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Should I remove PC Safe PRO?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
40% remove it60% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
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How common is it?
United States Rank #42,131
Reach 0.0006%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 7.86 days
231.95 days >
Average installed length: 121.87 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.5.4 100.00%

PC Safe PRO

Overview

PC Safe PRO is a program developed by Fusion Tech Software. During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up. 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 main program executable is PCSafePRO.exe. The software installer includes 14 files and is usually about 11.01 MB (11,540,692 bytes). updater.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. The distribution of this has mostly been seen in the United States.

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\PC Safe PRO\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{20F8E0BC-A7E9-4742-9285-AEADB84705A0}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 11.01 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by PC Safe PRO

Program executable:PCSafePRO.exe
Name:PCSafePRO
PC Safe PRO
Path:C:\Program Files\PC Safe PRO\PCSafePRO.exe
MD5:afedd2f9055e0c9a36ed876f00964603
Additional files:
  • updater.exe - PC Safe PRO (updater 2.5.4, 2013)
  • PCSafePRO.exe - PCSafePRO (PC Safe PRO)
  • Interop.Shell32.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'Shell32'.
  • Uninst000.CA.dll - CustomAction
  • Uninst000.dll
  • Logging.dll - Logging
  • Helper.dll - Helper
  • Splash.exe - Splash
  • Setup.dll - Setup
  • bo.dll - bo
  • InstAct.exe - InstAct

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Splash.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PCSafePRO_Popup' (runs daily at 4:45 PM).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • PCSafePRO.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named PCSafePRO_Start.

How do I remove PC Safe PRO?

You can uninstall PC Safe PRO 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 Safe PRO, 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 Safe PRO.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 67%
Win Vista (SP2) 8%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 40%
Keep it 60%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 66.67%
Windows 10 25.00%
Windows Vista 8.33%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 50.00%
Windows 8.1 25.00%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 8.33%
Windows 7 Professional 8.33%
Windows 7 Enterprise 8.33%

Distribution by countryGeography

100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 100.00%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 45.45%
Acer 18.18%
Toshiba 18.18%
Hewlett-Packard 9.09%
GIGABYTE 9.09%
Common models
VIZIO CT14-A4 9.09%
TOSHIBA Satellite C655 9.09%
HP Pavilion g4 Notebook P... 9.09%
Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R 9.09%
Gateway NE56R 9.09%
eMachines ET1331G 9.09%

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