Should I remove PC Pitstop Info Center?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
24% remove it76% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #10,697
United States Rank #5,895
Reach 0.0327%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 10.79 days
318.19 days >
Average installed length: 167.18 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.0.16 |
100.00% |
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PC Pitstop Info Center 1.0.0.16
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.
Overview
During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The primary executable is named InfoCenter.exe. The setup package generally installs about 3 files and is usually about 1.55 MB (1,624,333 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 details
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\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 1.55 MB
Files installed by PC Pitstop Info Center 1.0.0.16
| Program executable: | InfoCenter.exe |
| Name: | InfoCenter |
| Signed by: | P.C. Pitstop LLC |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\PCPitstop\Info Center\InfoCenter.exe |
| MD5: | 44f57bd1a14d87bde03e38782f9ae801 |
| InfoCenter is part of PC Tools, a security program which offers protection from online threats, is regularly updated, and even includes some useful extras like Web site ratings, phishing alerts, and spyware, adware and malware protection. |
Additional files:
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InstallHelper.dll - PC Pitstop Install Helper
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InfoCenter.exe - PCPitstopInfoCenter
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unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
Behaviors 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.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| InfoCenter.exe |
| Memory: | 15.93 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0003140192% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00013269% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00018133% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 157,311 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 24 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 11 Bytes | |
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.
- 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 PC Pitstop Info Center 1.0.0.16, 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 PC Pitstop Info Center.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 59%
Win Vista 0%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 24%
Keep it 76%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
60.93% |
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| Windows 10 |
21.86% |
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| Windows Vista |
9.15% |
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| Windows XP |
8.06% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
42.63% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
10.50% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.84% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
7.05% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
6.90% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
5.49% |
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Geography
86.43% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
86.43% |
| United Kingdom |
3.60% |
| Canada |
3.19% |
| Australia |
1.54% |
| Japan |
0.92% |
| New Zealand |
0.31% |
| South Africa |
0.21% |
| France |
0.21% |
| Russia |
0.21% |
| DZ |
0.21% |
| Spain |
0.21% |
| Netherlands |
0.21% |
| Germany |
0.21% |
| DK |
0.21% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
34.24% |
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| Dell |
30.61% |
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| Acer |
12.24% |
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| Toshiba |
6.58% |
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| GIGABYTE |
5.67% |
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| ASUS |
5.67% |
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| Intel |
1.81% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.59% |
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| Lenovo |
0.91% |
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| Samsung |
0.68% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.39% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.51% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.51% |
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| Dell Dell System Inspir... |
3.51% |
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| Dell XPS 8300 |
2.63% |
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| Dell Inspiron 530 |
2.19% |
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About (from PC Pitstop LLC)
In 2004, PC Pitstop introduced its first PC optimization software called Optimize.
Publisher URL: www.pcpitstop.com