| Memory: | 33.02 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0050151736% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00325975% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00175542% | |
| Switches/sec: | 224 | |
How do I remove Miro?
You can uninstall Miro 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 Miro, 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 Miro.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 59%
Win 7 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 28%
Keep it 72%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
62.59% |
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| Windows 10 |
19.55% |
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| Windows Vista |
9.56% |
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| Windows XP |
8.26% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.04% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
41.21% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.48% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.06% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
8.42% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
8.06% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
5.44% |
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Geography
49.33% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
49.33% |
| Germany |
20.33% |
| United Kingdom |
3.61% |
| Canada |
3.40% |
| Australia |
2.21% |
| Netherlands |
1.57% |
| Italy |
1.48% |
| France |
1.43% |
| Belgium |
1.22% |
| Sweden |
1.11% |
| Spain |
0.84% |
| Brazil |
0.79% |
| Austria |
0.67% |
| Finland |
0.67% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
24.95% |
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| Dell |
21.07% |
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| Acer |
15.09% |
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| Medion |
9.17% |
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| GIGABYTE |
7.70% |
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| ASUS |
7.38% |
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| Toshiba |
4.01% |
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| Lenovo |
3.18% |
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| Samsung |
2.99% |
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| Intel |
1.78% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.65% |
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| Sahara |
1.02% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
6.58% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.59% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.29% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
3.13% |
|
| MEDIONPC MS-7728 |
3.13% |
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| MEDIONPC MS-7616 |
2.30% |
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