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Should I remove PC Pitstop Info Center?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
63% remove it37% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Poor
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How common is it?
Global Rank #32,867
United States Rank #20,192
Reach 0.0039%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 304.47 days
984.07 days >
Average installed length: 517.05 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.13 100.00%

PC Pitstop Info Center 1.0.0.13

What is PC Pitstop Info Center?

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 applications.

About  (from PC Pitstop)

Super Shield is PC Pitstop's proprietary real time technology. First off, Super Shield is designed to be lightweight and run quietly in the background. This alone is a significant industry achievement. As you already know, solutions from some of the best known names in security can bog your system to a painfully slow...  Read more

Overview

During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 3 files and is usually about 2.63 MB (2,754,016 bytes).
PC Pitstop Info Center has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: PC Pitstop LLC.
URL: www.pcpitstop.com
Help link: www.pcpitstop.com/faq/Info Center.asp
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\PCPitstop\Info Center\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\PCPitstop\Info Center\unins001.exe"
Estimated size: 2.63 MB

Program filesFiles installed by PC Pitstop Info Center 1.0.0.13

  • 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 PC Pitstop Info Center?

You can uninstall PC Pitstop 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 PC Pitstop Info Center 1.0.0.13, 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 PC Pitstop Info Center.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 68%
Win XP 1%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 63%
Keep it 37%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 70.13%
Windows Vista 12.99%
Windows XP 10.39%
Windows 10 6.49%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 49.35%
Windows 7 Professional 11.69%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 11.69%
Microsoft Windows XP 10.39%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.79%
Windows 10 Home 3.90%

Distribution by countryGeography

84.43% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 84.43%
  Australia 3.28%
  Canada 2.46%
  United Kingdom 2.46%
  Belgium 1.64%
  Italy 1.64%
  Mexico 1.64%
  Brazil 0.82%
  Finland 0.82%
  Japan 0.82%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 35.71%
Hewlett-Packard 30.36%
Acer 12.50%
Intel 5.36%
Gateway 5.36%
Toshiba 3.57%
ASUS 3.57%
GIGABYTE 1.79%
American Megatrends 1.79%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.17%
TOSHIBA Satellite S855 1.59%
TOSHIBA Satellite P755 1.59%
TOSHIBA Satellite P505D 1.59%
TOSHIBA Satellite L645 1.59%
TOSHIBA Satellite L450D 1.59%

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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