Should I remove Screencast-O-Matic?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #4,948
United States Rank #3,781
Reach 0.1037%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 15.47 days
456.49 days >
Average installed length: 239.85 days
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Screencast-O-Matic
What is Screencast-O-Matic? (from the publisher)
Screencast-O-Matic is a free screen and webcam recorder to capture video from your computer screen and share it on Screencast-O-Matic.com, YouTube, or save to a video file.
Overview
Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. The software installer includes 18 files and is usually about 13.46 MB (14,112,421 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 61% of users of Screencast-O-Matic come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.
Program details
URL: www.screencast-o-matic.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\screencast-o-matic
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Screencast-O-Matic\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 13.46 MB
Files installed by Screencast-O-Matic
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Screencast-O-Matic.exe - Screencast-O-Matic
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Uninstall.exe
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msvcr71.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)
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som_com_encoder_2.exe
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som_fs.exe
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SOMNative-2.15.24.dll
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SOMNative-2.15.25.dll
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SOMNative-2.16.1.dll
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SOMNative-2.16.2.dll
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SOMNative-2.16.3.dll
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SOMNative-2.17.1.dll
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SOMNative-2.17.2.dll
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SOMNative-2.17.3.dll
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SOMNativeAudio-1.5.dll
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SOMNativeAudio-1.9.dll
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SOMNative-x64-2.17.2.dll
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SOMNative-x64-2.17.3.dll
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SOMTrayNative-1.0.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (User Run)
- Screencast-O-Matic.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Screencast-O-Matic Tray' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Screencast-O-Matic\Screencast-O-Matic.exe.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| Screencast-O-Matic.exe |
| Memory: | 43.95 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0000518079% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001918% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003263% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 2,810,802 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 1.19 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 0 Bytes | |
How do I remove Screencast-O-Matic?
You can uninstall Screencast-O-Matic 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 Screencast-O-Matic, 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 Screencast-O-Matic.
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #4,948
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
59.39% |
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| Windows 10 |
33.86% |
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| Windows Vista |
3.42% |
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| Windows XP |
3.28% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.05% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.79% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
14.41% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
11.76% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.43% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
4.57% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.08% |
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Geography
60.72% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
60.72% |
| United Kingdom |
5.29% |
| Canada |
3.21% |
| DK |
2.16% |
| Australia |
1.78% |
| France |
1.59% |
| Netherlands |
1.25% |
| Sweden |
1.17% |
| Italy |
1.13% |
| Spain |
1.06% |
| Mexico |
1.06% |
| Belgium |
1.02% |
| India |
1.02% |
| Germany |
0.98% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
29.83% |
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| Dell |
21.38% |
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| Acer |
14.77% |
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| ASUS |
10.44% |
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| Toshiba |
8.52% |
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| Lenovo |
4.69% |
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| Samsung |
3.98% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.48% |
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| Intel |
1.70% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.64% |
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| MSI |
0.57% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
7.49% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.99% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
2.88% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
2.88% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
2.69% |
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| Dell Inspiron 3521 |
2.69% |
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