Should I remove Pokki?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
37% remove it63% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #929
United States Rank #1,123
Reach 0.7423%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 17.02 days
502.12 days >
Average installed length: 263.83 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 0.269.8.836 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.8.416 |
0.09% |
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| 0.269.8.414 |
0.15% |
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| 0.269.8.346 |
0.08% |
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| 0.269.8.342 |
0.13% |
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| 0.269.8.265 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.8.135 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.8.126 |
0.25% |
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| 0.269.8.124 |
0.03% |
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| 0.269.8.114 |
0.45% |
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| 0.269.7.984 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.7.983 |
0.63% |
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| 0.269.7.981 |
0.13% |
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| 0.269.7.978 |
0.40% |
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| 0.269.7.970 |
0.03% |
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| 0.269.7.927 |
0.57% |
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| 0.269.7.911 |
0.19% |
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| 0.269.7.904 |
0.03% |
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| 0.269.7.883 |
0.21% |
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| 0.269.7.881 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.7.877 |
0.03% |
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| 0.269.7.840 |
0.49% |
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| 0.269.7.836 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.7.822 |
0.11% |
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| 0.269.7.802 |
1.66% |
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| 0.269.7.800 |
1.41% |
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| 0.269.7.783 |
0.33% |
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| 0.269.7.780 |
0.07% |
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| 0.269.7.768 |
0.46% |
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| 0.269.7.738 |
0.38% |
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| 0.269.7.733 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.7.714 |
0.60% |
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| 0.269.7.698 |
0.49% |
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| 0.269.7.660 |
0.95% |
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| 0.269.7.652 |
0.09% |
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| 0.269.7.641 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.7.638 |
0.26% |
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| 0.269.7.631 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.7.628 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.7.611 |
0.33% |
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| 0.269.7.579 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.7.575 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.7.573 |
3.45% |
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| 0.269.7.569 |
0.12% |
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| 0.269.7.567 |
0.03% |
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| 0.269.7.564 |
0.14% |
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| 0.269.7.560 |
0.02% |
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| 0.269.7.513 |
0.51% |
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| 0.269.7.505 |
0.05% |
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| 0.269.7.496 |
0.01% |
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| 0.269.6.102 |
0.07% |
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| 138 versions |
Other programs by SweetLabs
Pokki
What is Pokki?
The software is typically bundled with third party installers such as Open Candy and Download.com. "The Pokki platform provides users with rich HTML5 apps on their Windows desktop for the ultimate app experience on the PC. Categories of apps include games, social media, education, entertainment, music, photography and more."
About (from SweetLabs)
Pokki brings your favorite apps to your PC. The App Store is included with Pokki and makes it easy to discover and install your favorite apps with a single click. Apps are installed into the Pokki Menu and are automatically pinned to your taskbar. It's that easy. The Pokki Menu makes accessing and organizing your favor... Read more
Overview
The most used version is 0.269.7.573, with over 15% 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 main program executable is pokki.exe. The software installer includes 33 files and is usually about 63.47 MB (66,555,383 bytes). HostAppServiceUpdater.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released.
Pokki 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
Displayed publisher: Pokki
URL: www.pokki.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\pokki\v0.260.8.396
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\v0.260.8.393\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 63.47 MB
Files installed by Pokki
| Program executable: | pokki.exe |
| Name: | Pokki |
| Signed by: | Pokki |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\pokki\v0.260.8.396\pokki.exe |
| MD5: | 78b1649083dbab2c4f491baf9b1d5561 |
| Pokki by SweetLabs is an online app store for Windows where users can browse and install various apps into the Pokki platform. The Pokki platform runs in in the background of Windows and checks the Pokki service for app updates amongst... |
Additional files:
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Uninstall.exe - Pokki
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ocdeskband_0.dll - ocdeskband Dynamic Link Library
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libPokki.dll (by The Chromium Authors) - Chromium
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avutil-51.dll
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D3DCompiler_43.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® DirectX for Windows® (Direct3D HLSL Compiler)
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d3dx9_43.dll (by Microsoft) - Direct3D 9 Extensions
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icudt.dll (by The ICU Project) - International Components for Unicode (ICU Data DLL)
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libEGL.dll - ANGLE libEGL Dynamic Link Library
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libGLESv2.dll - ANGLE libGLESv2 Dynamic Link Library
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wow_helper.exe
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avcodec-54.dll
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avformat-54.dll
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ppGoogleNaClPluginChrome.dll
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msvcr90.dll - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)
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chrome.dll
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avcodec-53.dll
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avformat-53.dll
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HostAppService.exe - Host App Service
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HostAppServiceUpdater.exe - Host App Service Updater
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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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StartMenuIndexer.exe - Start Menu Service
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npPokkiDownloadHelper.1.2.0.78.dll - Pokki Download Helper
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ocdeskband_1.dll
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PokkiDownloadHelper.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Google Chrome Plugin
- npPokkiDownloadHelper.1.2.0.78.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npPokkiDownloadHelper.1.2.0.78.dll'.
Mozilla Plugin
- npPokkiDownloadHelper.1.2.0.78.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'pokki.com/PokkiDownloadHelper' with a plugin key of 'pokki.com/PokkiDownloadHelper'.
Scheduled Task
- pokki.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0DAE7161-A16D-437F-BD0E-BA1ECE615375}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- HostAppServiceUpdater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Pokki.
2 Startup Files (User Run)
- HostAppServiceUpdater.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Pokki' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\HostAppServiceUpdater.exe" /LOGON.
- pokki.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Pokki' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\pokki.exe".
2 Startup Files (User Run Once)
- pokki.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #3' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\pokki.exe --disable-internal-flash --noerrdialogs --no-message-box --disable-extensions --disable-web-security --disable-web-resources --disable-client-side-p.
- HostAppService.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #4' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\HostAppService.exe --disable-internal-flash --noerrdialogs --no-message-box --disable-extensions --disable-web-security --disable-web-resources --disable-clie.
Network connections
- pokki.exe connects to a23-77-202-17.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.77.202.17 port 80).
- pokki.exe connects to fa-in-f113.1e100.net (173.194.70.113 port 80).
- pokki.exe connects to lhr14s20-in-f2.1e100.net (173.194.34.98 port 443).
- pokki.exe connects to 184.75.170.226 (port 8890).
- pokki.exe connects to cdn-68-142-79-24-lax.llnw.net (68.142.79.24 port 80).
- pokki.exe connects to mrs02s05-in-f21.1e100.net (173.194.35.117 port 443).
- pokki.exe connects to www2.twitter.com (199.59.149.198 port 443).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| pokki.exe |
| Memory: | 19.91 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0256392496% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01635433% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00928492% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 18,414,763 | |
| Switches/sec: | 44 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 337.45 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 29 KB | |
| HostAppService.exe |
| Memory: | 19.89 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0018348910% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00103271% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00080218% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 2,429,857 | |
| Switches/sec: | 7 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 1 MB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 10.83 KB | |
How do I remove Pokki?
You can uninstall Pokki 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 Pokki, 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 Pokki.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Pokki you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 37%
Keep it 63%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #929
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
71.83% |
|
| Windows 7 |
25.84% |
|
| Windows XP |
1.35% |
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| Windows Vista |
0.98% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.01% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 8.1 |
34.89% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
11.13% |
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| Windows 8 |
11.04% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
9.91% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
9.06% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.97% |
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Geography
47.90% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
47.90% |
| Germany |
5.08% |
| United Kingdom |
4.75% |
| Italy |
3.54% |
| Canada |
3.18% |
| France |
1.73% |
| Netherlands |
1.67% |
| Australia |
1.66% |
| Saudi Arabia |
1.58% |
| Brazil |
1.23% |
| IQ |
1.10% |
| India |
1.10% |
| Belgium |
1.02% |
| Spain |
1.02% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Acer |
32.24% |
|
| Lenovo |
20.24% |
|
| Toshiba |
17.54% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
13.21% |
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| Dell |
7.52% |
|
| ASUS |
4.46% |
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| Samsung |
2.26% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.99% |
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| Intel |
0.54% |
|
Common models |
| TOSHIBA Satellite C55-A |
8.05% |
|
| LENOVO 20266 |
4.12% |
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| LENOVO 20344 |
3.80% |
|
| Acer Aspire E1-522 |
2.69% |
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| LENOVO 80HE |
2.65% |
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| LENOVO 20428 |
2.63% |
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About SweetLabs
SweetLabs has two platforms, Pokki, a platform which brings media-rich web apps to the desktop and the OpenCandy Software Network, which offers installer based software bundles through the download and installation process.
Publisher URL: www.pokki.com